12 Compositions to Introduce You to Classical Music Post-1950
Classical and compositional music have continued to thrive in the 20th and 21st centuries, reaching new heights of dissonance and beauty.
Robert Rubsam
Seahaven: Reverie Lagoon: Music for Escapism Only
Reverie and its new sound may throw some old fans, but that’s a good thing.
Tombs: Savage Gold
Savage Gold proves extreme metal to be a race to the bottom that no one wins.
The Menzingers: Rented World
For what it is, Rented World slays.
Owls: Two
Two is certainly a good album, and it’s absolutely the one Owls wanted to make. It’s just not always a record I want to listen to.
Carla Bozulich: Boy
Boy sounds like nothing other than Bozulich’s own twisty back catalog, a culmination of a career spent distorting punk rock and country and the blues into exciting new shapes.
Real Estate: Atlas
Without a doubt, this is another Real Estate album.
Drudkh & Winterfylleth: Thousands of Moons Ago / The Gates and Drudkh: Eastern Frontier in Flames
Split between allegiance to tradition and an innovating drive, this split and EP falter.
Bruce Springsteen: High Hopes (take 2)
On this, Bruce Springsteen's most unsteady album, Tom Morello demonstrates how a backing player can nearly ruin the proceedings.