Once you think you’ve got a handle on Pat Keen, he slips away, pivoting through a plethora of stylistic slip-ons — folk, country, lounge, jazz, Americana — proving to be an instrumental…
Another softly devastating new single from Nathan Bowles Trio is out this morning. The new outfit features Bowles alongside double-bassist Casey Toll (Jake Xerxes Fussell, Mt. Moriah) and drummer Rex McMurray (CAVE).…
A new single slips out today from indie pop purveyors Peel Dream Magazine, heralding their new album Rose Main Reading Room. “Lie In The Gutter” skitters along on a soft-hearted beat, letting…
The past few years have found the ambient country coven taking shape. Stretched out along an imaginary landscape — dessert dry, but somehow still hung with haze — the genre has found…
The Hidden Gems feature has slowed a bit this year, but the ones that are coming in are prime examples of why I love the feature. There’s always records lurking out there…
Montreal’s Laughing digs into a power pop and indie sound that culls from the College Radio boom of the ‘90s. Catchy to a fault and stomping out of the speakers on fuzz…
Great to see that RSTB faves Dummy are back this morning with a new single and an album in tow. The first cut out of the crate is the bubbly, pop-forward single…
A heady first single out of L.A. improv outfit GROOP. The band, which features current and former members of Hooveriii, Frankie & The Witch Fingers, and Total Heat, has had a 3-year…
The title of Rich Ruth’s latest album is a reminder of constancy — a mantra that’s meant to roll away the rumple, because no mater what life throws at you, no matter…
After the caustic sway of “Smile” Wand give the listener some space on “JJ.” The song has a slightly jazzed swing, a kind of “Planet Caravan” wetness to it that sloshes the…
This week is brutally hot, so I’ll take any respite from the haze and the hammer of the thermometer. Thankfully the new album from Powers/Rolin Duo once again trickles down the speakers…
Been waiting on this announcement for a while now and it’s great to see the first official release from BASIC. The band brings together Chris Forsyth (Solar Motel Band), Mikel Patrick Avery…
Chime School’s last record spent considerable time on the speakers around here, so it comes with no shortage of excitement that a new album is announced today. Still bringing that namesake chime…
In the first of two guitar forward reviews today, Canadian songwriter and fingerpicked folk purveyor Ayal Senior (Sacred Lamp, 3 Day Band) expands upon themes that were present on his previous album…
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