It ended up being manageable, but my oh my, September 2026 was a treat.

Honor Killed The Samurai is yet another piece of Ka ’s cryptic mosaic, an album that cemented his style and caught the ...

Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer takes a stab at several different jazz subgenres with great success on his new LP. The Weather Channel is one of my most-listened-to albums this year, simply for the ...

Scandinavian jazz has had an unexpected impact on the genre as a whole over the past few decades. Its propensity for the pastoral has lent an unmistakable ambient edge to the works of multiple ...

While many bands attempt to reinvent themselves throughout their careers, French experimental post-metal group DDENT are taking massive swings and hitting home runs ...

For all the glitz, glamour, and heroics that Hollywood likes to foist upon it, the American Old West was a violent, horrible place. Death was an omnipresent threat, entire populations were demonized ...

Virginia skramz veterans Ostraca return with a brief, but impressive merger of post-rock and screamo on their latest LP, Thread.

Listening to a REZN album is like eating a pot of jelly beans. You know you’ll like what you’re getting, but what variety you get is a complete mystery. From their origins as a stoner band, they’ve ...

Around the time of me starting on the newest edition of THE NOISE OF, there is a crazy heat wave pummeling through Europe. Luckily, I’m on vacation on the coast of Northern Holland, so me melting down ...

‘Art rock’ is one of those catch-all genres that doesn’t have a clearly defined sound, instead taking the role of ‘oddball indie with an experimental bent.’ I’m totally fine with that, but it does ...

The scorching summer is upon us in the Northern Hemisphere again. Constantly worsening heat waves and drought intertwined with generally more upbeat and positive people sounds like a bit of a lapse in ...

It’s an unforgettable image that Walker creates, as he has done many times throughout his career. What makes “Rituals of Shame” the ideal song to reintroduce Warning to the metal community is its ...