Posts Tagged ‘Nuclear Blast’
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
The strangely grooving maelstrom that is Daughters unveils its best album this week — a combination of behemoth low end, gnarly rock riffs, and guitar leads that sound like tornado sirens.
Germany’s Imperium Dekadenz delivers “intelligent black metal” with a set of epic arrangements and acoustic passages. Adventurous art-rock trio Liars issues another bold album that defies convention, and Aloha — “that indie-rock band with the marimba” — expands its sound a bit for another solid outing. (more…)
Tags: Acrassicauda, Aloha, At the Gates, Besnard Lakes, Cougars, Daughters, Eluveitie, Gonjasufi, Gorillaz, Hydra Head, Iannis Xenakis, Imperium Dekadenz, Jagjaguwar, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Mute, Nuclear Blast, Polyvinyl, Season of Mist, The Jesus Lizard, Vice, Warp, Zu
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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
An iconic poet/musician whose soulful spoken-word style helped give rise to rapping, Gil Scott-Heron presents his second “comeback” album this week — an atmospheric, down-tempo disc of diversity that is produced by XL owner Richard Russell.
Crafting powerful folk abstractions and interwoven, trance-inducing vocal dynamics, Pillars and Tongues issues a new LP and download; metal behemoths Arsis boast more tireless harmonized shredding; dance-pop quintet Hot Chip shines with a diversity of synth sounds; and internationally beloved electronic producers Massive Attack end a seven-year album drought. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Arsis, Astralwerks, Beak, Bluebrain, Blur, Endless Nest, Galactic, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gil Scott-Heron, Hot Chip, Huun Huur Tu, Indie Recordings, Lujo, Martina Topley-Bird, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Nuclear Blast, Pillars and Tongues, Portishead, Shining (Sweden), Smog Veil, This Moment in Black History, TV on the Radio, Ubiquity, XL
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The densely packed, melodically driven post-rock of Lymbyc Systym tops our list this week as brothers Jared and Mike Bell showcase their continued musical development.
Meanwhile, multi-instrumentalist producer Mr. Chop issues funky, jazzy, effects-fueled renditions of the beats and productions of critically acclaimed producer Pete Rock, and Nile returns with another disc of Egyptian-tinged eruptions of guitar fury, blazing double bass, vocal ferocity, and slowly churning chugs. (more…)
Tags: Bill Frisell, Cornerstone RAS, Coz Littler, Karl Sanders, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lymbyc Systym, MF Doom, Mr. Chop, Mush, Nile, Nirvana, Nonesuch, Now-Again, Nuclear Blast, Pete Rock, Rita J, Stones Throw, Sub Pop, The Gift of Gab, This Will Destroy You
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
We’ll see plenty of rock this weekend as our destinations treat us to punk, post-punk, metal, avant-garde rock, quirk rock, and funk. Click onward to read our four-day itinerary. (more…)
Tags: Brand New Heavies, Cheer-Accident, Cuneiform, D. Rider, Fucked Up, Jeff Parker, Meshuggah, Monotonix, Nuclear Blast, Sam Barsh, Tortoise, US Maple
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