Surf Trash: The Only Place I Know [Album Review]
Surf TrashThe Only Place I KnowImpressed Recordings [2024] “Surf Trash delivers a dynamic debut with The Only Place I Know, blending raw energy, introspective depth, … Read more
Bright Eyes: Five Dice, All Threes [Album Review]
Bright EyesFive Dice, All ThreesDead Oceans [2024] Album Overview: Bright Eyes formed in the mid-1990s, driven by the creative force of Conor Oberst, alongside Mike … Read more
Jack White – “That’s How I’m Feeling” [Video]
Jack White has a new official music video for “That’s How I’m Feeling,” from his acclaimed new album, No Name. No Name is available now via Third Man Records … Read more
Alien Nosejob: Turns The Colour of Bad Shit [Album Review]
Alien NosejobTurns The Colour Of Bad ShitAnti Fade/Drunken Sailor/Total Punk Records [2024] Album Overview: Alien Nosejob, the solo project of Jake Robertson, has steadily released … Read more
The Freedom Affair – “Ain’t Gonna Cry No More” [Video]
The Freedom Affair is a female-fronted soul juggernaut. Three dynamic, awe-inspiring singers – Seyko Groves, Paula Saunders, and Shon Ruffin – share lead and background vocal duties, blending refined harmonies … Read more
Jon Spencer: Sick Of Being Sick! [Album Review]
Jon SpencerSick Of Being Sick!Bronze Rat Records [2024] Album Overview: Jon Spencer has been a prominent figure in the independent music scene since the mid-1980s. … Read more
Andrew Bird Trio: Sunday Morning Put-On [Album Review]
Andrew Bird TrioSunday Morning Put-OnLoma Vista Recordings [2024] Album Overview: Andrew Bird’s long solo career has established him as a dependable singer-songwriter who consistently releases … Read more
Kal Marks: Wasteland Baby [Album Review]
Kal MarksWasteland BabyExploding In Sound Records [2024] Album Overview: Kal Marks is known for exploring raw and challenging themes through music. Over time, the band … Read more
Fire Track: 2nd Grade – “Made Up My Own Mind”
Get off work. Get on the subway, maybe your bicycle. Put your earbuds in. A pop song only lasts a couple minutes, but can create … Read more
Pale Jay: Low End Love Songs [Album Review]
Pale JayLow End Love SongsColemine/Karma Chief Records [2024] Album Overview: Pale Jay joined the Colemine/Karma Chief stable last year with his debut LP, Bewilderment. That … Read more
Fire Track: Our Girl – “What You Told Me”
Our Girl break the emotional dam with the “What You Told Me,” the latest single off their much-anticipated new album The Good Kind due out … Read more
Nada Surf: Moon Mirror [Album Review]
Nada SurfMoon MirrorNew West Records [2024] Album Overview: Nada Surf was formed in New York City in 1992 by Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, and Ira … Read more
Fire Track: Wussy – “The Great Divide”
Cincinnati band Wussy are back with their first LP in six years. The aptly titled Cincinnati Ohio – out November 15th on Shake It Records … Read more
Cursive: Devourer [Album Review]
CursiveDevourerRun For Cover Records [2024] Album Overview: Formed in 1995, Cursive emerged from Omaha, Nebraska, and became a key figure in the late-’90s/early-2000s indie rock … Read more
WAND – “Goldfish” [Video]
Picking up the pieces of the picked-up pieces, Wand ride on, baby. It’s only three months since they dropped the incredible mass of Vertigo upon … Read more
Ty Segall: Love Rudiments [Album Review]
Ty SegallLove RudimentsDrag City Records [2024] Album Overview: Ty Segall continues to be a prolific multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, primarily known for his work as a … Read more
Fire Track: Andrew Gabbard – “Ramble & Rave On!”
You will find Andrew Gabbard on the road and in his creative prime on this astral road trip, collecting songs like a cosmic traveler hitching … Read more
Spirit Of The Beehive: You’ll Have To Lose Something [Album Review]
Spirit Of The BeehiveYou’ll Have To Lose SomethingSaddle Creek Records [2024] Album Overview: Philadelphia’s Spirit of the Beehive have steadily grown their reputation over the … Read more
Fire Track: Wild Pink – “Eating The Egg Whole”
Wild Pink’s new LP Dulling The Horns will be released in a little less than a month on Fire Talk Records. The album is Wild … Read more
MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks [Album Review]
MJ LendermanManning FireworksANTI- [2024] Album Overview: MJ Lenderman, whose full name is Mark Jacob Lenderman, hails from Asheville, North Carolina, and grew up in a … Read more
Kal Marks – “Wasteland Baby” [Video]
With the imminent release of Kal Marks’ upcoming fifth album, Wasteland Baby, the band are excited to share the album’s culminating third single and title … Read more
Peel Dream Magazine: Rose Main Reading Room [Album Review]
Peel Dream MagazineRose Main Reading RoomTopshelf Records [2024] Album Overview: Peel Dream Magazine, led by Joseph Stevens, takes its name from BBC Radio 1 legend … Read more
Fire Track: Anthony Moore – “Earthbound Misfit”
Anthony Moore’s post-Slapp Happy output, for years an underrated-to-outright-unknown quantity, achieves another dimensional plane with Home of the Demo, out October 25 on Drag City. This third … Read more
GIFT: Illuminator [Album Review]
GIFTIlluminatorCaptured Tracks [2024] Album Overview: GIFT is a New York-based band formed in 2020 by frontman TJ Freda, who assembled the group from various musicians … Read more
Pipe-eye – “Lords Of Lithium” [Video]
For the first time since 2021, Pipe-eye, the moniker for Australian musician, singer and songwriter Cook Craig (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard), is set to … Read more