An amazing collaboration up on the dock today as longtime RSTB faves ML Was (Matt LaJoie) and Wednesday Knudsen join together for a track that caps off a new record by Matt.…
Drag City scorchers Prison are back for a 2nd installment of elemental itch that’s built to break the listener down and cobble ‘em back together with staples and cement. Like their past…
The Smashing Times go three for three with a trio of albums spanning ’22-’24. It’s a feat that not many can pull off, but the East Coast janglers have a knack for…
The second solo album from Sam Blasucci again distances him from the folk and country touches of Mapache. Still hung in the AOR haze and sequined slink of the ‘70s, the album…
This year has seen a wealth of guitar soli treasures, but any list would be incomplete without Tashi Dorji. Following on his album, Stateless, the upcoming we will be wherever the fires…
If you were quick, during the high pandemic in 2020, you might have grabbed a preview of this rarities album from Howlin Rain. It was a part of the early Bandcamp artist…
Leading off with the velvet swoon of “Hey,” the new album from Mt. Misery finds the band further carving out their indie pop niche. The first album was a treatise on youth,…
Delivery grabbed some press here couple of years back with an album for Feel It, mixing up itchy post-punk with the fried and frayed brand of Aussie indie that’s been flooding out…
This trio out of Portland has been one of the best surprises of the year. Growing out of saxophonist Roman Norfleet’s previous outfit and collaboration with Mississippi Records, Be Present Art Group,…
One more to send you slipping through the ether in October, “Moonlight” is a highlight off of the new album from Aussies SONS OF ZÖKU. Swaddled in flutes under a midnight veil,…
There’s not a dull spot in the Guruguru Brain roster. The label proves releases after release that it’s still the best barometer for Eastern psych, shining a light on scenes from Taiwan,…
A couple of years ago I put together a jangle-pop mixtape, inspired by ‘80s comps and singles that cropped up on labels like Sarah, Subway, 53rd & 3rd, and Whaam! Records. Intended…
“Glowworms” epitomizes the tone of SiP’s new album Leos Ultras — an album full of glowing, playful, slippery kosmiche that’s stripped of its often sterile atmosphere. Combining synths with a wider array…
Without a doubt one of my favorite new bands to land on the speakers over the past few years, Aussie outfit The Bures Band rides the Cosmic American wind better than quite…
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