NME — Plus new albums from The Vines, Esben and The Witch, Tops and Young Jeezy more info

Stereogum — The British postpunk trio Esben And The Witch released a split with Thought Forms earlier this year, and they’ll follow it up next month with the new album A New Nature. This is the band’s first album since they parted ways with Matador, and they... more info

Stereogum — We’ve already heard one Esben And The Witch song from their upcoming split with Thought Forms, the fantastically dark cyclical rager “No Dog.” Our second preview, “Butoh,” follows a similar pattern, but there are more flashes of glimmery So... more info

Stereogum — One of the most dumbfoundingly awesome live shows I ever saw at SXSW was by British rock trio Esben And The Witch, whose monstrous swirl of noise threatened to chew up and swallow everyone within earshot. Esben’s new black and white performance vid... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a little while since we’ve heard from the doomy UK rock band Esben And The Witch. But they’ll be coming back later this year with a split LP (that’s the awesome cover art above) with Thought Forms, who make an equally dark match. Es... more info

Rollo & Grady — Phosphorescent RECOMMENDED SHOWS :: 4/1 – 4/7 Tuesday, April 2nd Tomorrow’s Tulips w/ Gap Dream & Brent Rademaker @ The Satellite Widowspeak w/ Sisu @ The Echo Wednesday, April 3rd Fu Manchu @ Bootleg Theatre Vacationer @ The Echo Guy Blakeslee @... more info

Impose Magazine — On Friday, March 22nd, Esben and the Witch played Mercury Lounge and photographer Ester Segretto was there to get it all for us. Opening were Heliotropes, a Brooklyn band that features Jessica A. Numsuwankijkul who has previously written for Impose.... more info

Consequence of Sound — Getting lost rarely sounds this enticing. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Good new music is in abundance this week, including Esben and the Witch's Wash the Sins Not Only the Face, Gliss's Langsom Dans, Ra Ra Riot's Beta Love, Toro Y Moi's Anything in Return, and Widowspeak's Almanac. At the... more info

DrownedInSound — Esben and the Witch seem stuck on an autopilot where any levity is out of bounds and an abyss beckons for all the wrong reasons. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info