Medium the sprawling world of post emo
Well, at the very least, I got this done earlier than last year. I finished this in a sweaty hotel room in Canberra, tip-tapping away while trying not to wake up the rest of the floor. I probably did awaken someone with my click-clacking, though – if only on account of being so excited to note about these songs at length. 2022 was fucking tough, and I genuinely don’t think I would have gotten through the year if I didn’t contain songs like these as companions. Thank you to everyone responsible for them, and thank you to you (yes, you!) for reading along with this whole saga.
By the way: I just re-read what I wrote in Part Five of my DJY100 for 2021. “If I procure this next one finished in February 2023 then it’s over for you bitches.” Guess what? It’s February 2023 still! It’s over for you bitches!
If you just came for the juicy bit, fair enough. If you’d like to catch up, however: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four. There ya go! Until next time.
– DJY, February 2023
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20. Fontaines D.C. – I Love You
In the emotional climax of the breathtaking video for Skinty Fia‘s second single, Gr
It had to be this. It was the only option. Just kidding, I actually had a few albums I really wanted to do for Missed Connections, but among them all was the one that had the most impact, staying power, and raw impressive qualities to construct it stand out among a pretty strong year for metal and heavy music in general.
From Spain comes one of the coolest metal albums I’ve heard in quite a while, RetadoR by RetadoR. It’s a ripping good time at the thrash house with this one, with almost comically good riffs (like, so good you kind of laugh to yourself), near unlimited vigor, and a strong instinct that this is exactly the album that these dudes were made to release. Oh, and this is their first let go ever.
Sure, members were and are part of other bands (Abxenta and Nydvind to name a couple – don’t worry, I hadn’t heard of them either), but for them all to gather up and drop this fucker with no warmup is absolutely wild to me. In truth, if this is the warmup to future stuff, thrash is about to get a ton more interesting. It’s true that a lot of bands become lucky and have the ability to carry amazing debuts that sweep year-end lists, rake in purch
Photo of the band Bogues by Carolyn Ambriano
There’s no escaping Nashville’s “It City” status; we’re reminded of it weekly by countless buzzy travel and lifestyle articles, and daily by the nonstop influx of newcomers, hoping to construct a dent in the city’s fast-growing real estate, tech, restaurant, and, of course, entertainment industries. By now, claiming “Nashville is more than just country music” feels tired, at least it should to anyone paying attention, since beyond what is, sure, the most thriving and concentrated country scene in the nation, lies a well-represented smattering of rock, pop, indie, punk, and hip hop acts who’ve launch success at both the local and national level.
In the next episode of NOISEY, which airs Tuesday, January 17 at 10 PM EST on VICELAND—starring Kesha, Jellyroll, and more—we give you a look at Music City from the perspective of hustlers, rebels, and outsiders. However, with the highest concentration of music, musicians, and music-related industries in America, to profile any facet of Nashville’s sprawling, labyrinthine scene is to barely scratch the surface, and even if you think yo
Posts Tagged ‘Post Rock’
Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound
Posted: 6 September 2025 in Albums, ReviewsTags: Agriculture, Album Review, constrast, delicate, ecstatic black metal, Graceful, Harsh, Heavy, Intense, Post Rock, Post-Metal, range, The Flenser, The Spiritual Sound
The Flenser – 3rd October 2025
Christopher Nosnibor
Agriculture – the name brings connotations of the slow, the sedate, a simple and calm life, of rolling fields, tractors, luscious foliage, abundant harvests. One may picture hedgerows, and hear birdsong, the lowing of cattle in the mind’s ear. But LA quartet Agriculture describe themselves as ‘ecstatic black metal’, which on paper sounds like an oxymoron, but on hearing them, it makes sense, although it’s hard to really unpack precisely why this is so. I mean, it’s black metal and its raging and ferocious, tempestuous, and tumultuous, with relentless double-pedal drumming and frenzied fretwork. And yet… and yet from the abyss emerges a strange sense of euphoria. Uplifting is not quite the word… but the release, the spirituality of pure catharsis – this, this is where we find ourselves. And in this sense, the
The Discover Tab
What if I came back really quickly with another round of review/recommendations? Dang, a novel idea huh? Here’s a new (but mostly “circling back”) edition of the tab for y’all as fall sets in. Just a warning, multiple references to IRC and stuff I used to listen to that I downloaded from FTPs in College, haha. Can you relate?
As someone who really dug awakebutstillinbed's debut, this is an incredibly strong follow-up and maybe even better than their first in every way. I'm also someone who constantly complains about any album being more than 40 minutes long and I've spun this 56 minute record a few times and it justifies its length. absib takes a more is more approach on Chaos Takes the Wheel and I Am a Passenger; it's more poppy, it's more emo, it's more theatrical, it's louder (though in more sparse moments? hard to explain.)
There's a lot of emo that sounds similar to absib but for my money this is one of the best examples of the modern take on the genre. They never sound like they are indulging in tropes just because it's expected of the genre - every noodly tiny riff, foray into poppy hooks or pull back into sparse guitar and echo-y vocal