This one slipped out during a Bandcamp Friday rush last month and got buried in the debris (as often happens). While the short-run tape is sold out, the digital is just as…
After a long buildup and a string of excellent pre-album singles, UK indie-pop outfit Ex-Vöid release their debut this week. Featuring members of long-beloved group Joanna Gruesome, who’ve since split members between…
Hanging in the air like condensation, the opening track from Finnish duo Tapani Rinne & Juha Mäki-Patola’s album, Open, is patient and contemplative. Straddling the intersection between ambient auras and jazz minimalism,…
There’s a lot to love on this new album from Tommy and the Ohs, but the mid-point, late-night groove of “Mama Allcaps” stands out as a highlight. Blending country croon, oil-slicked rumble,…
Yet another solid comp out of L.A.’s quickly solidifying Forager Records. This one feels like almost a proper follow-up to Belong To The Wind, the compilation that touched the whole label off…
There have been some lovely, tender records emanating from RVNG this year and the label adds one more to the list with Time~Lapse Nature, the new record from Taos-based songwriter Delisa Paloma-Sisk…
If you missed out on the excellent new solo album from Jeff Tobias (Sunwatchers, Modern Nature) a new opportunity hits today as Jeff rolls out a video for album standout, “Thank You…
Three Lobed continue to be an unstoppable juggernaut of goodness these days and, following the completion of their 20th Anniversary run, the label announces a new record from Mary Lattimore featuring multi-instrumentalist…
There’s been an infectious wave of punk-tipped power pop in the past few years that fizzes over like shaken soda. From Martha, PUP, and Bad Moves to Chris Farren and Jeff Rosenstock’s…
Soaked in the classic class of power pop, L.A.’s Uni Boys may be studied, but they feel liken’ve been kept after class on their upcoming AA single. Shaking through the speakers with…
Nailing down the genre of Sonic Youth free excursions could take up a book, and honestly, Brian Turner covers a lot of the feelings that come up with In/Out/In inside the accompanying…
Too many great things rising out of the South Hemi this week and the latest is a scratch n’ dent dinger from Vintage Crop. The band’s post-punk tension has long driven their…
There’s a broken decadence to the new album from Fortunato Durutti Marinetti (nee Daniel Colussi). It’s a kind of shirt unbuttoned, staring out the window, smoke ring-halo, third bourbon feeling that’s hard…
A fun new rumbler from Aussies Body Type lands today. Over a tightening bass line and growls of guitar, the band smacks punk and surf in the back of the head with…
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