Mischa Pearlman

2 days ago | kerrang.com | Mischa Pearlman

Still, what’s on paper so often doesn’t reflect the reality of the situation. Whether or not you’re aware of Deadguy’s history, the boiling, bubbling energy of this record is so extreme that it seems unfathomable that a band formed in 1994 could make it. From the first second of opener Kill Fee through to the heavy chugging riffs that drive closer Wax Princess, this is a constant gut-punch of an album that refuses to relent for even one second.

4 days ago | floodmagazine.com | Mischa Pearlman

Last month, Canadian musician Lights—known to her friends and family as Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan—released her sixth studio album, A6. An emotionally charged record riddled with moments of vulnerability, it wasn’t originally meant to keep that title. A6 was just a placeholder—standing for “album #6”—in her notebook when she began writing it.

2 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mischa Pearlman

Each song on the Louisville-based gothic-Americana band’s final album is its own requiem, a tender farewell accepting of its fate. Murder by DeathEgg & DartSELF-RELEASEDAfter a quarter of a century, Murder by Death are calling it a day—but not before they first say goodbye. From the moment the Louisville band’s twelfth and final full-length begins with the gentle resignation of “Searcher,” the sense of finality is palpable.

3 weeks ago | kerrang.com | Mischa Pearlman

An understandable reaction to hearing Kaonashi – whether for the first or hundredth time – would be: “What the fuck am I listening to?” I Want To Go Home. is the Philadelphia band’s third album, after 2018’s Why Did You Do It? And 2021’s Dear Lemon House, You Ruined Me: Senior Year, and is every bit as unhinged and unpredictable as the previous two. For some, that probably means it’s too much.

4 weeks ago | floodmagazine.com | Mischa Pearlman

Far more mournful than his solo debut from last year, the former Low member’s collaboration with the titular bluegrass band is drenched in sorrow, absence, longing, and dark devastation. Alan SparhawkWith Trampled by TurtlesSUB POPAlan Sparhawk’s first creative response to the death of his wife and creative partner in Low was very much the unexpected.