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
Teenage Fanclub – “Home (Edit)” [Video]
Teenage Fanclub returns in 2021 with their new album Endless Arcade. The legendary Scottish group’s first album since 2016’s Here, is out March 5th via … Read more
The Mountain Goats: Getting Into Knives [Album Review]
The Mountain Goats Getting Into KnivesMerge Records [2020] The Mountain Goats’ singer/songwriter John Darnielle may be thought of by some as the poet laureate of … Read more
The Mountain Goats – “Get Famous” [Video]
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
Bob Mould: Blue Hearts [Album Review]
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
Bob Mould – “Siberian Butterfly” [Video]
Bob Mould has released “Siberian Butterfly” off of his explosive upcoming album Blue Hearts, which arrives via Merge Records on Friday, September 25. Pre-orders are available HERE. … Read more
H.C. McEntire – “Time, On Fire” [Video]
H.C. McEntire’s new song “Time, On Fire” builds and retracts with a driving pop drum beat, exploring movement like the ebb and flow of a … Read more
Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud [Album Review]
WaxahatcheeSaint CloudMerge Records [2020] There are typically several times in a year when a record comes out that you just know it is good from … Read more