This record’s been a long time coming, but like a lot of things that gestate in the cultural catacombs for years, it’s worth the wait. Milk Music came to prominence about a…
The run of great singles from the upcoming Terry album keeps coming this week with the release of “Centuries.” Growling out of the speakers with a gush of fuzz, the song pushes…
A real nice unearthing by Shagrat Records, co-released in the US through Feeding Tube, blows the dust off of ‘70s home recordings from the loose collection of friends known as The Folk…
Houston’s Alien Eyelid skirt away from the garage/noise connotations of their moniker for an album that’s more in line with their southern rock surroundings. The first single from the band’s Tall Texan…
Slipping on a new name once again James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand, One Eleven Heavy) emerges today with a new record as James & The Giants. The new record takes a look…
After some hints and build up on this one in the past few weeks, there’s finally some new music to share. After a few years away from the all seeing eye, MV…
Another excellent single slips out of the upcoming album from Jeffrey Silverstein. Following on the mid-afternoon vocal drawl of “Cowboy Grass,” “Chet” returns to his instrumental inclinations. Based around a Chet Atkins…
The artistic well around Chicago’s Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble proves to be as deep as ever as the band rounds into their third record. Like the record before it, the album balances acrobatic…
Continuing in a run of guest mix tapes, this latest is set up as a primer to often overlooked territory. Like Jeffrey Alexander’s recent mix exploring the boundaries of the Raccoon Records…
I’m excited to announce the new Elkhorn album today, a marked departure from the band’s catalog. The album sees the group return to a duo, but it’s far from familiar territory for…
In all honesty, if the impetus for your band includes an obsession with the first three Bill Fox LPs, I’m already in line for the result. Add to the formula a commitment…
This one feels like it would have caught my attention somewhere around the early ‘00s and I applaud Fire for picking up something this steeped in psych folk and drama at this…
Another year hurtling through space and time with The Reds, Pinks and Purples on the speakers and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Glenn leaves behind some of the gauzy bliss…
Bristol’s Langkamer let out another corker of a single. The band’s embrace of of the ‘90s indie arsenal has long been their strong suit and they continue to let the winking charms…
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