A second stunner of a single from Aussies The Bures Band lands today. The band, which features RSTB fave Stephen Bailey (Mt. Mountain), embraces a sun-dappled vision of Cosmic Americana that expands…
The tangerine hues of sunlight dipping below the horizon that grace the cover of It Is Solved By Walking may be the truest advertising you’re gonna get for a Luke Schneider album…
Swooping into their second album, Aussie synth-punks Screensaver land hard with “The Guilt.” The first single off of the upcoming Decent Shapes, is wrapped around a hammered-steel pulse, twisted into a heat-warped…
A second offering emerges from the upcoming new album from Irish psych-folk outfit Moundabout. “The Hills Hum Hymns,” finds itself in a more serene temperament than previous single “Sacred & Profane.” The…
I talked a little bit about singles from this excellent debut from Boston’s Bong Wish a while back, but it’s absolutely worth digging deeper into the record. The band has evolved quite…
The last album from Aussie’s Uplifting Bell Ends dove deeper into the arms of the ‘70s and the latest solo single from the band’s Chet Tucker follows suit. Where the band found…
Been a couple of years since I’ve heard from South-hemi heroes Quality Used Cars. I quite enjoyed their Aussie meets Austin country cavalcade from 2021 and the band is back this summer…
Woods offer up another double shot from their upcoming album Perennial today, following a similar offering just a few weeks ago. Like scuffed-glass glow of “Between The Past,” there’s a bit of…
PAINT has always been a respite for Pedrum Siadatian’s more offbeat pop visions. Those that quite didn’t fit the laconic curl of Allah-las were given life under the project’s banner, but on…
Kicking off this Friday with a double shot from GospelbeacH. The Curation Records flagship band announces an upcoming album for the label in the near future, preceded by “I’ll Close My Eyes,”…
Some great news from the Inner Islands house today, alongside a new record from Golden Brown (more on that later) and a record from new signing Sawyer G, labelhead Sean Conrad continues…
A short while back, RSTB faves Silver Synthetic let loose a new single, “The Door,” awash in Byrdsian harmonies and West Coast breezes. Ahead of a short EU run, the band offers…
UK label Big Potato has been quietly slipping out essential reissues over the past few years, digging heavily into the psych and folk coffers. While long elusive gems like Emmett Finley’s eponymous…
The upcoming Florry LP continues to offer crumpled country charms, a rough-hewn outing that captures drunk and dry dioramas of elation and exhaustion. The first couple of singles strayed towards carefree forms,…
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