Post-punk is a catchall that’s too often just a cover-up for moody pop. Something about bands that all took a knee at the Joy Division alter left us with a default mode…
Another episode of Crawl Out From the Fallout is in the bag and, I have to say, its a good one. A ton of new music packed into two hours plus some…
After years spent cracking through the crust of noise pop Tonstartssbandht began to move in headier directions on their Mexican Summer LP Sorcerer in 2017. Even this contained a bit of a…
Some excellent news out of the Third Man camp today. The label, off their recent release of North Americans album Roped in, has announced that they’re reissuing Patrick McDermott’s previous LP Going…
Swerving rather far afield of his work with Kindling and Ampere, Stephen Pierce recasts himself at Gold Dust, embracing the battered cover countenance of private press ’60’s and ‘70s folk rock. With…
On an album fueled by heat and driven by the sun, Future Museums create an oasis of cooling synth stasis that’s locked in place by the magnetism of repetitive motions. Born out…
If you were following along with Weak Signal’s Bandcamp last year, the band had a digital/cassette release for their excellently undersung sophomore album Bianca. A little over a year later the album…
Robert Sotelo’s psych pop wonderland continues to evolve and mutate as he works his way through the catalog. While his last album was an itchy exercise in post-punk fallout and avant-pop anxieties,…
The pervasive trend of West Coast indie getting its due overseas continues today. Following a British and EU love for April Magazine, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Massage, and The Telephone Numbers,…
I’m excited to see that Sally Anne Morgan (Black Twig Pickers, House and Land) is following up her affecting solo debut from last year with a new album out this winter. The…
Caught this one from some Twitter chatter the other day (thanks to Jeff Conklin, WVKR) and its an excellent entry into the world of Hungary’s Psychedelic Source Records. The label acts as…
It’s shaping up to be a full year for Swiss psych-funk travelers L’Eclair. On the heels of their collaboration with Maston for his recent album Souvenir, the band announces their own new…
Another entry into the Three Lobed 20th Anniversary series hits today and it’s got some big names attached. Body/Head (Kim Gordon, Bill Nace) collide with the carved soundscapes of Aaron Dilloway, himself…
Dr. Joy brings together two forces of psychedelia from over the Canadian border – high gloss quartet Mr. Joy and RSTB fave Matthew ‘Doc’ Dunn (Sacred Lamp, Stonegrass, The Cosmic Range). While…
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