This record has been locked to my speakers for quite some time now and I’m excited to see it out in the world. West Coast power pop unit Uni Boys has been…
Not enough chatter about this one on the US side of the globe, but Aussie duo Beefheart & McQuinn are quickly jumping to the top of my anticipated albums list. The pair…
The second single from Gun Outfit’s ambitious new album Process and Reality unfolds with patient pacing. With a Western shiver and gauzy textures, the band blends Americana and Shoegaze into a heat-glazed…
From the beginning, the Coin Collection was always inclined towards the curio; a collection of folk tales and bedroom melodies that tugged a homesick Cullum towards the comforts of his roots in…
The second single from the new Magic Tuber Stringband soothes some of the scratch from their first. The band digs into the fissures between folk and bluegrass traditions and the ecological realities…
After teaming with ‘60s folk legend Bonnie Dobson last year, UK faves The Hanging Stars teased some new music of their own with the single “Sister of the Sun.” They follow that…
It’s always nice to start the morning off with something out of Bay Area stronghold Dandy Boy Records, and doubly nice when it comes from RSTB faves Yea-Ming and the Rumours. The…
Dark times grip the feeds and frames these days but through the anxious mornings, the restless nights, Frank Hurricane has remained a much needed troubadour of goodwill and grace. From the stage…
Always delighted to see new music from Styrofoam Winos. The trio, Joe Kenkel, Trevor Nikrant, and Lou Turner, masterfully blends folk, country, and pop into a potent potion on “Pearls.” The band…
The second single from Magus continues down a darkened path, away from the psychedelic folk and bucolic environs of Greg and Jessica Weeks’ past. Even the bittersweet swaddling of their tenures in…
I’ve taken some time over the last few years to look back at records nearing anniversaries. It’s something I don’t often indulge in, but where there are obvious albums that will get…
A heavy day at RSTB, and it’s not getting any lighter with the first single from Primitive Rings’ forthcoming debut. The trio, featuring site staples Bert Hoover (Hooveriii, Groop), Jon Modaff (Hooveriii,…
West Coast Anatolian psych combo ÖLÜM bring the Turkish heat on a new single today. The song’s been cooking for a while, and even turned up in a live video session about…
An outsider, even in its time, the debut from Sacramento’s Rocketship found its footing somewhere between the jangled and jeweled gardens of twee pop and the headier burbling of Radiophonic plug jockeys…
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