Oops! All ringers!

I typically like to highlight as many lesser heard metal bands as possible each month, but all the MVPs came out to play in April. So this month, I'm just gonna go ahead and reiterate how good a month of metal it really was

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Bay Area shoegazers Aluminum swirl into colorful spirals in the new visual for 'Everything' felte

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I'm not sure we ever pushed this article! This is a good overview of the 10 tracks we really love. It's a good intro if you're head is ready.

California EDD hold music sounds like royalty free Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Second piece of writing for today. I'm back in live music mode, discussing the (highly subjective ranking of) the best Neil Young live albums.

Plus the best shows I saw this month! Couple o' super good ones.

'Spell Blanket' is the closest we'll ever get to one more Broadcast album, even though it comprises unfinished demos

And yet, it's not hard to hear the magic in these songs, fragments and interludes. It's a wonderful gift.

I wrote about it for Treble

A massive fucking album.

The new album by Lord Spikeheart goes *ridiculously* hard

I'm wired to love something this noisy and intense, and I wrote about it for Treble

This week's Best New Releases are overflowing!

St. Vincent, Neil Young, Inter Arma, Pet Shop Boys, Glassing, Darkthrone, Full of Hell, LustSickPuppy, tara jane oneil, Ben Chasny, Writhing Squares and Houses of Heaven

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Last year I heard Inter Arma play 'Violet Seizures' live for the first time and immediately new their new album was going to be a monster

I reviewed 'New Heaven' for Treble, and while you probably don't need me to tell you it rules, I think I make a good case

Ahead of the release of St. Vincent's new album on Friday, I wrote about five of her greatest guitar moments for Guitar.com

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Half tempted to review the (redacted) catalog for Patreon so if anyone wants to get mad at me they'll have to pay for it

Thank you Treble for # 21 and including us on this stacked list of amazing records!