What the f#ck? The 2007 album from BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME starts off with a song that sounds like a punk rock QUEEN or ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA & then promplty moves into the blast-beat death territory that they're better known for. An interesting album from this talented band.

Live version of the album, with six additional performances on the DVD, plus the extras you'd expect from a cd-dvd combo such as this. Blast beats into infinity!

2016 & second "visual album" from BEYONCE is reportedly an album in response to JAY-Z cheating on her, & all we can say is, "Why, Jay?!" Features JACK WHITE, WEEKND, JAMES BLAKE & KENDRICK LAMAR. ESSENTIAL!

This sprawling, 20-track double-LP from BIG THIEF does the miracle of managing to be simultaneously ambitious and liesurely, using multiple recording sessions to capture the many facets of their songwriter ADRIANNE LENKER and the band's intuitive, textured playing. Now what strikes us on these songs is how confident they are rhythmically; the way in which the band can wrap themselves around a hook or a bridge makes it as if these weren't written so much as plucked from the air. Many of these tracks hew close to a sound like FAIRPORT CONVENTION, others at a more easygoing, JOHN PRINE-like pace. At any speed, this album is among the best in BIG THIEF's already brilliant catalogue. ULTRA RECOMMENDED.