Best albums: Trentemøller, Deer Tick, Kings of Leon, Touche Amore, INVSN
Trentemøller: Lost
Deer Tick: Negativity
Kings of Leon: Mechanical Bull
Touché Amoré: Is Survived By
INVSN: s/t
Marbeya Sound: Colonies
Toxic Holocaust is “Out of the Fire” and into the most metal album cover ever
Joel Grind‘s Toxic Holocaust is back with a brain damaging new track from its new album, Chemistry of Consciousness
Best Albums: Godly astronauts, moon cults, light storms, and a 14-string guitar
Felix Martin: The Scenic Album
God Is an Astronaut: Origins
Cult of Luna: Vertikal II
Windhand: Soma
A Storm of Light: Nations to Flames
Dustin Wong: Meditation of Ecstatic Energy
Best Albums: Man Man, Arctic Monkeys, Balance and Composure, Obits, Cock & Swan, Tremor
Man Man: On Oni Pond
Arctic Monkeys: AM
Balance and Composure: The Things We Think We’re Missing
Obits: Bed & Bugs
Cock & Swan: Secret Angles
Tremor: Proa
Best Albums: NIN, Chelsea Wolfe, Gorguts, Neko Case, Volcano Choir, MLIW, King Khan
Nine Inch Nails: Hesitation Marks
Chelsea Wolfe: Pain Is Beauty
Gorguts: Colored Sands
Neko Case: The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight; the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
Volcano Choir: Repave
Modern Life Is War: Fever Hunting
King Khan & The Shrines: Idle No More
Nas live at North Coast Music Festival
For an hour Nas energetically performed through his vast catalog of hits
Black Rock bands and other fantasies: Sacha Jenkins and the White Mandingos
The low-down on the record, the band’s genesis and the state of race in America.
Best Albums: Franz Ferdinand, Soundgarden’s Ben Shepherd, The Dodos
Franz Ferdinand: Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
HBS: In Deep Owl
The Dodos: Carrier
Best Albums: Operatic death metal, garage rock goes acoustic, and boom-bap beats
Fleshgod Apocalypse: Labyrinth
Ty Segall: Sleeper
Jel: Late Pass
Julianna Barwick: Nepenthe
Zola Jesus & JG Thirlwell: Versions
