More good news from Prison this week, the ever-changing boogie beaters anchored by Sarim Al-Rawi, Matt Lilly and Paul Major and a cast of fellow heads. The band’s second release from the…
Love to see a new Rose City Band single on the dock in the first full week of the year. Nothing chases the chill away like the sun-streaked strums of Ripley and…
RSTB faves The Laughing Chimes send out a second single from their upcoming album Whispers In The Speech Machine. A lighter contrast to the heavy drama of previous single “High Beams,” the…
Just last week I highlighted the first single that slipped out from Nashville outfit Echolalia, a cut I’d missed in the chaos of the year-end bluster. Now the band returns with “Blood…
January’s a great month for reaching back through the year, cleaning out the corners and crevices of the past 12 months to find those musical treasures that got overlooked. I’ve been finding…
More indie pop goodness on the dock today, this time running through a solid triple-fold comp from St. Louis’ Inscrutable Records. The tape brings together three bands that brighten up the more…
This one snuck out over the weekend, but definitely deserves a weekday spotlight. Seattle power pop trio Supercrush offer up a tender tribute to their late guitarist Sean Meyer. Written in the…
A familiar name around RSTB, Detroit’s Loose Koozies add a less cosmic shade to the current alt-country corral. Despite a more grounded approach, the band still elevates the listener on Passing Through…
Another one that slipped out when the holidays were in full swing, “Code Grey” is the first single from the upcoming debut from Jack Erin Brown. Slung between the German Prog pulsars…
Absolutely the energy that the New Year needs. The first single from NY Taishogoto quintet, Abazaba re-frames the instrument as an engine of angst. I’ve mostly been familiar with the Japanese zither…
Only a couple of days into the year and RSTB faves Meritorio Records are already back at it with a new single from Exploding Flowers and word of a third album from…
Those year end lists always get me, and had I been quicker on the catch on this comp, it would have made my best reissues list as well. Better late, as they…
The end of the year always winds up busy and even the best things can fall through the cracks. Case in point, the first single from new band Echolalia dipped my radar…
After a few weeks out it’s nice to be back, and already with exciting news for 2025 on the horizon. First up, the always excellent Eremite has a new trio full of…
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