A bright spot among the releases of 2022 was the debut outing from Salt Lake City’s sunshine-psych alchemists The Mellons. The band returns just in the nick of time for the tail…
A gorgeous new video from Melbourne trio Panghalina. The new outfit from Maria Moles (Jaala, The Stoics) explores duality and the malleability of sound, emotion, and humanity. The record pairs Moles’ synths…
I highlighted the debut EP from Wax Machine/New Eves collaborator Ella Russell last week, a 2023 gem if you’ve missed out prior, and this week Russell returns with a new track that…
Eschewing a bit of the scrappiness of some of their countrymen, Aussies The Brights embrace a sweater-soft approach that gives jangle pop an auburn glow. The band’s latest, Oyster Rock!, embraces an…
Already high on the list of favorites for 2023, Jeffrey Silverstein’s Western Sky Music has been in heavy rotation on the speakers here and he offers up another great reason to revisit…
Ah, again, November is a great time to soak back into the excellent offerings that were missed over the year. Somehow while nabbing great new singles from The New Eves and Wax…
Earth Recordings have already cracked the seal on the Dave Evans catalog, and with Elephantasia, they continue the dive into his woefully overlooked works. The Words In Between is Evans in mostly…
So Long Noodle House has been holding court on the speakers around here for the past few months, as you may well have noticed. Along with The Bures Band, the duo serves…
November’s proving a great time to pick up on a lot that was missed during the year, and with the oncoming glut of year-end lists and a year so packed with music,…
Chris Schlarb’s Psychic Temple embark on their first new album since the sprawling, ambitious Houses of The Holy, a 4-way collaboration with Cherry Glazer, Chicago Underground Trio, The Dream Syndicate, and Xoloanxinxo.…
Percussionist and bandleader Mike Reed’s been bringing together divergent sounds for years, with outfits like Exploding Star Orchestra, People, Places & Things, and Loose Assembly. This year Reed’s latest ensemble gathers together…
One of my favorite debuts of last year was The Carrier from Large Plants. The band, essentially the solo output for Jack Sharp of Wolf People, carries on the band’s decidedly English…
Ajay Saggar has been thundering through the speakers around here as Bhajan Bhoy, but come December he’s got another outfit on the way. Along with Holly Habstritt, Saggar dives through the mesh…
Another single slips out from Canadian psych collective The Royal Family, featuring members of Possum, ROY, Hieronymus Harry, The John Denver Airport Conspiracy, and Wine Lips. The band leans into the baroque…
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