Been digging into this album from Aussie songwriter Tam Vantage, aka Tam Matlakowski (Permits, Carpet Burn, Pop Singles). With a tighter reign than some of his other endeavors, Matlakowski turns brooding guitar…
A last single from California’s Semi Trucks before the album slips out this month on Meritorio Records. Burning off a bit of the haze of their earlier singles, the song sidles into…
Never a bad day when there’s a new Garcia Peoples track in the running and today the band completes the preview of the first side of the upcoming LP with “False Company.”…
I feel like I’ve gotta say it every time, but I love writing these pieces to see what drives the artists I love, and more importantly what treasures are hiding out on…
Well, if the Re-released Into the Wild column is any indication, I love a good rescue tale and the 34-year journey of UK noise-psych unit Magic Roundabout slides into the pantheon of…
This is one of the reasons I’m always going to follow a psych-design rabbit hole. In searching through Callum Rooney’s designs during his Design Inspiration piece, among the bands that had already…
Hard to pass this one by, with band members pulling from RSTB faves (Cool Sounds, Pregnancy, Pop Filter, The Ocean Party) and that Trouble in Mind stamp of quality riding high. Partner…
Time for the monthly radio show and, as usual, this one is packed with new music from the last month or so here on RSTB. The set gets into things with a…
Last year I worked up a mix that explored a new wave of jangle-pop, heirs to the ‘80s indie crown and while I was sifting through I kept coming on excellent tracks…
If you’ve been creeping around the coffers of Raven for long enough then the name Jake Robertson (Ausmuteants, Smarts, Hierophants, School Damage) ought to sound familiar. The songwriter has found himself linked…
Adding to her menagerie of recent releases both with and without The Black Twig Pickers, Sally Anne Morgan’s latest solo outing stands in a bit of a stark contrast to last year’s…
A good day for the Aussies around here and the next bit of excellence come from the upcoming LP by Grace Cummings. Grace presents a live version of “Up In Flames” from…
Got a new single today from Traffik Island, and its another argument for Olsen’s upcoming LP out soon on Flightless. Still swirling ‘round the psych-folk forest, “You Do, Don’t You?” comes riding…
Another great surprise from 2021 and I hope these kind never stop. Back in 2011Kids on a Crime spree released a damn near perfect EP, a promise of sorts, that was followed…
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