Pete Swanson

Five songs exploring the joys of drone

This week, 5ingles tiptoes idly through spring tulips and the wild, weird world of drone, sampling conventional and unconventional takes on the form. It is recommended that you pull the shades down, turn off other mechanical devices in your domicile, and savor the sinuous, scabrous sound of overlapp ... More >>

5ingles

Best nationally released albums of 2011

​It's a good thing we waited until the last week of 2011 to publish our final best-album lists, since a few bands managed to eke out stellar releases just this December (the Roots' undun and the Black Keys' El Camino in particular made their way onto a few staffers' lists). With only a few da ... More >>

5ingles

Top Five Unjustified Hypes of the '00s

Propagating crap attempts at pop, rap, rock, or any other genre or sub-genre you care to name had become easier than ever.

Critics' Picks: Yellow Swans and more

Yellow Swans