Sean is a music writer based in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. He first contributed to No Ripcord in 2008, and has been writing about music at Letters From A Tapehead since 2006.
As Sleep’s Al Cisneros attempts to sell fans on a new album without guitarist and founding member Matt Pike, the resultant Hempispheres showcases the strengths of the band’s new personnel while finding a new strain to roll up and burn.
SUMAC, the post-metal improv behemoth, teams up with Moor Mother on a collaboration that just makes sense.
Aerial M’s The Peel Sessions is a lasting record of a fleeting moment in Pajo’s history that we’re thankful to finally hear.
Mastodon’s fifth album expands their repertoire and capabilities while they turn off their heads and let their fingers tell the story.
