Articles by Chris Bilton

Wrekmeister Harmonies

Then It All Came Down

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2014

JR Robinson's second full-length for Thrill Jockey under the banner of Wrekmeister Harmonies, Then It All Came Down, is an extended study i...

Inter Arma

The Cavern

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

Since 2006, Richmond, VA wrecking crew Inter Arma have been keeping audiences on their toes with a hydra-headed hybrid of extreme metal tha...

Kayo Dot

Coffins On Io

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2014

Even for Kayo Dot, a band whose unpredictability is one of the most reliable things about them, Coffins On Io is a truly remarkable left tu...

Various Artists

Bay Area Retrograde (BART) Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

Based on the wealth of releases from reissue-heavy labels like Light In the Attic, Now-Again, and Numero Group (to name just a few), there...

Absolutely Free Explain Their Holographic Ambitions

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

Despite the fact that Michael Jackson, Tupac, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Hatsune Miku are no longer with us (or, in the case of the latter, neve...

Absolutely Free

Absolutely Free.

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

The "free" in Toronto trio Absolutely Free's name is a loaded term. While on the surface, it's a reference to Frank Zappa's similarly title...

Pharmakon

Bestial Burden

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

There's always been an intense physicality to Margaret Chardiet's music as Pharmakon; the throat-shredding screams she pairs with throbbing...

The Melvins

Hold It In

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014

The Melvins' 15-year run on Mike Patton's Ipecac label is one of the few modern equivalents to John Coltrane's immensely prolific output fo...