Tenacious D is back with its first album since 2012’s Rize of the Fenix. On Post-Apocalypto, Jack Black and Kyle Gass try to navigate an apocalyptic landscape with their comedy rock. The album follows the storyline of the band’s YouTube series of the same title, in which civilization has…

Named for C.S. Lewis’ science fiction book, Silent Planet is the thinking man’s Christian metalcore band. The band started at Azusa Pacific University, incorporating theology and philosophy into its forward-thinking sound. The quartet is now driven by frontman Garrett Russell and founding guitarist Mitchell Stark, whose lyricism and creative songwriting…

Emerging from the dark underbelly of grindcore and noise music, Daughters began driving their grating guitar strains with rock grooves instead of blinding blast beats on their 2010 self-titled album. After eight years apart, the Rhode Island quartet has returned with a fourth descent into madness. You Won’t Get What You…

As he transitioned out of absurdist shock humor, Japanese-Australian entertainer George Miller effectively reinvented himself as Joji. His unofficial mixtape Chloe Burbank had a compelling plunderphonic aesthetic of jazzy piano and nuanced beats, which the more one-dimensional EP In Tongues toned down. Joji’s debut LP Ballads 1, could still benefit from…

British glam-rockers The Struts return with their sophomore album, Young & Dangerous, four years after the release of their debut. Having recently wrapped up a tour with the Foo Fighters and announced their own headlining tour, the band now releases an album that proves it has no intention of slowing down. Pulling from…

Throughout the band’s 20-year journey, Brazil’s Soulfly has remained a vehicle for frontman Max Cavalera’s spirituality and cultural roots—his ongoing relationship with indigenous tribes like the Navajo and his undying love for heavy metal. While increasingly similar to the groovier side of his old band, Sepultura, his vocals and…

After two decades and eight albums, Swedish neo-psychedelic trio Peter Bjorn and John has developed an unduplicatable chemistry. The band wears this collective identity on its sleeve, combining the first names of vocalist-guitarist Peter Morén, bassist Björn Yttling and drummer Johan Eriksson in its name. The natural way the three play off…

From the first track of its debut album, Anthem of the Peaceful Army, Greta Van Fleet makes sure that listeners are aware of the sound they are going for. With heavy guitar melodies, crashing drumbeats and Robert Plant-style vocals, the young group from Michigan steps boldly into the crowded…

Matthew Dear remains a staple of Detroit’s electronic and avant-pop scenes. His six-album discography covers intelligent dance music (IDM), downtempo, deep house and even post-punk. It’s been six years since his last album, and he seems aware of that. Bunny clocks in at more than an hour with 14 songs,…

At 54 years old, and 26 years after his most famous band’s debut, guitarist Tom Morello is releasing The Atlas Underground, an album of collaborations with a variety of contemporary musicians. The Atlas Underground Tom Morello Oct. 12 This stage of Morello’s career recalls Santana, who released 1999’s Supernatural at…