San Francisco can’t stop bringing the gems this week and circling the same oracle as April Magazine, Cindy announces their second album 1:2 on Tough Love and Mt St. Mtn. The first…
Another huge announcement for the Fall lands this week with a new album on the way from Howlin’ Rain. The band doesn’t waste anytime heralding the new LP, releasing the 16+ minute…
Some chaos fodder for the fiends while Sunwatchers are in repose between paint-scrapers and for fans of Eugene’s acerbic wit made manifest. At heart, the record is a couple of Greensboro boys…
Last week I mentioned that SF favorites April Magazine have a new album out soon on Paisley Shirt Records. The first single “Shrine” now gains a visual accompaniment, animated by the band’s…
The second album from Dap-Kings sax player Cochmea Gastelum expands on the familial themes of his debut, All My Relations. Woven in the jazz-funk journey here is a call and response between…
Upset the Rhythm continue their series of reissues and excavations of Normal Hawaiians catalog. Dark World collects some of the band’s earliest works, culling together looser, more raw recordings from their formative…
Excited to share this one today, the first cut off of Rhyton’s sixth album, Pharaonic Crosstalk. Following up on the excellent Krater’s Call from last year, Shuford, SeiTang & Smith are back…
The third album from The Catenary Wires pushes further towards an overcast folk, but keeps windtorn pop at its heart. The band features members of Heavenly, Tender Trap, and Talulah Gosh, but…
Why not cap things off today with a new cut from San Francico’s April Magazine? The band, which features members of The Reds, Pinks and Purples and Flowertown have a new cassette…
Ah another new cut slips out from the upcoming Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders LP. The eponymous album is a turn away from the band’s recent live sets which explore some…
Another track rolls in from one of my most anticipated records of the year, Scott Hirsch’s Windless Day. Hirch’s last album was a total favorite around here and the new album expands…
It’s a day for longtime favorites around here and this one comes from Justin Wright’s altar of ash Expo ’70. Though that’s not right, here on Evolution, as the album is rightly…
Savage Young Taterbug has been a favorite around here back since his Night People Tapes days and its nice to see a new single eke out from Charles Free this week. As…
Good news for guitar benders today with the announcement of a new release from Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants label. Walker’s no slouch in the collaboration department, having worked out duos over the…
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