Articles by Tom Piekarski

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  Beverly Glenn-Copeland

  Keyboard Fantasies

  PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2020

  With its repress of Beverly Glenn-Copeland's now-classic 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies, Toronto's Séance Centre contributes to the legend o...

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  Wolves in the Throne Room

  Thrice Woven

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

  Rejuvenated after taking a dive into the ambient undercurrents of their sound on 2014's Celestite, Wolves in the Throne Room are back with...

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  Melvins

  A Walk With Love & Death

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2017

  The last five years have seen the Melvins conjure opportunity out of chaos. In that time, fans have been treated to a double-drummer rhythm...

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  Helms Alee

  Stillicide

  PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2016

  How to follow up a debut album that melds various rock and metal styles with the sort of skill it takes some bands decades to hone?   That'...

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  SubRosa

  For This We Fought the Battle of Ages

  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2016

  SubRosa have crystallized their chamber-infused doom on For This We Fought the Battle of Ages. Having achieved critical acclaim for their l...

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  Wreck and Reference

  Indifferent Rivers Romance End

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2016

  Wreck and Reference play a skeletal kind of metal. The Los Angeles duo's first two full-lengths were built on the premised that, like Andy...

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  Kayo Dot

  Plastic House on Base of Sky

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2016

  Kayo Dot's Plastic House on Base of Sky builds on bandleader Toby Driver's recent commitment to darkwave-tinged, synth-based explorations....

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  Sumac

  What One Becomes

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2016

  Striking while the iron is hot, Sumac are unleashing their sophomore album, What One Becomes, a little over a year after debut The Deal. Th...