Missed out on this one in the crush of Friday, but Rosali has let out another great single from her upcoming LP, No Medium. A harder hit than the first, the song…
If you’ve spent any time trawling around here the name Howlin’ Rain is going to come up pretty often, so its exciting news that the original demos that Ethan Miller cut and…
With the announcement of their debut LP, Music For Living Spaces, Green-House releases another excellent ray of calm to ionize your afternoon. Alongside the flute-soaked first cut “Sunflower Dance,” the percolating “Royal…
Another new bout of psych-scratched madness from Canadian enclave Idée Fixe. Possum crosses over membership with recent faves Roy, and they’re aiming for some of the same era of brainfry, albeit with…
If you’d have drawn a direct line between the C86 lilt of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, the headspun hugeness of the last days of Britpop, and ‘70s deep cuts…
Barreling into view on their latest single, “Summer of Hands,” the Oakland duo immediately bring to mind visions of MBV’s more jangled efforts. The song’s buzzsaw guitars grind from the opening, slicing…
Adding to an excellent run of cosmic country of late, the debut from Athens’ Pink Stones is just about ready to land on the decks. The record is a workday respite, cloaked…
There have been pieces of this one filtering out, but this is the track right here. If ever there was an argument that Mdou is one of today’s modern guitar luminaries, its…
For his first record full studio LP on his own Husky Pants Records, Ryley Walker draws together parallels from his past while pushing the record further from his pastoral folk beginnings. In…
Been feeling the crispness of this track today. Winds ropes in members of RSTB faves Triptides and Lucille Furs for a West Coast strummer that feels less psychedelic than members’ previous haunts.…
I’ve definitely laid out a bit of ink on the new Black Twig Pickers album, but it can’t really be parsed into the usual bits and pieces that litter the site. It’s…
New Haven’s twin turbines, Mountain Movers and Headroom (both aided by the incredible guitar work of Kryssi Battalene), have positioned themselves as reason enough to keep your eyes on the Connecticut college…
Another excellent entry to 2021 from Rocket Recordings today. The label unveils the debut from The Holy Family, a fog-draped psych folk journey trapped between the mind and the astral plane. With…
One of the bright spots of 2017 was the debut from UK quartet The Surfing Magazines. The band, comprised of members of The Wave Pictures and Slow Club pushed past the obvious…
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