Longtime RSTB staple Rat Columns returns with a new album for Tough Love, shaking off a bit of the more pristine pop that had seeped into their last LP, Pacific Kiss. “Life…
Very nice to hear some new music from Yasmin Williams this morning. The guitarist’s last outing was met with near universal acclaim, and with good reason as it helped usher in a…
2021 saw the debut(s) from Jeffrey Alexander’s Heavy Lidders, the PA crushers that he’s been heading for the past few years with members of Elkhorn and Kohoutek. The band last hit the…
Another new single from the upcoming Allah-Las record surfaces and gets the video treatment from RSTB fave designer Bailey Elder. “Dust” finds the band shying away from some of the slickness that’s…
Seventeen years into this site, it does feel like a good time to take a bit of a look back to the years of its origins. Seems I’m not the only one,…
Following a fertile run of free jazz albums rendered in a collaborative coccoon, John Dwyer continues to cull together an enviable cross-section of likeminded liaisons for his latest collective, RITUAL / HABIT…
Real excited to share another cut from what is quickly becoming one of my album’s of the year. The debut from The Bures Band follows on the excellent last solo album from…
Exciting news today out of the Three Lobed camp. Daniel Bachman continues his exploration of a new Americana — corroded, yet codifying into something that reflects our current fractured horizon. The new…
There’s been a bit of latter day appreciation brewing for Slapp Happy, the German-based trio that formed in the wake of Brit experimentalist Anthony Moore’s first couple of records. The band was…
Tony Jay offers up another cotton-toned transmission out of the SF underground. Along with a growing cadre of contemporaries — Cindy, Flowertown, April Magazine — Michael Ramos has been offering up a…
A third jangler out of The Small Intestines. The Aussie trio culls members from Chook Race, taking a break from the band to let a bit more lightness into their sound. “Stop…
Every new single out of the new Uni Boys solidifies their status as power pop scholars who can’t miss. The band offers up “Let’s Watch A Movie,” a cut that splits the…
A nice surprise release today from perennial favorites Grave Flowers Bongo Band. The group’s been letting out singles in a steady stream over the past couple of years and this one finds…
Centripetal Force is having a hell of a week around here. Following up on the news of the new Aaron Dooley LP on the way, the label lets out word of a…
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