Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck) and Leon Taheny (Bruce Peninsula) team up to make lo-fi, fuzzy, glowing indie rock. More Spiritualized than synthy dance crap.
The Ghost Inside take no prisoners on “Slipping Away,” a track from their new record. Get What You Give is the band’s third album and first for Epitaph.
Architects claimed no medals in the 2012 London Olympics, but the righteous aggression of “Alpha Omega” is much cooler than throwing a stupid javelin, anyway.
The Babylonian god Marduk was concerned with water, vegetation, judgment, and magic. The Swedish black metal band of the same name is concerned with evil.
Anyone who wished fun. and Passion Pit were rowdier, noisier, less auto-tuned mom-love (fun.) and falsetto kiddie-chorused (PP), Japanoids are worth a listen.