On the untouchable 2017 LP Time Well, Cloakroom dialed in and perfected their take on modern slowcore, blending Hum-flavored space rock and atomically heavy walls of guitars with syrupy, dreary, and heart-wrenchingly sad vocal melodies. The Northwest Indiana trio have since undergone a lineup shift, and some members have also spread their wings in other […]
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Zelienople bandleader Matt Christensen makes deconstructed slowcore that engrosses with its subtlety
For more than two decades, singer and guitarist Matt Christensen has led Zelienople, a Chicago trio that explores the outer limits of slowcore by dismantling its melodies and song structures. Christensen focuses on similar territory in his solo work—at least, that’s the impression I get from what I’ve heard so far. His Bandcamp page features […]
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Why isn’t anyone reissuing Karate records?
Sixteen years after Karate’s final studio release, the band’s influential music—which blends emo, slowcore, and jazz—is entirely out of print.
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Slowcore cult legends Duster play their first reunion show in Chicago
You can’t talk about San Jose slowcore trio Duster in 2019 without talking about their fan base—whose numbers surged after the band broke up in 2001. During the five years the group existed, they released two albums and a few seven-inches (mostly through Seattle indie Up Records) filled with grainy, sedate rock, recorded onto stolen […]
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Slowcore veterans Pinebender resurrect their original lineup
Slowcore veterans Pinebender resurrect their original lineup, underground rapper Freako celebrates a new mixtape with a jam-packed art show, and more.
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Twista celebrates (more than) 25 years in hip-hop
Twista celebrates (more than) 25 years in hip-hop, Well Yells drop a new tape of creepy, crawling postgoth, and more.
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12 O’Clock Track: Planning for Burial, “Wearing Sadness and Regret Upon Our Faces”
Planning for Burial’s “Wearing Sadness and Regret Upon Our Faces” is a late-night slowcore stunner