Moses Sumney, "Lonely World" Sumney's Aromanticism pivots around "Lonely World", a song that goes from gauzy and shimmery and gradually ramps up to a frenzied finish, reflecting the inherent duality in this album. It's an album that...
Skinnerbox, "Trying To Be Cool" Skinnerbox's What You Can Do, What You Can't is a charming album from the third wave, full of personality and a distinctive sound, especially King Django's vocals. Alas, the followup record Demonstration,...
Seam, "Shame" I love EPs! I miss rooting around in record stores and coming across them, because they were often a surprise. It doesn't happen very much any more, or at least, I don't come across them very often....
clipping., "Nothing Is Safe" There was probably a time in my life when I would have regarded clipping. askance. I've long been OK with noise in my music, having picked up an affection for industrial as a teenager that continued forward...
Tool, "Intolerance" I picked up Tool's first album when it came out, because they kind of ran parallel to bands like Helmet, who I loved. But they never really did it for me, and I fell off them after this album....