This weekend brought a surprise tape from RSTB favorites Jantar. The Brooklyn psych outfit have bubbled under the radar, fusing a nocturnal concoction of psychedelics that leans into languid end of the…
Having long distinguished herself as more than just a vocal foil in Daniel Romano’s Outfit, songwriter Julianna Riolino stunned with her debut solo LP, All Blue, in 2022, a potent mix of…
Another Copenhagen favorite returns this week with the announcement of a new album from Papir. Following an excellent album from Nicklas Sørensen’s Edena Gardens earlier in the year, the guitarist reunites with…
I’m not always a sucker for a seasonally appropriate track, but this psych-pop swinger from Triptides feels like it it fits into the Halloween playlist and transcends it entirely. The song instantly…
An ambitious new solo album rises over the horizon from Matt Kivel (Princeton, Wine Country). The songwriter and Woodsist alum has been quietly crafting solo works for over a decade and his…
Coming just a year after their sublime debut, the sophomore record from The Cosmic Tones Research Trio furthers the band’s meditative vision. A blend of spiritual jazz, modern composition, and sound bath…
After bubbling under live for a few years, there’s finally some solid sonic evince of Vorhex Angel out in the wild this week. Ostensibly an extension of the universe of JEFF The…
I was elsewhere yesterday, but that’s no excuse to miss out on an essential new single from the always excellent Ben Cook. Tacking another stylistic shift to a name change, Cook shortens…
A second stunner out of Greg Weeks’ upcoming return to Language of Stone. The new record revives Weeks (Espers, Grass) psych-folk solo repertoire, sending the listener tumbling over familiar eiderdowns in search…
Following an album on Dunham/Daptone and a string of singles for the ‘Tone, Staten Island soul-dipped doo wop outfit The Sha La Das deliver a tear-stained single from a new album for…
The last few years have proven fertile for Smote, conjuring up an album a year and a bonus live one too as he’s come under the umbrella at Rocket Recordings. Songs From…
Gaining local love on the UK radio rotation, Formal Sppeedwear siphons directly from the synapses of the electro-shock nerve center of ‘80s New Wave. Torn between the twin poles of Talking Heads…
Nine years in the making, the debut from Aussie psych collective Spawn invites the listener into a winding psychedelic journey. Simmered in the psych scorch of Stoner signifiers, shrouded in Doom clouds,…
Just the prog pop that the week called for. RSTB faves Magic Fig stunned on a debut EP last year, and they follow it quickly with the full length for Exploding In…
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