Seasoned Portland instrumental out-rock quartet Grails are set to release their fifth album, Deep Politics. It the first in three years. During the time off, drummer Emil Amos (aka Holy Sons)…   Read Story »

When the All Tomorrow's Parties festival first launched, the idea of canonizing an iconic album with a track-for-track live performance was still a novel concept. A decade later the album-recreation…   Read Story »

Om's Steve Albini-produced God Is Good is Al Cisneros' first full-length featuring the non-Sleep Grails drummer Emil Amos, who replaced Chris Hakius last year. Judging from the instrumental lead…   Read Story »

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy After a night of front-to-back ATP-approved "classics," it was nice to tackle a day of unpredictable sets. We missed the earliest acts -- Apse, Australia's garage…   Read Story »

We listen to a lot of music at Stereogum: Not all of our favorite sounds conform to what people might expect us to cover. Because the last Stereogum reader survey indicated folks wanted more…   Read Story »