Been meaning to write this one up since it hit the speakers and, honestly, there’s nothing better to get your week started that a bit of Zonk! The New Mexico duo, guitarist…
Always a bit shrouded in layers of dense psychedelic fog, the world of Beautify Junkayrds expands with a new LP for the ever-impressive Ghost Box Records. The latest album plunges the band…
Excited to see a new single today from RSTB faves Ex-Vöid today. The band, featuring members of The Tubs and Joanna Gruesome, returns to blending heartsick jangle-pop and punk into smeared and…
If you’re properly tuned into the more recent documenting of ‘70s Japanese folk-rock (see: LiTA’s reissues, Aquarium Drunkard, Torn & Frayed) then chances are you’ve come across the incredible record Misora by…
Guruguru Brain always delivers the best of the East and today they offer up a new single from Thailand’s Khana Bierbood. Atop a funk-strung beat, the band rips through psychedelic riffs that…
Every single out of the upcoming Humdrum album hits like a wave of nostalgia wrapped in soft focus ‘80s earmarks. The band’s jangle-pop blends strums and synths into the kind of heartache…
Jokingly Styrofoam Winos refer to themselves as a “song Voltron from Nashville,” but there’s more than a nugget of truth under that wink and smile. The band brings together three solid songwriters,…
A new single from Jennifer Castle’s upcoming album slips out today. Draped in a pastoral, autumnal aura, the song acts as a declaration of belonging to this world — a simple premise,…
There hasn’t been enough dust kicked up Stateside for French band EggS. The group’s 2022 debut hung on the speakers around here for a long time, breaking them out into the light…
It seems almost improbable that Songs From A Thousand Frames of Mind marks Kate Bollinger’s proper debut. After a slate of excellent EPs, singles, and vocal pop-ins with the likes of Drugdealer,…
A second single slips out from Mapache’s Sam Blasucci today. Teeing up his sophomore solo album, “Flower” finds Blasucci foraging further into the sun-faded ‘70s that permeated his last album. Reclined strums…
Quickly becoming one of my favorites for late nights and early mornings, Colorado trio Prairiewolf return with a sophomore album that expands their mix of kosmiche, ambient country, and spiritual jazz. Atop…
Very excited to see this one hit this week. The recent Love Child compilation by 12xU shone a much needed light on the band, giving listeners a vital overview of their catalog.…
After a string of excellent singles, Mo Dotti embark on a debut record that’s streaked with all the best smudges from the Shoegaze palette, yet dazzlingly bright in tone. The genre seems…
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