In Greek myth the Mares of Diomedes were known to be savage, wild and magnificent. Read more »

A six-piece hailing from Garðabær, Iceland and winners of a countrywide battle of the bands competition in 2010, Of Monsters and Men splits the difference between Edward Sharpe…. Read more »

Harvest Breeddraws on the classics like Townes Van Zandt, Grateful Dead and the Band for a mellow yet complex mix of tunes. Read more »

Right from opener "Get Got"—which sounds like a Die Antwoord track crafted with skill instead of novelty weirdness—Death Grips' The Money Store goes about carving a strange rap…. Read more »

Back in 2011, when This Machine was still in development, Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor announced the album's title would be Shitty Shitty Band Band. Read more »

There's a brief moment in the DVD that accompanies Quiet Riot's Live! At the US Festival where singer Kevin Dubrow, decked out in a rainbow tank top and…. Read more »

The sophomore release from Toronto singer-songwriter Melissa Lauren is a collection of jazz and blues reminiscent of bygone eras, all infused with a modern flare with doses of…. Read more »

Three years after New Junk Aesthetic, Every Time I Die has unleashed Ex Lives, an album that serves up a rowdy good time with blistering guitar riffs, chaotic…. Read more »

Tim Fite's final installment to his "Ain't" trilogy is the result of four years of cutting and pasting musical samples into song collages. Read more »

Prisoner doesn't make the best first impression, with its opening track being a strange mashup of pipe organ, a frantic baseline and operatic vocals that all seem like…. Read more »

Said the Whale builds on the momentum achieved with 2009's Islands Disappear, turning in a 15-track collection of feel-good folk-rock. Read more »

Christian Mistress is another band to deliver a solid contribution to the resurgence in the traditional heavy metal sound. Read more »

Before offering us a new pop-oriented LP later this year, d'Eon has gifted the world with a collection of ambient and meditative works from 2003 – 2011. Read more »

The mashy guitar crunch of opener "True Shred Guitar" is as offputting as it is telling about the rest of Reign of Terror, Sleigh Bells' sophomore album: metal…. Read more »

A four-song cassette that plays out like ripples on a nighttime sea, Dark Water Vajra is a gorgeously crafted bedroom opus. Read more »

"With piranha teeth / I've been dreaming of you," begins Mark  Lanegan, in his tombstone baritone, at the start of "The Gravedigger's  Song. Read more »

There are moments on You Missed It All where Alice Kos slips very comfortably into the sort of well-worn nuances that mark the work of Emmylou Harris—not so…. Read more »

Edmonton's Kreesha Turner returns with a solid sophomore album in Tropic/Electric, finding a balance between dance pop and Jamaican influences, with both of these sides divided between two…. Read more »

The newly established BC label/collective Cultus Vibes arrives with its debutante offering, Together, displaying their various sounds and styles on this free compilation. Read more »

You remember that wrestler Koko B Ware, the "jobber to the stars" who was brought in just to lose the match and enhance the reputation of other wrestlers?…. Read more »