A perennial favorite around here, Simon Joyner has tattooed his insightful missives across the better part of the last few decades. There’s always been a bittersweet vulnerability to Joyner’s works, but on…
Another scorcher out of the always reliable El Paraiso. Been a few years since Fra Det Onde have graced the speakers but the trio is back with a big one for 2026.…
This one got away in the curve out of last week, but it bears further study under the light of Monday morning. Site favorite Bobby Lee has been curling out guitar missives…
Coming just a year after their 2025 record Sun, Eyes Full couldn’t come as more of a contrast. Known primarily as a preeminent saxophonist, wading through the waters of jazz, noise, and…
Post-Kikagaku Moyo, Tomo Katsurada seems to be a pretty busy guy. After collaborations with Misha Panfilov and Shoko Otake, he pairs with Jonny Nash (Melody As Truth) for a new album of…
One more bout of prismatic pop for the day. UK outfit Bramwell have let loose a few indispensable singles over the past year and now they tee up a new one for…
This one’s a psych scorcher from yesterday getting the good bump today. NY kiln-cured heavies Prison return with “Sunrise Highway.” This shortened version gives just a taste of the long and limber…
This one has been such a long time coming around here. Peaking interest with her early EP as Lady Apple Tree, Haylie Davis finally soars into a debut under her own name.…
Always a treat with a new Real Numbers single on the screen and in the speakers, and the band offers up the first taste of a new album this morning. The Midwest…
Another sweet, wistful wobble out of The Hobknobs today. The band brings together Lewsberg’s Arie van Vilet with Yaël Dekker of The Klittens. A lighter touch than either of their anchors, The…
Another longtime site favorite tackles the Hidden Gems series today. Kevin Dehan has been rounding up country calm with classic charms under the name Cactus Lee for years now and his latest…
Finding its footing somewhere between the slack end of the indie pop pool that’s been rising among SF and Oakland and an equally itchy ‘90s vibe, the new single from DUM1 saunters…
If 2023’s Stay In It was Eric Silverman’s desert psychosis album, a hero’s journey through the heat and hallucinogenics threading from California to the cosmos, then Bitter Honey sets him up with…
One more sweet ‘60s ode from RSTB favorites The Mellons before the band’s new album descends next month. Album closer “Say Goodbye” layers harmonies on harmonies, topping up an orchestra of strums,…
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