Poor Sense Field just can’t seem to get a bit o’ peace and quiet. After finally finding a good home and releasing a well-received album, guitarist Rodney Sellars’ daughter was paralyzed in a car accident.
Featuring members of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, and Harkonen, you’d think Roy was a math metal powerhouse. You’d be even more surprised by how good of an indie rock band they are.
3/4s of Sunny Day Real Estate. Emotional songs that are worth the wait, but definitely different enough to alienate lots of Sunny Day Real Estate fans.
One aural peak into Safety in Numbers and you’ll chalk up another victory for the icy country, as drums crack like burning wood, and synths backfire like classic Mercury Rev.
Denali create boring, lifeless, meandering songs out of seemingly perfect elements. Much better than the debut, but it still tips toward style over substance.
Matmos glitch their way through battlefields of the 1860s, bleeping, blooping, fuzzing, and squealing with ancient synths like a birthday party for lunatics.