Given Les Claypool’s near ubiquity with his various solo and side projects during the last decade, it’s easy to forget that there hasn’t been an “official” full-length from Primus since 1999’s Antipop. Claypool is so relentlessly front-and-center on Green Naugahyde that for the first third of the album, guitarist Larry...

"On Your Side"from the album Career Culture2011iTunesIcarus Himself â€" a psych-folk band brought up by Nick Whetro in 2008 â€" has quickly come together as a solid trio full of passion and newfound clarity. With the addition of Karl Cristenson and drummer Brad...

"Gotta Go"from the single Gotta Go / Mahwun2011iTunesTons of bands make music in basements all over the world; that particular subterranean space has bred a diverse genre that is equal parts simplistic DIY and lush grandeur. Twenty-year-old musician Brad Oberhofer intended to undertake...

"Terra Incognita"from the album Parallax2011iTunesIn Latin, terra incognita means "unknown land," but this song, the first single from Parallax (Nov. 8), the new album from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's Atlas Sound project, is familiar territory. It's based around a repeating acoustic guitar figure...

"Playing House"from the album You Are All I See2011iTunesThanks to both a strong initial EP in Curtis Lane and equally remarkable live appearances, expectations for Active Child's debut album were quite high. What's really remarkable is how well You Are All I...

One of the most interesting and influential bands of the last ten years, alternative icons The Dillinger Escape Plan close the Saturday of Hevy Fest, despite severe sound technicalities, in their usual mind-blowing manner. Opening with a frantic 'Farewell, Mona Lisa', all five members of the band fly out of...

"Fallout"from the album Era Extraña2011iTunesNeon Indian is back with Era Extraña, the follow-up to 2009 debut Psychic Chasms. Chillwave poster boy Alan Palomo recorded the new album in Helsinki, Finland, alone during the short solstice days, and it took his music in...

"_City_ this ain't. Not that anyone had a right to expect it to be. "

The only reason an album with such an Earth-child, New Agey, Amazon Self Help Pick of the Week vibe gets cyber-ink from CoC at all is its creator's strong historical affiliation with Earth-scorching, Dark Agey, Self...

"Should a person wish to create _Deconstruction_ from scratch (not recommended), the sonic recipe would include chopping up the other three DTP releases, grating a liberal amount of SYL fury over it, and tossing the resulting Dev-salad with a thick dressing of every band in your collection with more progressive...

"Year Off"from the album Original Colors2011iTunesHomespun electronic duo High Places will soon be releasing a new album, Original Colors, its third full-length. "Year Off" is the first offering from the record, and it finds the L.A.-based pair glossing up its sound a bit. While High...