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Ambient

Tim Hecker: Revisiting a Masterpiece

By Colin Jones on Jan 27, 2025

Ambient is one of the more abstract and hard-to-judge genres, with some works consisting of unchanging drones for the entirety of their runtime.

metal

Mirar’s debut “Ascension” brings a metal with a different sort of appeal to the mainstream

By Colin Jones on Jan 27, 2025

While it’s unlikely Mirar will become metal’s new flagship band — they are still a bit too subversive to attract any truly mainstream appeal — the crossover elements at play here serve to make them a band worth watching.

Drone

Ethel Cain’s Perverts EP is a Horrifying realm of hopelessness

By Colin Jones on Jan 27, 2025

It’s incredibly unsettling and atmospheric, and while that may not sound appealing, I do think there’s a lot of beauty amid the keening drones and occult murmurings.

Albums

Top 10 worst albums of 2024

By Colin Jones on Dec 9, 2024

Although incredible music is released every year, so does terrible music.

bands

Top 10 best albums of 2024

By Colin Jones on Dec 9, 2024

It’s been an amazing year for music — some of my favorite albums of the decade came out, pop music thrived, as did rap, metal, and overall there were pretty much great albums coming out consistently every week.

Album Review

I’ve “Given Up”: Linkin Park let me down

By Colin Jones on Nov 24, 2024

I think a big reason this new era of Linkin Park falls so flat for me is that I can’t connect to it on an emotional level.

Album Review

‘CHROMAKOPIA’: On Tyler, the Creator’s return

By Narm Nathan on Nov 4, 2024

I can’t help but feel reminded by this album of a world in which art is allowed to breathe without the judgment and conformity we’re expected to endure to be accepted. “CHROMAKOPIA” rejects those notions, just as Tyler’s done his entire life.