Review: INUS – “Western Spaghettification” July 26, 2019 Cherish this, kids, because records like Western Spaghettification don’t come along often. The trio INUS, whose full-length debut is out Aug. 9 from San… Continue Reading
Review: Pan-American – “Kidnap!” b/w “Casino” (Reissue) July 26, 2019 The typewriter appearing in “Kidnap!” is initially misleading but oddly apropos. The track, from an early Pan-American cassette recording re-released online this month, is… Continue Reading
Review: Marika Hackman – “All Night” July 25, 2019 Marika Hackman’s new single – “all night,” released online today to advance her third LP, Any Human Friend, out via Sub Pop and AMF… Continue Reading
Review: 18th & Addison – “Leeches” July 24, 2019 New Jersey gets a bad wrap, though sometimes it’s for good reason. I was born and raised in the Garden State, and, having spent… Continue Reading
Review: MELK – “Listen” July 18, 2019 There’s not very much that’s astounding about “Listen,” the one-song debut from Reno soul quartet MELK, released yesterday on streaming services. That is, there’s… Continue Reading
Review: Roley Yuma – S/T July 16, 2019 Well, it took a couple decades, but it looks like Dayton, ground zero for bands as notable as The Breeders, Brainiac and Guided By… Continue Reading
Review: Aaron Myers-Brooks – “Energetic Bursts” July 10, 2019 Guitarist-composer Aaron Myers-Brooks constructs mathy, even obtuse, metal for listeners who appreciate the genre’s technical virtuosity but take issue with its faux-evil strutting and… Continue Reading
Review: Deaf Club – “Bright Side of Death” July 5, 2019 Justin Pearson’s Twitter profile used to read, appropriately, “I give good headache.” Well, San Diego record label Three One G today released a video… Continue Reading
Review: Spheruleus – “Light Through Open Blinds” June 27, 2019 Fifteen years ago, the definition of ambient music, even the initiation to ambient music, was very different. But, even by the standards of the… Continue Reading
Review: The Austerity Program – “Bible Songs 1” June 26, 2019 I’m not sure which version of the King James Bible Thad Calabrese and Justin Foley are thumbing through, but I don’t remember the incantation… Continue Reading
