I love an album that’s all about atmosphere. From the first notes, Auckland’s Te Huhu waft into the room on a plume of fog and curl their sound around the ceiling fans.…
Already cropping up pretty high on the forming RSTB year-end list, the new album from Beachwood Sparks has spent quite a bit of the year on the speakers around here. As a…
The past few years have seen Pearl & The Oysters rise from indie outsiders, serving up slinking disco, AOR, and City Pop to more of a household name as they hit their…
The Green Child embrace a fuller sound and a fuller roster on their latest album. The first two records were largely the product of Mikey Young and Raven Mahon, crafted as a…
A slippery synth meetup from two familiar names around here. Swiss psych-funk collective “L’Eclair hit Ritmo Studios in the Swiss Mountains for a new piece with kindred spirits Klaus Johann Grobe in…
A slippery second album from Naked Roommate falls into the unkempt crevices between post-punk, disco, and no wave. Sucking many of the surrounding genres into the vortex as well, the band continues…
Pieces of this tribute to the great Margo Guryan have been slipping out over the past few months with singles from Clairo, Empress Of, and Kate Bollinger paying homage to the late…
RSTB faves Hollow Hand are back with a new single. Drenched in a fuzzy veneer and propelled by a full rack of rhythm, the song picks up where the psych-pop splash of…
An interesting record to review in light of the current week. The overarching themes of Scions’ debut center on “a post-apocalyptic humanity relearning and recreating itself, after a total ecological collapse.” Singer…
Got another great Hidden Gems this morning, this time from the ranks of Aussie favorites Bananagun. The band has worked up a lounged and languid form of internationally informed funk that brushes…
An absolute charmer out last month from French quartet Alvilda. Following on a well-received 7” for Alien Snatch Records, the band offers up a debut that blends power pop, punk, and a…
A brand new jangler out of RSTB faves Dandy Boy Records. The band brings together a nice outcropping of West Coast indie wranglers — Yea-Ming Chen (Yea-Ming and The Rumours), Rob Good…
I think at present, no band seems like they should be a household name more than French outfit EggS. Smelting classic-era indie rock with an undercurrent of new wave and a few…
A loose Cosmic American ramble out of Colorado this morning as the new single from Fort Collins’ The Crooked Rugs hits the speakers. The band’s new album Hear & Now is on…
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