Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky [Album Review]
Porridge RadioWaterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The SkySecretly Canadian [2022] The power of song is always something you hear people say but you can go … Read more
Monophonics: Sage Motel [Album Review]
MonophonicsSage MotelColemine Records [2022] San Francisco’s Monophonics have been serving up a high quality of soulful psychedelia since 2012’s In Your Brain. Over the years, … Read more
Spread Joy: II [Album Review]
Spread JoyIIFeel It Records [2022] Chicago’s energetic post punk rockers, Spread Joy have returned with their sophomore release just a year after their excellent Headphone … Read more
Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island [Album Review]
Kikagaku MoyoKumoyo IslandGuruguru Brain Records [2022] It is always better to go out on your own terms. So many times, things can implode and just … Read more
Jon Spencer & The HITmakers: Spencer Gets It Lit
Jon Spencer & The HITmakersSpencer Gets It LitBronze Rat/Shove Records [2022] All the way back to his early years in Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer has … Read more
Mister Goblin: Bunny [Album Review]
Mister GoblinBunnyExploding In Sounds Records [2022] Sam Goblin (Two Inch Astronaut) returns with his third long player under the Mister Goblin moniker titled Bunny. The … Read more
Fire Track Premiere: Curtail – “Blue Violet”
Friend Club Records · Curtail – Blue Violet We are excited today to premiere a new track from Akron, Ohio’s Curtail. “Blue Violet” is from … Read more
Tim Kasher: Middling Age [Album Review]
Tim KasherMiddling Age15 Passenger Records [2022] “What a shitty thing to say; the good die young.” is a line out of the track “The John … Read more
The Linda Lindas: Growing Up [Album Review]
The Linda LindasGrowing UpEpitaph Records [2022] Two sisters, a cousin, and their close friend with an average age of 14. That is the make up … Read more
Father John Misty: Chloë And The Next 20th Century [Album Review]
Father John MistyChloë And The Next 20th CenturySub Pop Records [2022] At this point in Father John Misty’s career I feel like his unpredictability is … Read more
Pinch Points: Process [Album Review]
Pinch PointsProcessMistletone/Exploding In Sound Records [2022] Melbourne’s Pinch Points released an excellent record of post-punk with their 2019 debut Moving Parts but their sophomore album, … Read more
Young Guv: GUV III [Album Review]
Young GuvGUV IIIRun For Cover Records [2022] In the spring of 2020, Ben Cook — a.k.a. Young Guv — was grounded in New Mexico due … Read more
Star Party: Meadow Flower [Album Review]
Star PartyMeadow FlowerFeel It Records [2022] Star Party began in March of 2020 as a Seattle living room project between Carolyn Brennan and Ian Corrigan … Read more
The Dip: Sticking With It [Album Review]
The DipSticking With ItDualtone Records [2022] Sticking With It is the third full length release from Seattle-based seven-piece band The Dip, and its first with … Read more
Thank: Thoughtless Cruelty [Album Review]
ThankThoughtless CrueltyBox/Exploding In Sound Records [2022] “There’s never been a good band from London,” is declared multiple times from vocalist Freddy Vinehill-Cliffe on Thank’s “Dread,” … Read more
Green/Blue: Offering [Album Review]
Green/BlueOfferingHoZac Records [2022] The sophomore album from Minneapolis’ Green/Blue will instantly pull you into the band’s world with its tight as hell guitar play, fuzzy … Read more
Album Stream Premiere: Curtis Godino Presents The Midnight Wishers – The Midnight Wishers
Curtis Godino is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Brooklyn and he is the founder of the experimental psychedelic band Worthless and collaborator of Fog Window, … Read more
Fire Track Premiere: Crash Taylor – “Idlewild”
Team Clermont · Crash Taylor “Idlewild” TFN today brings you the first single from the debut album from Crash Taylor. The song releases tomorrow and … Read more
Ryley Walker: So Certain EP [Album Review]
Ryley WalkerSo Certain EPHusky Pants Records [2022] In so many different ways the pandemic continues to cripple artists that includes new rounds of tour postponements … Read more
Failure: Wild Type Droid [Album Review]
FailureWild Type DroidFailure Music [2021] Failure, the L.A.-based trio of Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards and Kellii Scott, have been considered one of the more influential … Read more
Velvet Starlings: Technicolour Shakedown [Album Review]
Velvet StarlingsTechnicolour ShakedownKitten Robot/SoundX3 Records [2021] Velvet Starlings is a 60’s infused garage rock ‘n’ roll band hailing from Los Angeles and the beach cities … Read more
Ovlov: Buds [Album Review]
OvlovBudsExploding In Sound Records [2021] Connecticut four-piece Ovlov has released two LPs and a handful of EPs over the last decade and have called it … Read more
Curtis Harding: If Words Were Flowers [Album Review]
Curtis HardingIf Words Were FlowersANTI- [2021] Atlanta’s psychedelic vintage soul champion Curtis Harding set the bar high with his first two albums, 2014’s Soul Power … Read more
Neal Francis: In Plain Sight [Album Review]
Neal FrancisIn Plain SightATO Records [2021] Chicago-based singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis has just released one of the most warm retro groove records of the year with … Read more
Premiere Video: Broken Hearts Are Blue – “After The World, The World Remains”
Formed in late 1995, Detroit group Broken Hearts Are Blue lived the dream of being a band and then life took over with college graduation, … Read more