Articles by Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette

Liquid Mike Rise to the Occasion with 'Paul Bunyan's Slingshot'

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2024

Paul Bunyan’s Slingshot is a fun and ambitious (but not too ambitious) expansion of Liquid Mike’s sound...

Jane Remover's 'Census Designated' Balances Calamity and Quietude

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023

Longtime fans of Jane Remover will remember the New Jersey native's dubstep-heavy productions from the mid-2010's — inspired by the likes o...

Armand Hammer's 'We Buy Diabetic Test Strips' Is Conspiratorial and Commanding

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

Armand Hammer's music sounds like a conspiracy corkboard in a shoddy Brooklyn apartment; it might seem disjointed at first, but there's alw...

Queens of the Stone Age Dial Back the Intensity with 'In Times New Roman…'

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2023

It doesn't take a keen eye to know that the world is ending. Wildfires in Quebec have made New York and parts of Canada a barely-breathable...

CANDY Sweeten Their Righteous Rage on 'Heaven Is Here'

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2022

CANDY's music emanates the feeling of wandering down a deserted alleyway, not knowing what strange faces lurk in the darkness around you. T...

Mogwai Cast a Post-Rock Spell in Montreal

Corona Theatre, April 9

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2022

With 25 years, 10 studio albums, and countless EPs and film scores under their belts, you never know which version of Mogwai you're going t...

Hatebreed Are Surprisingly Uplifting on 'Weight of the False Self'

PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2020

Hatebreed may very well have been the biggest hardcore band in the world at one time, but at some point in their career of eight albums and...

Uniform's 'Shame' Will Make You Feel Uncomfortable in Your Own Skin

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2020

At the end of June, the New York industrial metal trio Uniform began posting on Instagram about the movies, books, and music that were insp...