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Revving the Engine

No Straight Roads: Rock Will Never Die

By Stu Horvath • September 1st, 2020

Unwinnable chats with co-founder Daim Dziauddin about Metronomik’s new, rockin’ adventure: No Straight Roads.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2020

By Noah Springer • September 1st, 2020

“We’re still in quarantine, and I’m still listening to beats and rhymes.”

Feature Excerpt

Talkin’ ‘Bout Bugsnax

By Melissa King • August 28th, 2020

A look at how Kero Kero Bonito came up with gaming’s happiest bop of the summer.

Sound Cycles – The Re-Re-Invention Of JRPG Soundtracks

By Michael Weber • August 24th, 2020

“We have to make even further developments from here on, but I would like to strive for the mix of “haphazardness” and “inevitability.”

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2020

By Noah Springer • August 7th, 2020

These are some revolutionary times we’re living in, so this month, Noahs dives into a few albums that match that vibe.

Casting Deep Meteo

No Home for Petals

By Levi Rubeck • August 6th, 2020

“Given the trajectory we’re on, perhaps it’s too soon for 2020 comeback stories. And yet I’m charged by the germination of long-term plans of cosmic revival, hopefully to flower as soon as possible.”

Truth Cult’s Sermon of Swagger

By Levi Rubeck • June 18th, 2020

If the first song from Off Fire doesn’t sway you, well, there ain’t much else to bring you aboard. But for those open to receive their chained melodies and swirling dialogues, Truth Cult stands and delivers.

The Beat Box

Music for the Revolution

By Noah Springer • June 18th, 2020

Noah highlights some new hip hop albums well suited for our moment in history.

An image of Donald Glover from the This Is America music video, hands outstretched as if holding a gun.

The Sound of Protest (And What Happens if TikTok Disables it)

By Amanda Hudgins • June 4th, 2020

We lose a lot in silence. TikTok’s preferred method of dealing with copyright violations is to simply remove the offending audio altogether, leaving the video behind as a kind of digital tombstone.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – April 2020

By Noah Springer • May 8th, 2020

Noah finds a bit of normalcy in hip hop when that quarantine paranoia begins to set in.

Feature Excerpt

In the Suburbs I: Stardew Valley and Arcade Fire

By Alyssa Hatmaker • May 4th, 2020

No matter what artists might be trying to convey in their music, we inevitably tailor their message to fit ourselves.

Musings

Code Orange and the New Reality

By Blake Hester • April 10th, 2020

Code Orange’s newest album feels like the group’s most cohesive product to date.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – March 2020

By Noah Springer • April 8th, 2020

Noah celebrates this column’s one-year anniversary with some great new albums.

Exploits Feature

Modernism and Auto-Tune

By Noah Springer • March 20th, 2020

“I see auto-tune playing the same role in hip hop in the last two decades as photography played in art in the 19th and early 20th century.”

Musings

Rock is Dead. Long Live the Dirty Nil.

By Blake Hester • March 12th, 2020

The Dirty Nil, in just one 39 minute album, is more intelligent, interesting and fun than most classic rock out there.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – February 2020

By Astrid Budgor • March 6th, 2020

New year, new metal.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – February 2020

By Noah Springer • March 6th, 2020

This month’s column includes one of the more powerful albums Noah’s heard in a while.

Feature Excerpt

Heavy Metal Hits the Tabletop

By Tom G. Wolf • February 21st, 2020

For both metal and tabletop gaming, the allure of the forbidden draws in similar crowds.

Coaxing Out Creative Confessions

By Levi Rubeck • February 13th, 2020

Hardcore is living, breathing music and this is a producer who understands that perfection is often the antidote to the swirling energy that swarms around good art.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – January 2020

By Noah Springer • February 4th, 2020

Noah checks out what the ’20s have in store.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – December 2019

By Astrid Budgor • January 12th, 2020

Astrid shares her favorite metal hits from 2019.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – December 2019

By Noah Springer • January 12th, 2020

Noah says “goodbye” to 2019 by saying “hello” to a few albums he overlooked during the year.

Exploits Feature

The Goth Revival

By Stu Horvath • January 2nd, 2020

When the end of that world is nigh, goths will make the music to dance to.

It’s Us Or Them

By Matt Marrone • December 29th, 2019

The Lumineers’ album III is a stunning record with beauty and tragedy and hope – and hooks.

Best of 2019
A sound wave represented electronically by sound editing software.

The Best Albums of 2019

By Team Unwinnable • December 27th, 2019

Crank up the best albums of 2019 and drown out the cacophony of nonsense that surrounds us.

Hungry for Fresh Chavez Every Day

By Levi Rubeck • December 19th, 2019

Cockfighters isn’t enough. I’m hungry for fresh Chavez every day.

Rookie of the Year

#Monster25

By Matt Marrone • December 10th, 2019

With the re-release of REM’s Monster, Matt Marrone is 16 again.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – November 2019

By Astrid Budgor • December 3rd, 2019

A double dose of metal albums you should check out.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – November 2019

By Noah Springer • December 3rd, 2019

Fresh November beats!

Musings

Concerts Suck, But Landon Tewers Doesn’t

By Blake Hester • November 11th, 2019

Blake sees his first concert in four years and it’s…weird.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – October 2019

By Noah Springer • November 7th, 2019

Just like a white girl’s cup filled with pumpkin spice, Noah’s ears runneth over with great hip hop this month.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – September 2019

By Astrid Budgor • September 30th, 2019

Prepare your ears for lots and lots of doom and grind.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – September 2019

By Noah Springer • September 30th, 2019

Noah alternates between the unknown and known with this month’s hip hop.

Rookie of the Year

Live From a Picnic Bench at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival

By Matt Marrone • September 13th, 2019

In the words of Caamp: Woo-hoooooooo.Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo …

A woman, her face cut in half with another image superimposed on top. This is the album art for Gift of Suffering.

Portrayal of Guilt and the Gift of Concision

By Levi Rubeck • September 12th, 2019

Portrayal of Guilt wants to understand the nature of this grief, to luxuriate in totality of experience, which requires a balance—dissonant plucked chords and surgically precise blast beats.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – August 2019

By Noah Springer • August 29th, 2019

Noah’s endlessly fascinated by the deep range and mutability of hip hop’s subgenres.

The Usurper

Noteworthy Metal – August 2019

By Astrid Budgor • August 28th, 2019

Metal waits for no one, and Astrid’s got a pile of records to share after a recent cross-country move.

Memescape

Choose Your Own Twitter Thread

By Alyse Stanley • August 6th, 2019

A.K.A. when Twitter role-played as Beyonce’s assistant.

Does die Hoffnung Get Played at Emo Nights

By Levi Rubeck • August 1st, 2019

Love Songs, by die Hoffnung, inspires Levi Rubeck to poetry.

The Beat Box

Noteworthy Hip Hop – July 2019

By Noah Springer • July 31st, 2019

Noah’s got another month’s worth of fresh beats and wants to hear if you’re digging his tastes.

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