This is definitely one I’ve been anticipating for a while. After the demise of the beloved Joanna Gruesome, the members began to crop up in new outfits with revolving lineups. After the…
More goodness out of the grounds of Curation today, capping off the week with a new track from Farmer Dave and the Wizards of West. Following up the dance-doused last single “Ohana,”…
Weaving sunshine and psych in a way that’s decidedly out of fashion for 2022, but doing it with such conviction and clarity that listener’s can’t help but be charmed, the new album…
In the crush of Japanese reissues that have worked their way out over the past few years Jacks have largely been left out of the conversation in favor of the harsher psychedelics…
A second single teases the official pre-order for the sophomore album from Upupayāma this week. Italian multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari continues to plumb the depths of psychedelia, finding easy footing with releases from…
I haven’t drilled down on this new Babe Rainbow album yet, but it’s worth calling out this nice slice of psych pop that opens up the new album. The band seems to…
Sweden’s Goat remain consistent in their commitment to the ideal of a shadowy cabal of cultural chaos. The masked collective have wrapped their records in the remnants of psychedelic collector aesthetic, clipping…
By this time you should have been able to absorb the latest double dose of pop from Young Guv, his second such set in the last few years. Ben Cook offers up…
The past couple of years have seen quite a few comic country albums, American explorations, and retreads of the connective tissue in between. There are elements of those genres at play within…
Any familiarity with Bill Nace will probably lead the listener down a host of divergent rabbit holes. The artist has appeared on records with Thurston Moore, Joe McPhee, Dredd Foole, and Samara…
I missed out on the album earlier this year from The A’s, but thanks to New Commute, caught this nice follow-up single from the band this week. The pair Amelia Meath (Sylvan…
This one is quickly climbing the ranks of my most anticipated of 2022. Perth songwriter Stephen Bailey has already caught my ear with the excellent first single of of his upcoming G.G.…
Nashville composer Eve Maret offers up the first peek into her upcoming album Earth and Space. Stripping down the sound to a more minimal composure, “Arc of Emotion” finds the artist letting…
Julianna Riolino embarks on her debut solo record, an assured and confessional batch of songs that finds the Canadian songwriter skirting the edges of country and pop in a way that would…
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