An excellent follow-up to Dave Easley’s Byways of the Moon lands today, further cementing the legacy of Easley as one of the most affecting pedal steel players today. It’s become something of…
Love a good surprise track out of RSTB faves Jacuzzi Boys, and the latest is a power pop joy. The FL trio jet out with a new cut, “House of Tricks.” It…
Roy Werner’s far from his debut on Imagine My Surprise, but after year’s of working under G.S. Sultan, the record marks his first work under his given name and a break from…
It’d be easy to say that this one came out of nowhere, but to be fair, Ava Mendoza’s been having an amazing run of late. One of the highlights of William Parker’s…
The crew at Longform Editions always elicit some of the most moving pieces from those that enter into their ranks. The label has focused on single, extended tracks from artists, pulling in…
There is something foreign about Bill MacKay and Cooper Crain’s new record as BCMC. Not in the sense that it sounds as if its from another country, but more that it feels…
A raw, yet rewarding single slips out today from Ava Mirzadegan’s Dark Dark Blue. The new album documents the dissolution of a relationship and the end of that relationship is traced through…
A third single out of the excellent new Skyway Man LP lands this week. Again we find James Wallace employing assembled footage for an accompanying video to further his narrative of reaching…
This record is quickly shaping up to be one of my most anticipated for 2023, and a key example of why the year-end lists don’t close until well into December. The Sydney…
Great to see RSTB faves Island House and Centripetal Force teaming up. IH issued Aaron Dooley’s last outing, Trapped In Purgatory, and the Denver bassist has been busy in the interim from…
It’s always great to dip into the longform mind glaze of works from Jake Acosta. Following up his January release on Blorpus Editions, Acosta returns with an album that feels more akin…
Philly’s Blues Ambush brings the swamp bottom bliss of boogie and blues and lets it ooze out of the speakers. Scraping the senses with an amp rattle seance of sludge n’ singe…
Always digging through the quality over at Slumberland, and this new EP from NJ outfit Lightheaded brings a familiar flirtation with the label’s signature jangles, while reaching a bit further back into…
New single out of Madison duo Red Pants today finds the band working through a hushed brand of indie, knocking on the doors of Blonde Redhead, Yo La Tengo, and Sonic Youth.…
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