by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Aug 2, 2023 | Premieres
We’re pleased to premiere the video for “Doomsday Bride” from Texas alt-rock newcomers carriedawaybyowls, featuring former members of CATERPILLARS and Science and the Sea. The track offers a hard-hitting blend of emo, alternative, and hardcore, with...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Jul 27, 2023 | Premieres
We’re pleased to premiere “Make Us Soldiers,” the new single from Columbus doom rockers Minnows. Written during a Black Lives Matters protest and inspired by acts like Fugazi and Drive Like Jehu, “Make Us Soldiers” is an urgent,...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Jul 22, 2023 | Reviews
Black metal has been going through a bit of a cultural reevaluation over the last several years. Even besides the hotly contested blackgaze movement founded by Alcest and popularized by Deafheaven, black metal has been bred with ambient (Wolves in the Throne Room),...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Jul 19, 2023 | Concert Reviews
A couple months ago, Audiofeed dropped the lineup for this year’s festival. It was met with a chorus of comments lifting up the same refrain: “I don’t know who any of these bands are.” My reaction was two-pronged. On the one hand, it’s a...
by Nathaniel Fitzgerald | Jul 14, 2023 | Album Reviews
In terms of literal definitions, the word “psychedelic” has been misappropriated as a genre marker. Where the dictionary definition refers to a state of heightened sensory awareness or a transcendent mental state (often through drugs, but not always), the...
