List season may be upon us, but there’s still work to do and a ton of releases to put on the speakers. Legacy janglers Boyracer return with their fifteenth LP, a breezy,…
The latest edition of RSTB radio is live and in the archive. It’s a lighter month for singles, so this month is a nice balance between old favorites that need a good…
Providence’s Paper Jays add a bit of fry to the folk scene for 2024 with their eponymous album for ESP-Disk. Built on a bed of fingerpicked folk, the album finds Justin Hubbard…
The second Horsegirl album is shaping up to be one of the first great indie outings in 2025. The band led off with the stripped-back and buoyant “2468” and follow-up this week…
This year was admittedly packed for albums, as evidenced by the 100 title list of favorites this year (and I could barely whittle it down to that)! This year also brought in…
I can’t remember a year that felt like such a gift for music. While the rest of 2024 can go in the bin, musically we were set. Each week was so packed…
The temptation to wrap up the year seems to have caught quite a few early in 2024, but it’s hard when there’s still so many albums just eking their way out. This…
This got a bit lost over the US holiday but now that eyes and ears are aligned, it’s time to let the fifteen-minute sound bath of Rattle wash over you. The band’s…
On her new album Julie Beth Napolin (Citay, Meridians) weaves the kind of mercurial folk spell that leads to whispered-about reputations. It’s the kind of album that will enchant the initiated and…
Continuing the celebration of Elephant 6’s enduring legacy, 2024 also saw the release of new outfit Giant Day’s debut Glass Narcissus. From the minds of Derek Almstead (Olivia Tremor Control / Circulatory…
While it’s a day of celebration and remembrance I’m going to go ahead and keep things connected to the E6 collective. The members of The Rishis have roots with Elephant 6 and…
I can’t imagine that I’m the only one with this on the dock today. Long rumored and finally unearthed, the first new music from The Olivia Tremor Control in decades hits a…
It may be almost December but I’ve got no intentions of wrapping up the year just yet. There are still plenty more albums to hit the review block and the latest finds…
The shift in Numero’s musical archaeology has been pretty amazing over the last few years. Where the label once sifted through the dusty 45s of soul, wiping the sweat of community dance…
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