Amazing to see this collaboration take a second stab. Natural Information Society and Bitchin Bajas collaborated on a record in 2015 before both began to bloom into much larger entities. Now both…
This project has been in my mind for quite a few years and I’m really excited to see it come to life! Relatively Clean Rivers’ sole LP is an album that’s passed…
Often, West Coast musical offerings have come accompanied by soft breezes and a bucolic air that soaks the listener in warmth, but new stirrings out of Humboldt County find only foreboding tension…
A solo slice from a longtime favorite around here. There are few bands that have been on the site as long as Woods, and it’s nice to see Jeremy Earl carve out…
This one’s going far under the radar stateside, but in the runup of singles and into its first week in the world, this quiet album out of Australia has been climbing my…
It’s always a good time for the brutal pummel of Austin’s Water Damage. The sprawling noise unit follows quickly on their album, In E, from last year with news a new crusher…
Catching up on this one from the weekend. Virgina songwriter Joseph Harder slips into the dreampop foam as Babe Lewis. The first single from his new album for WarHen record finds Harder…
RSTB faves Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders return with a new take on an old favorite. The original version of “Star Power” crops up on The Lidders’ album New Earth Seed.…
It’s always a treat to see a new entry from Gunn-Truscinski Duo. The long-running collaboration has been a wellspring of creativity and a counterpoint to Gunn’s more pop-oriented works. Their latest finds…
The undying experiment of Milkweed returns, this time expanded to a full length and using a far larger source material than pamphlets, journals, and myths. The band feeds 400 pages of Thomas…
There have been a host of excellent tributes over the past few years, vital explorations of the works of artists that deserve a brighter light. Family Vineyard and Feeding Tube team up…
It’s been a few years since we’ve had a proper solo stint from Northeastern luminary Willie Lane. The guitarist has been a fixture in the New England psych scene, working with MV…
A new work from an old favorite around here. Eli Winter’s last couple of albums have only further embedded the artist as one of the best of the new fingerpicked frontline. His…
Aussies Bananagun let out one of my favorites from last year, an album draped in lysergic contours. They follow fairly quickly with a one-off single. Recorded just shortly before the album, the…
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