I love it when a band resurfaces out of the black hole of the zeitgeist to deliver something that you didn’t know you needed on a Tuesday morning. New Bums emerged much…
Got a new wafer of post-punk goodness out of the Trouble in Mind camp today and as usual the label is scouring all the best scenes for ya. Nabbing Nightshift out of…
I’m pulled at odds on this one. While I’m notoriously Christmas Music averse, I do love San Francisco’s Blades of Joy, and the idea of new music from them is just too…
The latest from Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn is an amber-hued country slide that sits along nicely with his recent run of solo records. Full of cool breezes and long afternoons, the album sat…
Excited to see another jangler out from Dutch psych-poppers Bingo Trappers. Their LP on Grapefruit from a couple of years ago was a damn delight and this one sounds poised to pick…
Gonna lock in for this week before I make any end of year judgements because there’s still a lot of heard fought music coming out. Case in point; this absolute burner from…
Another Bandcamp Friday swings into view and that means that there’s plum opportunities to support artists directly. One of the best releases to peek out from behind the glut of Bandcamp emails…
Still a steady stream of great albums tumbling out of 2020, so don’t expect a wrap from me while there are still corners to uncover. There’s more to scrape from this year…
Got some exciting news today of a project from spiritual-arts programming collective Psychedelic Sangha. The NYC based group has been offering meditative psychedelic experiences, sound bath transmissions, and gatherings dedicated to sharing…
Just catching this one today and its a real nice live treat from Peel Dream Magazine. The band was pretty busy over the last year, with an album on Slumberland and an…
Since December warrants looking back at the year, I have to say in trawling through my personal listening and buying habits of the year, no genre dominated my headspace more than that…
Looks like Wand frontman Cory Hanson is taking another trek down the solo troubadour route and while the first taste of the album, “Paper Fog,” sounds a bit sunnier than his last…
It’s only been a year since Frank & The Hurricanes released the languid charm of Life Is Spiritual into the air and they’re already back and not one ounce of palatable positivity…
Another entrancing addition to the Ghost Box catalog lands next month. Lisbon’s Beautify Junkyards have been tumbling down a vortex of Portuguese and Brazilian folk laced with ‘60s psychedelics for the last…
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