Another single from the excellent upcoming debut from Ex-Vöid lands today. “No Other Way” eases into itelf a bit slower than “Churchyard,” letting the strums come easy before the crunch of guitars…
This bodes as some good news for those that missed out on a Numero obscurity the first time around. Back in 2015, the label started up a subscription series that culled from…
Very excited to see this one roll down the feeds this morning. The Stroppies haven’t had a miss yet, and with the announcement of their second full length for Tough Love, they…
A nice, compact record out of Australia landed last week and it’s as fun as it is brief. The band, featuring members of Bleach and Stiff Richards, melds slackened Aussie jangle with…
Really been digging the first couple of singles from the upcoming Papercuts album, with Quever embracing a ‘60s pop sound that feels like sun peeking through the clouds. “Lodger” gets lost in…
I dipped into this one the other day, but its time to give the whole album a proper listen as it releases this week. Emily Rose Epstein has popped up in quite…
A waft of pastoral folk floats in on the breeze from RSTB fave Andrew Tuttle today. Tuttle’s ambient country leanings are bolstered here with the addition of Chuck Johnson on pedal steel…
ML Wah has always been the moniker that gave Matt LaJoie the most stretch. While he’s maintained a fairly robust catalog to say the least, it’s well to assume that releases under…
Good news out of the Slumberland camp today. One of my favorite jangle-pop outfits of the last few years has been Jeanines, the duo of Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith (Mick Trouble,…
Pretty great one-off collab right here between Howlin’ Rain and Chris Robinson. Robinson jumps on vocals for a pair of Mott The Hoople covers, pressed down to limited 7” with a black…
Ghost Box continue their run of deeply nostalgic, yet otherworldly records with the introduciton of the first Pneumatic Tubes LP. It’s always interesting to see a new band woven into the stable,…
Gotta keep an eye buried on the Reds, Pinks, and Purples feed because Glenn’s always sneaking singles in there — a repository of bittersweet bliss. This week a trio of new tracks…
A brand new single sweeps out of the upcoming Hanging Stars LP, Hollow Heart. The UK band have leaned into the psychedelic undertones that were always present in their past works, but…
This album marks departure from Matchess, aka Whitney Johnson. Her last few works on Trouble in Mind and Monfounous Press radiated with their own particular light, but this time Johnson’s turned inward.…
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