Following nicely on his absolute gem on Wick, It’s a New Day Tonight, from 2018, Michael Rault is leaving a trail of essential new singles in his run up to an eponymous…
A few years ago a lovely record snuck out under the name Sacred Lamp. The record was a collaboration between Canadian songwriters Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn and Ayal Senior. The songs on Senior’s…
If this record isn’t already on the top of your 2022 pile for the most essential reissue, then it damn well should be. Les Rallizes Dénudés, the long storied Japanese psych band…
The debut from Winged Wheel is sliding under far too many radars these days. The group brings together four geographically disparate members — Cory Plump (Spray Paint, Expensive Shit), Whitney Johnson (Matchess,…
I can’t stress how excited I am for this Sean Thompson record. One of the most fully formed debuts in some time, Sean springboards off of his early EPs for an album…
There’s been no end to the deluge of great music from The Reds, Pinks, and Purples over the last year, and it seems that Glenn’s got more in store. Today he offers…
A huge debut launches the catalog of Valley of Weights, the NY/MA collective that culls members from Sky Furrows, Burnt Hills, the Winterpills and Vatican Commandos. The band launches into a double…
Spoke about Glenn in passing yesterday, but I’ve been remiss to cover this new album he has on the way from Thrill Jockey. The second song that’s slipped out from the record…
Came across this one, as I often do with a design connection. The cover of Cosmic Guilt’s debut was designed by great new illustrator Madalyn Stefanak, and it lead me to the…
While there are certainly moments of clarity among the songs in the WEEED canon, the band is known more for rhythmic psychedelics than sparkling acoustic guitar. For his solo debut, though, the…
While I found it late, Cactus Lee’s album Texas Music Forever was a delight that lasted well after 2021 was over. And just as that one sinks into the skin, it seems…
Another nice surprise for the week comes from Brighton’s Wax Machine. The band had a sorely overlooked gem of an album on Beyond Beyond is Beyond (RIP) a few years back, and…
Quite a lovely debut EP here from Ontario’s Ivy Wye. The singer-songwriter has found herself collaborating in the past with RSTB fave James Matthew VII, but here she’s taking the center spotlight…
A second cut lands from the upcoming collab between Mary Lattimore and multi-instrumentalist Paul Sukeena. “Didn’t See The Comet” is a lonesome crawl up the hill. Sukeena’s guitar ambles in a delightful…
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