There’s a relatable weariness to the psych-blues quiver of Dimples. The band, the duo of Greg Hartunian and Colby Nathan, has existed for a few albums but the latest finds them pairing…
After a slimmed down version under just the Badge Epoch moniker, the full Badge Époque Ensemble returns today with a new single and a new album on the way. Featuring constant collaborator…
I’ll admit, I’ve been lax in getting some Hidden Gems to the site, but there are still plenty of excellent recommendations in the works. On Zachary Cale’s latest LP, Cale lays out…
While the label often keeps the press and fanfare around their yearly singles series low-key, I’ve always found Sub Pop’s choices in this ongoing venture to be some of their most inspired.…
I feel like I’ve been waiting for a new album from Michael Rault ever since the moment A New Day Tonight hit the turntable. That album was constantly stuck in rotation for…
Got a new one out of the sun-baked kiln of Arizona. Fuzzed and scuzzed, but clipping along on with a noise-pop heart, The Sheaves find purchase in the kind of cradle that…
Clocking into his 17th album, Kelley Stoltz proves as malleable and deft a songwriter as ever. On par with the slippery shimmer of Double Exposure, Que Aura, or Ah(!) Etc, The Stylist…
I am very excited to announce a project that has been in the works all year long. Thinking up dream festival lineups is always a fun exercise, but making the jump to…
Multi-instrumentalist Ashley Paul straddles the lines between free jazz, post-punk, and shoegaze on her latest record, I Am Fog. The first single from the album, “Escape,” is draped in a grey-skied countenance,…
Another psychedelic gem (actually two!) sneaks out from the upcoming Wax Machine LP today “Springtime” is doused in a haze that spills over to the video clip for the cut. Atop a…
At this point West Coast country folk outfit Mapache have harnessed the right breezes and are riding high on the hammock-bound strums of their windswept tunes. Pushing the boundaries further than before,…
A second single from the upcoming Teddy & The Rough Riders album lands today and its another lovely evolution in the band’s sound. Smoothing their edges from some of the cosmic country…
I thoughougly enjoyed Sylvie’s debut EP last year, a digital-only document of the bands first few tracks that sunk sweetly into the Laurel Canyon calm of the ‘70s. The record was a…
A bit of bliss to wind out the day before the weekend hits. Under the name TWÏNS, Berlin artist Miro Denck has an upcoming album for Earth Libraries that pulls from the…
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