I caught Kassi Valazza’s great 2019 album, Dear Dead Days, a bit late, but it was a lovely introduction to the Portland songwriter. With an EP slipped between the album and where…
Still working to capture some more of the excellent offerings that sit atop my review pile before 2022 slides off into the rising oceans. One of the more tireless travelers in the…
After the dense, absorbing bounds of Sam Wenc’s album Heart Music, the sparkling sides of Recall the Dream Breath feel relatively weightless. On the latest peek into the album, a collaboration with…
Another single out of Meritorio today and it finds the previously discussed debut from Aussies Spice World taking a bit of a melancholy turn. Where the past few singles were ramshackle swerves…
Brooklyn’s Plates of Cake bring their era to an end, but not without serving up a few solid doses of power pop and jangled goodness one more time. The band has always…
A second single wafts out of the upcoming Bobbie Lovesong LP, as effusive as the last. “Watching From a Window” finds the songwriter lost in her own haze, riding a propulsive beat,…
The indie-pop well springs eternal out of San Francisco these days as more and more RSTB faves seem to pop up there everyday. Meritorio adds another gem to their stable of artists…
This year was so dense that somehow I feel like I only picked up portions of some labels I follow religiously. Case in point, Canadian Label Telephone Explosion has long been bringing…
The last Crawl Out From the Fallout of the year and it’s as packed as ever. New music keeps rolling in, even as the year-end wraps begin to crop up everwhere. This…
December always offers a bit of time to play catch-up, peruse the albums that were missed (there are always too many) and try to sink into a few sounds without the constant…
Every time Magic Tuber String Band have a new offering, I fall in love all over again. Following up on their excellent 2021 album Wind Machines, the band has a new single…
That crack crew over at Curation slip out one more nugget of joy before the doors close on 2022 for good. With their coffers already full to brimming with psych, jam, and…
A recurring, and welcome face around here has become Yuma Abe. The Japanese songwriter has released a solo album on Temporal Drift, now well known for their reissues of Les Rallizes Dénudés,…
New music from RSTB faves Galore today. The San Francisco band have been doling out charming indie pop over the past few years, with their last album for Rocks In Your head…
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