A second single from Manchester’s Sumos lands today, injecting a jolt of jangle into your Thursday. “Small Talk” keeps the tide of fuzz roiling underneath the sunny strums, chewing on noise and…
Got a Spring edition of Crawl Out From the Fallout on the air this week. If you missed out, no worries, the show is up on the archive over at WGXC (listen…
Over the past few years Cindy has evolved from the muffled, flannel-lined pop that first cropped up the band’s first couple of offerings around 2018 and 2020. As 2021’s 1:2 surfaced, Karina…
A gorgeous new single out today from Danny Paul Grody captures the verdant air of spring. “Light Blooms” patters into the speakers on Grody’s fingerpicked folk, soft and sanguine, cut with an…
This record seems to have snuck out without much fanfare, an undeserving reception for Horne, one of the West Coast’s key production secrets. Horne (Circles Around The Sun, Grateful Shred) has found…
If you’ve kept your ears perked to the cosmic corners of the Americana landscape then its quite possible that the name Prairiewolf has filtered your way through their live recordings and a…
The first Nashville Ambient Ensemble record was a euphoric delight that spent more than its fair share of time on the speakers around here. Leaning into their moniker, the band skirts ambient,…
One of the records that’s been lighting up the speakers constantly around here has been the debut tape from Emergency Group. The outfit’s excellent cassette on Island House has been a favorite…
William Tyler has cropped up in the past in many forms — sparkling solo guitar releases, film scores imbued with a delicate light, and as foil and friend with Marisa Anderson. I’m…
I’ve talked about this record quite a bit, and even written up “Ride On,” but I honestly can’t recommend Eric’s new album enough. As I’ve mentioned previously, “Ride On” swerves square into…
As you dive into the fray for this Bandcamp Friday, I’ll try to run down some faves, starting off with a familiar name around these parts. A constant on the site, Bobby…
Brand new burner from MV & EE and it couldn’t come soon enough. Mind melding with their work under the Wet Tuna tentpole, the album feels like a companion piece to the…
Another great single slips out from the upcoming Ryan Wong solo LP. Wong (Cool Ghouls) captures a country croon with a lighter heart, feeling very comfortable among the stable at Rocks In…
It’s been a little while since Crocodiles cropped up here, but the band’s been keeping the fires lit on gaze-gilded garage and psych-pop for years. The title track to their upcoming LP…
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