Been a damn good year for Library music and cerebral synth and now VHF brings a beauty to the forefront in the form of Fourth Density. The album is the second (in…
There’s something comforting in the smallness of April Magazine’s songs. Where so many facets of music are reaching a maximalist plateau these days, the band’s ability to craft songs that feel like…
There’s defintely sometihng unexpected about the collaborative album between The Body and BIG | Brave. With both bands’ feet in the experimental and metal worlds, splitting their time between Thrill Jockey and…
Marking the first vinyl album after a string of excellent tapes, percussionist / producer Brandon Valdivia jumps to Telephone Explosion for an album as Mas Aya. The Picastro / Cosmic Range alum…
Last year the return of Rhyton was a welcome surprise. The band’s Bandcamp release of Krater’s Call brought the Rhyton’s amalgam of psychedelic scald, American roots, and European folk inklings together into…
There are some artists that seem to evoke a certain point in time, personally at least. While the works of Julie Doiron aren’t dated by any means, I have strong memories of…
One of the most captivating, yet brief moons in the Beachwood Sparks orbit was the one-off, All Night Radio, formed by members Dave Scher and Jimi Hey. I came to the first…
The Bay Area has been blooming with excellent new bands over the last few years, situating it as the epicenter of indie pop for the 10’s into the ‘20s. Oakland’s Hits stand…
So many good releases coming via Inner Islands lately. After the announcement of the Golden Brown tape, the label’s Sean Conrad (Ashan, Skyminds) lets us into the world of his latest as…
Seems like Doug Tuttle is always low key slipping out some singles and EPs these days and its always worth keeping an eye on his Bandcamp. The latest is a double shot…
A nice surprise track today from RSTB fave Bobby Lee and Mia Doi Todd. “Walking With Trees” appears on the new compilation Home from UK label Warm. The comp attempts to bridge…
A third album is on the rise from Ignatz & De Stervende Honden and it dives once more into the smoked vortex of progressive throb and Les Rallisez Dénudés-type oblivion. Album closer…
Post-punk is a catchall that’s too often just a cover-up for moody pop. Something about bands that all took a knee at the Joy Division alter left us with a default mode…
Another episode of Crawl Out From the Fallout is in the bag and, I have to say, its a good one. A ton of new music packed into two hours plus some…
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