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…
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,…
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