New Music – June 2015 – A Top 5 List
#5 | No Joy - More Faithful
Shoegaze fans rejoice. More Faithful will grow on you with each listen, and it might just be your album of the year.
Highlights: “Burial In Twos”
If you like, you’ll like: My Bloody Valentine, Best Coast, Sonic Youth
#4 | Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Genre-bending London indie rock outfit deftly combines folk, grunge, and electronic music on their highly anticipated debut. Plus, Ellie Rowsell finds a space to use the term “my stone cold fox” in one of her songs.
You like, you’ll like: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Garbage
#3 | Ecstatic Vision - Sonic Praise
Debut release on Relapse Records from Philadelphia’s Ecstatic Vision is a psychedelic, tribal journey for any stoner metal fan.
You like, you’ll like: Hawkwind, Pink Floyd
#2 | Czarface - Every Hero Needs A Villain
7L and Esoteric team up with Inspectah Deck for another round of their comic book infatuated side project, Czarface. Bottom line, Every Hero Needs a Villain proves that these guys are some of the best spitters in the business.
Highlights: For real, spin this one top to bottom!
You like, you’ll like: El-P, Atmosphere, 7L & Esoteric
#1 | High on Fire - Luminiferous
From the first notes of “The Black Pot”, High on Fire delivers another crushing barrage of riffs that will certainly top many end-of-year lists, and could be this band’s best effort yet.
Highlights: “The Black Pot”, “Carcosa”
You like, you’ll like: METAL!!!