American Football–LP2  Genre: Emo, Indie Rock, Math Rock FFO: Owen, Owls, Into It Over It 17 years ago, an Illinoise trio known as American Football released a self-titled record that has come to gain recognition as a flagship record of the emo genre along with Sunny Day Real Estate‘s Diary. The group disbanded before any […]

The Dillinger Escape Plan–Dissociation Genre: Mathcore FFO: Converge, Botch, Every Time I Die Legendary New Jersey mathcore act Dillinger Escape Plan present to you their final bow. Dissociation illustrates the twenty year career of the group at full circle capitalizing on the chaos of the earliest material while still subtly working in the bizarre nuances […]

Dreamarcher–Dreamarcher EP Genre: Experimental Rock, Post Rock, Space Rock, Black Metal FFO: A Place to Bury Strangers, Deafheaven, The Mars Volta Norwegian Experimental rock quartet Dreamarcher debut their unique sound to the world with a self titled EP that cannot be pigeonholed. Each of the five experimental tracks provide a range of progressive, spacey instrumentation, […]

Alcest–Kodama  Genre: Post Rock, Dream Pop, Shoegazing, Black Metal FFO: Deafheaven, Ghostbath, Harakiri for the Sky “Blackgaze” became a wildy used genre description with the explosive popularity of Deafheaven‘s sophomore LP Sunbather. The atmospheric complextion of Post Rock combined with the malevolence of Black Metal is often explored, but Deafheaven tends to receive credit for […]

Merchandise–A Corpse Wired for Sound Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie Pop, Post Punk FFO: The Smiths, The Cure, Eagulls We all got to see the darker, edgier side of Florida artist Carson Cox via his Hardcore Punk/Goth Rock side project Death Index earlier in the year. His Morrisey-worshipping pipes and aesthetic surprisingly fit comfortably with the […]

Barishi-Blood from the Lion’s Mouth Genre: Progressive Metal FFO: Opeth, Kvelertak, Heaven Shall Burn Vermont-based Progressive Metal quartet Barishi up the ante with a sophomore LP pushing boundaries further instead of worshipping a past era. Blood from a Lion’s Mouth is a gritty beast of a record coupled with organic production, hypnotizing psychedelia yet maintains […]

Blue States–Restless Spheres Genre: Dream Pop, Trip Hop, Electronic FFO: Beach House, Portishead, Peace Orchestra As the summer winds down and autumn peaks its head, we search for the fitting soundtracks/playlists for the pumpkin spiced season of leaf-crunching, hoodie weather. United Kingdom’s Blue States return from a nine year hibernation with a wonderful LP flawlessly […]

Goblin Cock-Necronomidonkeykongimicon Genre: Stoner Rock, Sludge Metal FFO: Pinback, Torche, Intronaut Five years before Ghost and its band of ghouls swept the globe in popularity, San Diego heavy metal outfit Goblin Cook took a slightly less serious approach to an identical gimmick. Rob Crowe of Pinback fame stars as Lord Phallus and features a cast […]

Harm Wülf–Hijrah Genre: Indie Rock, Neofolk FFO: Death in June, King Dude, White Lighters It goes without saying experimentation can be discouraged at times in the hardcore community. The genre demands emphasis placed in aggression, passion, and overall message and genre bending and boundary pushing is often left on the backburner. Philadelphia hardcore outfit Blacklisted […]

Crystal Castles–Amnesty Genre: Electronic, Synthpunk, Witch House FFO: Crosses, Health, Grimes The Toronto two piece’s first offering absent of Alice Glass‘ unique vocal performance luckily maintains familiarity. Crystal Castles‘ fourth LP cherishes the dark yet explosive electronic instrumentation the duo has become known for but introduces a new take on the obscured yet chaotic vocal […]