Loma Prieta - 'Fly By Night'

Review: Loma Prieta - I.V.

Posted by Adam on 4 February 2012

TAGS Reviews, The Needle Drop, Loma Prieta, I.V., Review, Album Review

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"If you can mix aggression with other feelings and emotions creatively, almost in a way where it's kind of seamless, you're going to end up with a more interesting album." Read the full post

Cults - 'Go Outside' Girls - 'Die' The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 'Belong' Yuck - 'Rubber' Washed Out - 'Soft' The Horrors - 'Endless Blue' M83 - 'Midnight City'

Gig Review: Laneway Festival 2012

Posted by Mike P on 31 January 2012

TAGS Reviews, Yuck, Girls, M83, The Horrors, Transistors, NZ Laneway 2012, Sherpa, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Washed Out, SBTRKT, Cults

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Sporting one of the best lineups in recent memory, Auckland's Laneway Festival was one to watch in 2012, and it didn't disappoint. Perfect weather, great sound and what was basically a dream lineup of 2011's most important new bands. There were a few niggly beer and food related issues (long queues, selling out of stuff etc) but even this couldn't dampen the spirit... Read the full post

Heems feat. Danny Brown & Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire - 'You Have To Ride The Wave'

Review: Heems - Nehru Jackets

Posted by Adam on 28 January 2012

TAGS Reviews, The Needle Drop, Heems, Das Racist, Nehru Jackets, Review, Mixtape Review

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"The versatility is incredible and Heems proves himself to be just as versatile as the production itself. I actually think Heems shows himself off to be more versatile here than he did on the Das Racist album and mixtapes." Read the full post

Review: Ensemble Economique - Crossing The Path, By Torchlight

Posted by Adam on 16 January 2012

TAGS fact, ensemble economique, crossing the path by torchlight, album review, Reviews

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Review: Young Statues - Young Statues

Posted by Adam on 10 January 2012

TAGS rock sound, young statues, self-titled, review, album review, Young Statues

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The Needle Drop is a b/vlog and NPR-affiliated radio show run by Anthony Fantano - the internet's busiest music nerd.Check out his review for Cass McCombs - Humor Risk below Read the full post

The Needle Drop is a b/vlog and NPR-affiliated radio show run by Anthony Fantano - the internet's busiest music nerd.Check out his review for Cormorant - Dwellings below Read the full post

The Needle Drop is a b/vlog and NPR-affiliated radio show run by Anthony Fantano - the internet's busiest music nerd.Check out the review for Comet Gain - Howl Of The Lonely Crowd below Read the full post

Describing the impetus for last year's willfully stripped-down Remember Who You Are, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis told me that he'd asked himself a question after his band's surprisingly adventurous mid-2000s stretch: "What more can we add to this fucking motherfucker?" The answer, a mere 18 months later, turns out to be the wobble and squelch of arena-leaning dubstep.On The Path Of Totality, their... Read the full post