Articles by Michael Rancic

The Unsemble

The Unsemble

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2014

This self-titled record from the Unsemble is the first offering from the instrumental trio comprising Duane Denison (Tomahawk/The Jesus Liz...

Nadja

Queller

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2014

Nadja are hard to keep up with. Their latest album, Queller, is the band's eighteenth full-length to be released in the span of their 11-ye...

Gholas

Litanies

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

Despite their name, there is little to Gholas' sound that suggests "sci-fi" or "spacey." This New Jersey quartet specializes in a down-tune...

Neige Defends Alcest's Stylistic Shift Forward on 'Shelter'

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2014

Since 2005, French black metal outfit Alcest have been drawing connections between black metal and shoegaze in their music, and are essenti...

Alcest

Sea Change

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2014

In 2013, while the metal genre offshoot "blackgaze" reached a critical peak with Deafheaven's Sunbather, the man who helped popularize the...

Circle

SSEENNSSEESS

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

2013 was a busy year for Finnish workaholics Circle: they changed their name (and leased it out) so they could venture into AOR territory,...

Alcest

Shelter

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

Throughout their career Alcest have expertly balanced their sound between black metal and shoegaze, but with the release of their latest al...

Culted

Oblique To All Paths

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

Once again, Culted fly in the face of any misconceptions that a studio-only band lacks the fire or spontaneity of a group that routinely pl...