Artist: Liquid Casing Album: A Separate|Divide Genre: Rock, Progressive, Experimental For fans of: Russian Circles, Fugazi, Godspeed You! Black Emperor Liquid Casing‘s newest effort opens with “A Path of Footprints Forged in the Midnight Sun,” a raw and gritty exploration through different variations of experimental and progressive rock that sets up a nice foundation for […]
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REVIEW: Liquid Casing – ‘A Separate|Divide’
June 17th, 2013 
Brian Leak 
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REVIEW: Tera Melos – ‘X’ed Out’
May 5th, 2013 Dan Bogosian Artist: Tera Melos Album: X’ed Out Genre: Indie Pop, Math Rock Label: Sargent House I had this album for review two weeks before it came out. I listened to it probably close to twenty times in that first week of April, which was an emotionally negative time for me, and I really thought this was […]
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REVIEW: Let’s Talk Daggers – Fantastic Contraption
April 5th, 2013 Matthew Leimkuehler Artist: Let’s Talk Daggers Album: Fantastic Contraption Label: Tangled Talk Records Let’s Talk Daggers have done something on their latest release, Fantastic Contraption, most bands in the experimental/technical musical genres only wish they could accomplish: brilliantly artistic chaos. The record strikes the perfect balance between creativity and instrumental madness. Each song is constructed to make both fans of […]
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Ugly Colors Release “Take It From Me”
March 10th, 2013 Kriston McConnell Ugly Colors are a four piece indie/experimental outfit hailing from Portland, Oregon. Today they released a brand new single titled “Take It From Me”. You can stream that single by heading over to the band’s Bandcamp page. If you like what you hear, you can also purchase the track for only $1 (or more, if […]
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REVIEW: Time And Energy – ‘Strange Kind of Focus’
January 24th, 2013 Brian Leak Artist: Time And Energy Album: Strange Kind of Focus Genre: Indie, Experimental, Rock, Jam For fans of: Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Beck, RX Bandits Santa Ana, California has a population of nearly 330,000 people and is located in the Greater Los Angeles Area. It’d be very difficult to pick out two specific, ordinary […]
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REVIEW: Virgins Family Band – ‘Honeylion’
January 23rd, 2013 Brian Leak Artist: Virgins Family Band Album: Honeylion Genre: Rock, Indie, Experimental For fans of: Dirty Projectors, As Tall As Lions, Melpo Mene Experimental rock quintet Virgins Family Band was previously known in high school by the straight-forward cognomen VIRGINS. It’s hard to say where they lost the name but we’ll assume that it was consensual. After […]
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Tera Melos Finishing New Record
September 29th, 2012 Dan Bogosian Renowned math rock band Tera Melos has finished recording their new album, and the last day of its mixing is today. No word on when the actual release will come from California based label Sargent House, but we’ll be sure to keep you posted. Earlier this year, Tera Melos went on tour with alternative band […]
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MUSIC VIDEO: Sigur Rós – “Varúð”
August 2nd, 2012 Michael McCarron Icelandic post-rock quartet, Sigur Rós, have released their new music video for their single, “Varúð”. The track comes off the group’s sixth album, Valtari, which was released this past May via Parlophone Records. You can check out the video after the jump. The experimental music video is part of Sigur Rós’ “The Valtari Mystery Film […]
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Review: Night Verses – Out of the Sky EP
May 25th, 2012 Ethan Merrick Band: Night Verses Album: Out of the Sky EP Genre: Post-hardcore/Experimental Label: Unsigned Douglas Robinson, the vocalist for The Sleeping, has been keeping busy since the band announced their indefinite-hiatus this January. Robinson stepped in as the vocalist for the Archives after the departure of Marco Lira. However, instead of going on as Archives, the […]
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Review: Eatmewhileimhot! – Mushroom
March 23rd, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artist: Eatmewhileimhot! Album: Mushroom Genre: Post-hardcore/Metal Label: Loveaway Christofer Drew is a busy guy, having divided up his time between his three very musically distinct bands. The acoustic, indie-pop Never Shout Never, the experimental, psychedelics of GONZO and the brutal post-hardcore, metal outfit Eatmewhileimhot! Despite the fact that it originally started off as joke, just […]
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Review: Person L/Weatherbox – Split EP
February 22nd, 2012 Ethan Merrick Artists: Person L and Weatherbox Album: Split EP Genre: Indie-rock/Experimental Label: Youth Conspiracy Records After four long years of patient waiting, Person L and Weatherbox have finally recorded that 7-inch they had promised. The Split EP consists of four all new tracks, two from each band, all of which are terribly enjoyable. However, upon successive […]
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July 14th, 2011 James Shotwell Why not begin your Thursday with some great new experimental indie music? Named for the idiosyncratic Cocteau Twins remix EP, Otherness is the collaboration of two California musicians, David Reep (Elephant & Castle) and Dylan Travis (Man/Miracle). They have a new EP due out soon and we’re excited to be offering you the lead single, […]
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