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Moss Icon: Complete Discography

Michael Merline May 23, 2012 0

If the name Moss Icon isn’t very familiar even to the most name-dropping rock nerds, distinctive elements of the hardcore band’s sound probably are. Moss Icon wasn’t a directly seminal group to later rough-edged

Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power (Deluxe Edition)

Trevor Link May 17, 2012 0

Like Notorious B.I.G.’s Ready to Die or Judee Sill’s Heart Food, Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power presents a complete worldview. You sense the active minds of its creators, crafting an enclosed and self-contained world,

Bright Eyes: Reissues

Joe Clinkenbeard May 16, 2012 0

Everyone my age had their Bright Eyes period. Now, almost a decade and a half since Bright Eyes released their initial compilation, 11 years after a messy breakup (natch) led me to Fevers and

Royal Headache: Royal Headache

Jesse Cataldo May 16, 2012 0

In an era where making professional-quality music outside of a studio is easier than ever, fuzz has gained surprisingly renewed prominence. Practically extinct as a gritty side effect, it’s reasserted itself in a spate

Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music

Chaz Kangas May 13, 2012 1

Atlanta’s Killer Mike is living proof one verse can make a career. First rising to prominence in 2001 after stealing the show on Outkast’s “The Whole World,” where his 6/8 flow outshined both Big

Fela Kuti & Egypt 80: Live in Detroit 1986

Joe Clinkenbeard May 13, 2012 0

Fela Kuti’s first U.S. tour with his reformed backing band, Egypt 80, represented the conclusion to a stalled and traumatic period in the music pioneer’s life. Two years earlier, at the behest of his

OFF!: OFF!

Jacob Adams May 9, 2012 0

When quasi-supergroup OFF! played the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago last summer, their brand of in-your-face, louder-than-thunder L.A punk stood out against the mellow indie-folk and atmospheric electronica-inspired acts that dominated the scene. None