A convergence of two of psych-folk’s most long running heralds surfaces today. Boasting two of the most distinctive names of the genre – Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Rick…
A second strummer out of the Meritorio camp this week introduces Swedish duo Fort Not. The first single off the band’s upcoming Depressed For Success is a self-deprecating slice of ‘90s indie,…
This is quite possibly one of my favorite albums from the ‘70s. Chu Kosaka helped to define several eras of Japanese pop, from the seminal ‘60s group Apryl Fool, whose lone album…
A new double-A single out this week from RSTB faves Emily Rose & the Rounders finds the songwriter digging into the darker side of her sound. “The Drifter” channels a weather-beaten soul…
A third single sidles out of the debut from Manchester four-piece Sumos this week. The song’s strung on a sizable jangle, coming in as clear and catchy as anything in the band’s…
2023 is shaping up in fine for for Rob I. Miller, with a brand new Blues Lawyer album already out and packed full of pop pleasantries and now a solo album on…
Since the day is starting off in a prog mood, I figure why not embrace the ideal. The latest album from West Coast Dead-adjacent coalition Circles Around the Sun has arrived and…
More goodness out of Guruguru Brain this morning comes via an announcement of a new Mong Tong album. The Taiwanese duo expands their palette, blending psychedelics with field recordings. The new album…
Levitation digs a classic set out of history for their 8th entry Into the Live at Levitation series. Following shows from Kikagaku Moyo, The Black Angels, Primal Scream, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Moon Duo, Psychic Ills,…
Somehow its been eight years since California prog purveyors Mammatus have graced the masses with an album, but from the first sounds of Expanding Majesty, it’s been worth the wait. The band…
Anna St. Louis offers up a second single from her new album In The Air today, leaning in once more to the melancholy and lonesome breezes that fueled previous single, “Phone.” “Better…
A long running favorite around here, I feel like there may be a Fruit Bats album that’s been there to help in quite a few prominent turns in my life. Yet, as…
Whispered about and rumored, experienced only at high altitude shows tucked away in the Rockies, the first live works from Prairiewolf began to trickle out in the last year. This week, something…
After a few months of waiting Bobby Lee unfurls another burner from the upcoming Endless Skyways. Hooked on a riff that’s got one foot in the acrid swamp of Endless Boogie and…
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