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Never underestimate the power of nostalgia. It’s a poorly kept secret that any new music successfully channeling the energy of the post-punk bands I fell in love with as a 1980s teenager will catch my interest. My intense, albeit brief, ...

In a world where each breath of every person is documented a million times over on the internet, an enigmatic presence like Unit Black Flight is refreshing. It’s also forces music critics to really listen to the music in order ...

To paraphrase Heraclitus, “One cannot step twice into the same Takashi Miike film.” The Japanese director’s “maddeningly diverse” output shifts gleefully between genres — often within the same film — and ensures that his audiences will never grow bored. Yet ...

A phrase like “lost Italian demonic religious rock opera” is certain to attract the attention of even the most jaded music writer. When categorized thusly, Stefano Marcucci’s Tempo Di Dimoni, Papi, Angiolie, Incensie E Cilici seems like a dream come ...

Dark Entries is a label that’s well-known for excavating gems from the deep caverns of alternative music history; polishing them up; and making them available to not only old-school fanatics, but also connoisseurs looking for the best new/old thing. In ...

With their new release Gentle Doom, the Israeli duo known as Cruel Wonders have concocted a provocative conceit: setting famous poems to what they refer to as “doom-laden neofolk for the post-metal age.” It’s an ambitious premise, but does it ...

“Utopia,” the first track on King Woman’s full-length debut, begins with sludgy guitar, hulking drums, and singer Kristina Esfandiari’s unearthly wail. All of these elements are present throughout Created in the Image of Suffering, a mesmerizing mixture of shoegaze, doom ...