After releasing a 2024 essential from Salsburg/Oldham/Trotter, No Quarter has got another fantastic collaboration on the way this week. Though collaboration is a bit underselling it. Beings is a band proper and…
The excellent jazz singles continue this morning with a new one from SML, the new West Coast outfit that brings together bassist Anna Butterss (Makaya McCraven, Daniel Villarreal), synth-smith Jeremiah Chiu (Ariel Kalma), saxophonist Josh Johnson (Carlos Niño),…
Rocket brings another dose of creosote and ash from Smote, the outfit headed by Daniel Foggin. On his latest, Smote’s sound expands, spilling onto two LPs and wandering from the barren bog…
Been a good year for deep jazz impressions and Brooklyn’s The Means of Production joins the fray with a new single off of their upcoming eponymous album. Initially formed as a studio…
Elijah McLaughlin’s no stranger to the site. HIs works under the Elijah McLaughlin ensemble have been cropping up here for some time, but on his latest collaboration with Caleb Willitz, the Chicago…
Another great gush of indie pop out of Swiftumz in the run up to his latest ablum, Simply The Best. San Francisco has always been packed with pop, but Christopher McVicker has…
Gururguru Brain has been a constant source of some of my favorite psychedelic gems from the last few years. The label started 10 years ago with a digital comp called Guruguru Brain…
Pacific Range were the consummate California cosmic travelers. In their brief tenure they caught an immaculate wind that carried their sound far and wide. The band has parted ways, but songwriter Stewart…
A bit of a sendoff for the beloved label Sunrise Ocean Bender as Stockholm’s E GONE (Daniel Westerlund) preps the final album in a trilogy begun back in 2016. The album carves…
Had this album earmarked from its Aussie release last year, slipping out quietly in the last couple of months of a packed 2023, but now, thanks to Scissor Tail, it’s arrived on…
The impetus of Hear The Children Sing & The Evidence lies in unconventional lullaby choices. While plenty of traditional and contemporary selections might come to mind when soothing an infant, Lungfish isn’t…
How’re we gonna hold up in a year with three Elkhorn releases? The band expands the bounty that’s already been spilled, following on their collaborative album with Mike Gangloff, and springboarding off…
Wisconsin’s Whippets prep their debut LP and gear up for a Summer tour, but before they leave there’s one more single slicing out of the new album. “Uncrowned” pushes its paces, tumbling…
Rounding out a trilogy of singles, Aussies Clove are back today with “Came Around.” Recapturing some of the sunlit bliss from “Intro” and lacing in a sublime bit of flute as the…
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