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Throwing Muses: Sun Racket [Album Review]

March 29, 2025October 7, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Throwing Muses Sun RacketFire Records [2020] When Kristen Hersh finds a certain metallic tonality on her electric guitar and settles into a steady driving groove … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Fire Records, Kristin Hersh, Newcomb, Throwing Muses

Bee Bee Sea – “Daily Jobs” [Video]

October 7, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

“Daily Jobs” is the opening track of the upcoming new album from Italalian trio Bee Bee Sea. The album is titled Day Ripper and is … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Bee Bee Sea, Wild Honey Records

Alright: I’m Doing This To Myself [Album Review]

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

AlrightI’m Doing This To MyselfSelf Aware Records [2020] Alright is a fuzzed out indie band from Charlotte, North Carolina that is led by the energetic … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Alright, Anthony, Self Aware Records

The Mountain Goats – “Get Famous” [Video]

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

The Mountain Goats are Getting Into Knives with the release of their new album on October 23. Already anticipated by TFN, Knives follows other recent Mountain Goats releases like April’s Songs … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Merge Records, The Mountain Goats

Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension [Album Review]

November 17, 2021October 5, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Sufjan Stevens The AscensionAsthmatic Kitty Records [2020] By now, fans of Sufjan Stevens have learned to approach each new project with an open mind. On … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Newcomb, Sufjan Stevens

METZ – “Blind Youth Industrial Park” [Video]

October 5, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

This is the stunning new METZ video for “Blind Youth Industrial Park,” the latest track from Atlas Vending, which is the band’s soon-to-be-released new album … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Metz, Sub Pop Records

Frankie And The Witch Fingers: Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters… [Album Review]

October 2, 2020 by Christopher Tahy

Frankie And The Witch Fingers Monsters Eating People Eating Monsters . . .The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway Records [2020] Who: I count Frankie and … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Frankie And The Witch Fingers, Greenway Records, Tahy, The Reverberation Appreciation Society

Andy Shauf – “Clove Cigarette” [Video]

October 2, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Andy Shauf’s The Neon Skyline, released earlier this year via ANTI-, is one of 2020’s most highly praised records. The “gorgeously rendered folk-pop storytelling” (Billboard, … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Andy Shauf

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

Ready for some new tunes?! Transmitting from Sydney is the exciting lo-fi fuzz of Daughter Bat And The Lip Stings, calling from London is the … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features Tags Big Crown Records, Daughter Bat And The Lip Stings, Jack Name, Liam Bailey, Mexican Summer, Self-Released

FUZZ – “Spit” [Video]

October 1, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

FUZZ, the raw power trio comprised of Los Angeles-based Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Moothart (guitar, vocals), and Chad Ubovich (bass, vocals), will release their … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Fuzz, In The Red Records, Ty Segall

Lydia Loveless: Daughter [Album Review]

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Lydia Loveless DaughterHoney, You’re Gonna Be Late Records [2020] In the nearly four years since Lydia Loveless’ last album, Real, the country rock singer/songwriter has … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 3.5 Headphones, Honey Youre Gonna Be Late Records, Lydia Loveless, Newcomb

Cash Rivers And The Sinners: Bad Side Of The Coin (Die Cut 3D Embossed Jacket | 1000 Copies)

October 29, 2020September 30, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

I think if you watch the video above it will explain it all. It also will explain why you need this piece of wax for … Read more

Categories Vinyl Spotlight Tags Cash Rivers, Cash Rivers And The Sinners, GBV Inc., Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard

Chavez – “Break Up Your Band” [Video]

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Today, we reintroduce you to the men of Chavez — Matt Sweeney, James Lo, Clay Tarver, and Scott Marshall — whose debut full-length, Gone Glimmering, … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Chavez, Matador Records

IDLES: Ultra Mono [Album Review]

September 29, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

IDLESUltra MonoPartisan Records [2020] One listen to the UK’s IDLES and you can’t deny the fierceness that surrounds their music. The band has a big … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, IDLES, Partisan Records, Wilde

Matt Berninger – “One More Second” [Video]

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Matt Berninger—frontman of critically acclaimed group The National—is livestreaming now on YouTube in celebration of the premiere of the official Chris Sgroi-directed video for the single “One More Second,” off … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Concord Records, Matt Berniger

Fleet Foxes: Shore [Album Review]

September 28, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Fleet Foxes ShoreANTI- [2020] There are a handful of songs in the middle of this fourth album from Fleet Foxes that feel very much in … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, ANTI-, Fleet Foxes, Newcomb

Mi’ens – “Charge Dodger” [Video]

September 28, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Mi’ens’ Kill Rock Stars debut album, Future Child, was just released last Friday.  To support the release the band has launched a video for “Charge Dodger.” … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Kill Rock Stars, Miens

Bob Mould: Blue Hearts [Album Review]

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Bob Mould Blue HeartsMerge Records [2020] Bob Mould was raging against the machine a full decade before Rage Against the Machine was a band. Early … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Bob Mould, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Merge Records, Newcomb

Kevin Morby – “Wander” [Video]

September 25, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Kevin Morby has released a new singles with “Wander” that has this accompanying video. The track is from his forthcoming album, Sundowner, which is out October 16th on … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Dead Oceans, Kevin Morby

Artists Of The Week: Discover, Support, Share

September 24, 2020 by Christopher Anthony

AOW’s goal is to always help our readers find at least one new artist for their playlist and hopefully their physical collection. Today, all the … Read more

Categories Artists Of The Week, Features Tags Buffalo Killers, Colemine Records, Museum Mouth, Pillow Queens, Self-Released, Stargazer Records, The Gabbard Brothers

Tobin Sprout: Empty Horses [Album Review]

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Thomas Wilde

Tobin SproutEmpty HorsesFire Records [2020] Tobin Sprout will always be the member from Guided By Voices that consistently changed the pace of the albums and … Read more

Categories Headphone Approved Music, Reviews Tags 4.5 Headphones, Fire Records, Guided By Voices, Headphone Approved (4.5+ Reviews), Tobin Sprout, Wilde

Profligate: Too Numb To Know (Blue Wax + 7″ | 50 Copies)

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Our friends over at Wharf Cat Records have another solid indie record releasing this Friday (9/25) and we know you will want to add this … Read more

Categories Vinyl Spotlight Tags Profligate, Wharf Cat Records

Semisonic: You’re Not Alone EP [Album Review]

September 22, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

Semisonic You’re Not AlonePleasuresonic Recordings [2020] Google the Minnesota power/pop trio Semisonic and the first listing will always be their big hit single for 1998, … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, Newcomb, Pleasuresonic Recordings, Semisonic

Into It. Over It. – “We Prefer Indoors” [Video]

September 22, 2020 by Fire Note Staff

Sometimes, you just have to walk away. That’s one of the many life lessons that Evan Thomas Weiss details on his just released Into it. Over … Read more

Categories Videos Tags Big Scary Monsters, Into It. Over It., Triple Crown Records

The Texas Gentlemen: Floor It!!! [Album Review]

September 21, 2020 by Brian Q. Newcomb

The Texas Gentlemen Floor It!!!New West Records [2020] The first time I listened to The Texas Gentlemen’s newest release, Floor It!!!, I had a flashback … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 4 Headphones, New West Records, Newcomb, The Texas Gentlemen
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