A truly underrated record from the ranks of the 2010s, Possible Humans debut for Hobbies Galore / Trouble In Mind was a tangled indie treasure that tipped to the 80s/‘90s guitar axis…
A round up of the one’s I’ve missed this week, including a surprise new album from faves Possible Humans (more on that soon), new singles from Golden Brown, Muriel Grossman, Goat, Lorelle…
A record so sweet one label couldn’t contain it. The new album from longtime favorites Massage is out on a trifecta of trusted sources (Mt. St. Mtn, Bobo Integral, Prefect Records) and…
Just yesterday I was mentioning the power pop prowess of Billy Tibbals, and lo and behold here he is today with another candy-coated single. A double shot of slickened swagger, the new…
There’s definitely a dividing line between bands that find themselves lumped into the power pop tag by lazy journos, and those that embrace it with the kind of reverence and studied dedication…
A new single from Vanity Mirror finds them coasting from the ‘60s towards the early ‘70s, lobbing a lounged ballad that brings to mind Wings and Badfinger. “The Apple Tree” would fit…
There’s been some uptick in motion from Aussie legends Eddy Current Suppression Ring this year. The band had an excellent, untethered single out in March that was followed by a surprise EP…
A familiar face with a new name slips out a debut single today. Formerly known as Large Plants, who released two great albums on Ghost Box over the past couple of years,…
The new NIS unfolds as a lonform piece, a 37-minute composition that spans both sides of their upcoming new record, Perseverance Flow. The band has been pulling back the curtain bit by…
Always happy to lift up the locals, and Kingston’s $500 has been nothing if not persuasive in their lacquering of the local stages. The band keeps a foot in the noise-dusted ‘90s…
If you were lucky, Maya Ongaku came close enough to witness them live on their recent US tour. The band has a habit of never quite staying still within their genre journey;…
A nice addendum to the recently released Taper’s Choice LP. The band’s keyboardist, Zachary Tenorio (Arc Iris, Taper’s Choice) offers up a solo slab for bandmate Dave Harrington’s imprint Maximum Overdub. Sliding…
Now, I’d have told you it was pretty much impossible to improve on The Telephone Numbers’ debut. The band’s 2021 album was a jangled gem that found the SF band rifling through…
A second new single from Sessa finds the São Paulo songwriter moving further towards the propulsion of samba. While usually tied up in a tangle of strings, slung low and lean, the…
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