Brooklyn Vegan has an interesting year-end segment - favourite albums chosen by various musicians. The idea is great, the results so-so. Mostly, the lists are either too narrow or just what you'd expect. Except from the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle. He's got some straight indie-rock -Purple Mountains and Big Thief, modern hip-hop - clipping., metal - […]

It's the Quietus, so don't expect any of the biggest names, only the alternative once. The best metal from October, as tQ heard it, is Dawn Ray’d album 'Behold Sedition Plainsong' - "one of the most lyrically astute black metal records ever recorded". Another one is Blut Aus Nord's 'Hallucinogen' because it "flows astonishingly well as […]