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Neurosis
Rock/Experimental/Metal
Oakland, CA USA

For Fans Of: Melvins, Black Sabbath, Isis
This is definitely my favorite Neurosis album, followed closely by Times Of Grace and Souls At Zero. I was able to pick this up on yellow/green splatter wax a few months back, which has been an awesome addition to the collection!
Stream a couple tunes [...]

Sonic Youth
Post-Punk/Experimental/Rock
New York, NY USA

For Fans Of: The Velvet Underground, Dinosaur Jr., Pavement
Whenever a new Sonic Youth album is released many who are familiar with their work hover more or less around a single thought. Will this be a solid accessible album that we can rock to or will it be a cryptic [...]

Deerhoof
Indie Rock/Noise Pop
San Francisco, CA USA

For Fans Of: Sonic Youth, Grizzly Bear, Blonde Redhead
Another cool video from HoistedSail. I didn’t really start getting into this band until I saw this video actually. I haven’t heard much of their stuff to be fair though. I really feel the drummer adds a lot. [...]

Radiohead
Rock/Experimental/Electronic
Oxford, England

For Fans Of: Pixies, R.E.M., Muse
I just stumbled across this awesome video of the entire Radiohead set in I believe Astoria, Oregon. I’ve been a fan of theirs since middle school, and they will always be a favorite band of mine. I wish I could’ve been at this show, great shit!
I also [...]

Hrswhip
Post-Punk/Instrumental/Experimental
Huainan, Anhui China

For Fans Of: Clumsy Decision Making
When beginning to listen Vidctiveness one is unsure what to expect, especially when you read the main guy who wrote these songs Dave Secretary, is located in China. Although, this album was recorded in Canada.
Hrswhip wastes no time in winning you over with aggressive, yet melodic [...]

Mogwai
Post-Rock/Experimental/Indie Rock
Glasgow, Scottland

For Fans Of: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Pipedream, Mouth of the Architect
Mogwai is one of those bands that you put on when you want to do a little reflecting, or perhaps just relax. They’ll for sure put you in a trance with their melodic guitars, and gradual building up of their [...]

Grizzly Bear
Post-Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental
Washington, DC USA

For Fans Of: Elliot Smith, Mercury Rev, Nick Drake
If you have ever wanted to know what doom sounds like, you should listen to Grizzly Bear.
It is an experience not unlike drowning but without the side effect of actually dying.
The song structure of [...]