Brooklyn’s Plates of Cake bring their era to an end, but not without serving up a few solid doses of power pop and jangled goodness one more time. The band has always…
A second single wafts out of the upcoming Bobbie Lovesong LP, as effusive as the last. “Watching From a Window” finds the songwriter lost in her own haze, riding a propulsive beat,…
The indie-pop well springs eternal out of San Francisco these days as more and more RSTB faves seem to pop up there everyday. Meritorio adds another gem to their stable of artists…
This year was so dense that somehow I feel like I only picked up portions of some labels I follow religiously. Case in point, Canadian Label Telephone Explosion has long been bringing…
The last Crawl Out From the Fallout of the year and it’s as packed as ever. New music keeps rolling in, even as the year-end wraps begin to crop up everwhere. This…
December always offers a bit of time to play catch-up, peruse the albums that were missed (there are always too many) and try to sink into a few sounds without the constant…
Every time Magic Tuber String Band have a new offering, I fall in love all over again. Following up on their excellent 2021 album Wind Machines, the band has a new single…
That crack crew over at Curation slip out one more nugget of joy before the doors close on 2022 for good. With their coffers already full to brimming with psych, jam, and…
A recurring, and welcome face around here has become Yuma Abe. The Japanese songwriter has released a solo album on Temporal Drift, now well known for their reissues of Les Rallizes Dénudés,…
New music from RSTB faves Galore today. The San Francisco band have been doling out charming indie pop over the past few years, with their last album for Rocks In Your head…
A second single arrives from RSTB fave Eric Silverman. The West Coast songwriter rides the knife edge of nostalgia without ever tumbling towards pastiche. Filling the air with fumes of Floyd, Yes,…
A searing debut from The Ecstasy of Gold marks the beginning of documenting the band’s improv jams, recorded over the last ten years. Culled from hours of recordings, the songs on Volume…
I always wish that the exploration of the Sub Pop Singles Club was reflected more in their permanent roster, but it’s nice to see the indie giant raising up names that certainly…
A second single slips out from the upcoming Danny Arakaki record and it finds the Garcia Peoples’ songwriter in a softer spot. With violin from Rachel Herman and rain-soaked piano from Winston…
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