‘Nother nice one out of the Australian psych-folds, with a new single from Adelaide’s Druid Fluids. Rippling in the winds of ‘60s psych-pop, the song has a damp coolness to it. Perpetrated…
The last album I explored here from saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi, was his deeply personal exploration of his grandfather’s time in a U.S. internment camp, Descension, which was out last year. It would…
Outside of certain circles, the Western Mass free improv scene doesn’t always get the accolades it deserves. Step a few notches above this site’s reach and there’s less digging into the layers…
A surprise new record (or mini-album if you will) from Lewsberg lands today, and while I’m sure I’ll have more to say after a few full immersions, it’s worth getting in front…
Another peek into a love letter to their influences from Mapache lands today. This Sam and Clay, along with Doug Horne take on fellow West Coast luminaries Allah-Las, covering their 2014 title-track…
Matt Lajoie’s current run of improvised records has been fruitful to say the least. Spanning three recordings over the past couple of years, and drawing from an elemental aura — the first…
Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass series has proven a deep well of material outside the label’s normal purview. They continue this week with a fragile, frost-laden cut from Maine’s Lisa/Liza. With a music…
One of America’s great explorers of the past, Jake Xerxes Fussell returns to form today with the announcement of Good and Green Again, his follow-up to 2019’s Out of Sight. The album…
The ever indomitable Upset The Rhythm never misses the mark with post-punk and the latest on the roster is Berlin’s Clear History. “Presents” storms into the room on a double drum pound,…
In a year marked by pain, loss, frustration, hope, and subsequently lost in hope’s shadow, there has been a proliferation of albums that embrace a past that exists wrapped in a community…
The layers of this ambitious, and frankly necessary, tribute to Neal Casal continue to peel back. Today another cut arrives, with Vetiver’s Andy Cabic giving Casal’s “White Fence Round House” a breezy…
Despite blazing quite a few trails, the fact that The Beau Brummels only have a handful of hits often keeps them out of conversations on influential American Bands. While the ’60 nostalgia…
There’s a lot to love in the singles leading up to the second Bat Fangs album. Featuring Ex Hex’s Betsy Wright and Flesh Wounds’ Laura King, the band shares more than a…
More new music out of Trevor Beld Jimenez today, following on his collaboration with Pearl Charles yesterday and a stellar album from earlier in the year. The autumn hues of “Blue Sky…
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