Most might be familiar with Alison Cotton via her more high profile alignments with The Eighteenth Day of May or The Left Outsides, but her solo works have been stacking up over…
A sly announcement on this one fell in the shadow of Kikagaku Moyo’s album release lately, but the off-the-path releases from Guruguru Brain are half the fun. Sounds of Lecak Vol. 1…
This record came with a nice dose of excitement, having been recorded as a crossover between a couple of my Aussie faves — Jake Robertson (School Damage, Ausmuteants) and Violetta Del Conte-Race…
Following a lead-in EP, Triptides reveal some more of their upcoming album So Many Days. Letting the summer breezes push them away from some of their ‘60s jangle-pop and towards something a…
It’s not easy to follow an album as expansive as Do You Fall,? the massive psychedelic offering from WEEED last year. The record centered around multi-part suites that found the band cycling…
After a couple of EPs the first single from Oog Bogo’s upcoming debut creeps out of the cabinets and its a disco-greased shimmy of sleaze pop that makes good on their early…
A familiar name from the RSTB past surfaces via Third Man this week. Atlanta’s power pop powerhouse Jesse Smith has been a staple of the site for as long as I can…
Another excellent show for RSTB’s monthly series over at WGXC, if I do say so my self. While a few older favorites popped in, for the most part the show was packed…
A second single slinks out of this upcoming album from Sessa and its even better than the last. With a kind of midnight aura about it, the song exploits a cavernous sound.…
A lovely piece (among many others) from an upcoming tribute to John Fahey organized by José Medeles and featuring M. Ward, Chris Funk, and Marisa Anderson. Mendeles, a drummer who has worked…
The sophomore album from Flanger Magazine ditches the solo aesthetics and welcomes in a team of players to support the open-concept folk of Christopher Bush. Members of The Other Years, Sapat, and…
Ben Cook continues his sterling run of recent Young Guv singles. While the last album was a power pop treasure, Guv IV is shaping up to devour quite a bit more influences,…
At this point Terry Allen has enshrined Lubbock (on everything) as a treasure in any collection. Paired with its predecessor, Juarez, the early works of Allen have a certain hangdog humility about…
Longtime site favorite R.E. Seraphin returns with a new E.P. (his best format) for Mt. St Mtn and this time he’s back in the arms of synth-pop, finding solace in the chromatic…
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