The last time that Steven R. Smith came around here solo was for 2019’s A Sketchbook of Endings, a dark return to psychedelic folk after a few collaborations and the cinder-scrubbed work…
I first heard Jeffrey talking excitedly about this iteration of The Heavy Lidders last fall. At the time the core of the Lidders, Jesse and Drew of Elkhorn and Scott Verrastro (Kohoutek)…
Tokyo songwriter Yuma Abe pulled a couple of heavy recommendations just on the credits of his debut record alone. With a guitar contribution from former touring partner Devendra Banhart on first single,…
Now anyone who has followed the arc of Aussies The Babe Rainbow knows that the band has a penchant for sun glare psychedelia, the kind of songs that ripple just a bit…
The works of Nathan Salsburg have been hitting a pretty excellent stride over the past few years. HIs two EPs centered around samples of 78 RPM records shaded in his always emotive…
It’s been a little while since I had an entry into the long-running Design Inspiration series, but these things take a little more time to ferment. The latest comes from a longtime…
Ok I’ll level, at my heart I’m a sucker for bubblegum pop. The most sugar-shacked Archies tunes, Josie & The Pussycats (the ‘60s version), bands named after monkeys, bands made of monkeys…
Not too far off the heels of his last album, an homage to classic-era KPM Italian soundtracks and library music, Frank Maston offers news of a proper follow-up to his excellent Tulips…
A little while back I featured an excellent single off of the debut from Supreme Joy. The solo outing from Ryan Wong of Cool Ghouls lets the songwriter stretch out a bit…
Following quickly on their album from last year, Melbourne’s Floodlights return with a nice double-punch of a single. The b-side “Overflowing Cup” finds the band in introspective terrain, gazing over their lives…
Some extra added excitement in the wake of the announcement that Woodsist Festival will resume this year — Woods have just put up an expanded version of their last album Strange to…
The past year’s been a good one for Dwyer fans. While Osees have been racking up the live sessions and proving their catalog’s depth knows few bounds, the main Osee and original…
A third stunner from the upcoming Telephone Numbers LP arrives today accompanied by an appropriately sunny video. “Open The Door” blows into the room on a breeze of strums and strings. There’s…
UK guitarist Dean McPhee has built an impressive catalog of patient works. With luminaries like Loren Connors and Popul Vuh in mind his landscapes unfold into painterly vistas cut through with dark…
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