Mary Timony – “Dominoes” [Video]
Singer-songwriter and guitar hero Mary Timony has announced her new album, Untame the Tiger, lead single/video “Dominoes,” and an extensive 2024 North American headline tour (dates below). Untame the … Read more
The Mountain Goats: Jenny From Thebes [Album Review]
The Mountain GoatsJenny From ThebesMerge Records [2023] The Mountain Goats’ singer/songwriter John Darnielle must wake up from his dreams every day with a story line … Read more
Teenage Fanclub: Nothing Lasts Forever [Album Review]
Teenage FanclubNothing Lasts ForeverMerge Records [2023] One has to wonder if anyone thought about the possibility that they might be wearing the band name Teenage … Read more
Will Butler + Sister Squares: Will Butler + Sister Squares [Album Review]
Will Butler + Sister SquaresWill Butler + Sister SquaresMerge Records [2023] There should be little surprise that after spending 18 years playing in Arcade Fire, … Read more
Teenage Fanclub – “Foreign Land” [Album Review]
Teenage Fanclub are excited to announce their new album Nothing Lasts Forever out September 22 via Merge Records in the U.S. and on their own … Read more
The New Pornographers: Continue As A Guest [Album Review]
The New PornographersContinue As A GuestMerge Records [2023] For over two decades, The New Pornographers have been a reliable indie rock staple with a line-up … Read more
Neutral Milk Hotel: The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel [Box Set Review]
Neutral Milk HotelThe Collected Works Of Neutral Milk HotelMerge Records [2023] Neutral Milk Hotel made two modest lo-fi releases in the mid to late 90’s … Read more
Lambchop: The Bible [Album Review]
LambchopThe BibleMerge Records [2022] Over the decades, Kurt Wagner and his various collaborators have more than lived up to their early claim to the title … Read more
Archers Of Loaf: Reason In Decline [Album Review]
Archers Of LoafReason In DeclineMerge Records [2022] I know that I was not alone in my excitement when I heard that the original four members … Read more
Tall Dwarfs: Unravelled 1981-2002 (Box Set) [Album Review]
Tall DwarfsUnravelled: 1981 – 2002 (Box Set)Merge Records [2022] Curiously, I’ve come across a number of American bands who might have 3 albums in their … Read more
Archers Of Loaf – “Screaming Undercover” [Video]
Archers of Loaf have released an animated video for their roaring new single “Screaming Undercover.” The song is the latest from their first new full-length … Read more
The Mountain Goats: Bleed Out [Album Review]
The Mountain GoatsBleed OutMerge Records [2022] Singer/songwriter John Darnielle and The Mountain Goats have been on a solid run for a while now, and here … Read more
Titus Andronicus – “(I’m) Screwed” [Video]
Titus Andronicus have announced the long-awaited release of their seventh studio album, The Will to Live, out via Merge Records on Friday, September 30. Produced … Read more
Archers Of Loaf – “In The Surface Noise” [Video]
Archers of Loaf have announced the October 21 release of their first new full-length studio album in 24 years, Reason in Decline, via Merge. Today … Read more
Superchunk: Wild Loneliness [Album Review]
SuperchunkWild LonelinessMerge Records [2022] Wild Loneliness opens with a simple acoustic strum as Mac McCaughan’s familiar voice starts Superchunk’s newest musical journey that reflects pandemic … Read more
Carson McHone – “Spoil On The Vine” [Video]
Carson McHone explains her new single “Spoil on the Vine” and its music video: “Lyric theatre presents exactly that, a play on words. The Foil … Read more
Destroyer – “Tintoretto, It’s For You” [Video]
Canadian band Destroyer announced their 13th studio album, with lead single “Tintoretto, It’s For You” and its David Galloway-directed video out now. The album, titled … Read more
Mac McCaughan: The Sound Of Yourself [Album Review]
Mac McCaughanThe Sound Of YourselfMerge Records [2021] One of the perks of owning a record company would have to be that you get to make … Read more
Hiss Golden Messenger: Quietly Blowing It [Album Review]
Hiss Golden Messenger Quietly Blowing ItMerge Records [2021] On the current single from his new album, “Sanctuary,” singer/songwriter MC Taylor, a.k.a. Hiss Golden Messenger, gets … Read more
The Mountain Goats: Dark In Here [Album Review]
The Mountain Goats Dark In HereMerge Records [2021] It’s hard off the top of my head to imagine a more prolific and talented songwriter currently … Read more
Lambchop: Showtunes [Album Review]
Lambchop ShowtunesMerge Records [2021] Lambchop is a loosely defined collaborative focused by the artistic vision and voice of Kurt Wagner, who has defined this latest … Read more
Reigning Sound: A Little More Time With Reigning Sound [Album Review]
Reigning Sound A Little More Time With Reigning SoundMerge Records [2021] Reigning Sound’s singer/songwriter Greg Cartwright has returned to Memphis to record a collection of … Read more
TORRES – “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes In My Head” [Video]
TORRES (moniker of Mackenzie Scott) new album, Thirstier, is out July 30th on Merge Records. “Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head” is the first … Read more
Teenage Fanclub: Endless Arcade [Album Review]
Teenage Fanclub Endless ArcadeMerge Records [2021] In 1991, when Scottish band Teenage Fanclub first broke in No. America with their third album, Bandwagonesque, their sound … Read more
Hiss Golden Messenger – “If It Comes In The Morning” [Video]
Hiss Golden Messenger just announced the forthcoming release of new studio album Quietly Blowing It, out June 25 via Merge Records. Written, arranged, and produced … Read more