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Brasstronaut
PUBLISHED May 23, 2012
Brasstronaut's previous album, 2010's Mount Chimaera, earned the band the ECHO Songwriting Prize and a nomination for the Polaris Music Pri...
El-P
PUBLISHED May 23, 2012
Influenced by the Bomb Squad, El-P's dense layering of synths, sound effects and funky drums results in dark, futuristic beats (think more...
Six Feet Under
PUBLISHED May 23, 2012
Who knows what death metal vocals would sound like today if it not for Chris Barnes. As the original Cannibal Corpse vocalist, Barnes intro...
Squarepusher
PUBLISHED May 23, 2012
If there is a "Squarepusher sound," it would be best described as the battle between digital decay and analog ingenuity. But, since 2004's...
Glen Hansard
PUBLISHED May 23, 2012
Glen Hansard has come a long way from busking on Dublin's busy Grafton Street (although he does return once a year for charity), but he's n...
The Love Below
PUBLISHED May 10, 2012
The Love Below are a particularly vicious hardcore outfit based in Redlands, California. Founded in 2008, the band have enjoyed a partnersh...
Atom
PUBLISHED May 3, 2012
Do I detect the tiniest hint of 21st century rhythmic gratification with this excellent new Atom disc? Certainly this record has less of a...
Author of 'Fela: The Life and Times of an African Music Icon' Michael Veal
PUBLISHED May 3, 2012
The Fela Kuti brand, as his son Seun refers to it, has only grown more powerful since the man's passing in 1997. Live In Detroit 1986 is th...