Belle and Sebastian — Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
The first time I listened to Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, I had the same feeling you get when the quietest kid…
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PEINE PERDUE — “CERCEAUX”
In their native France, Peine Perdue’s band name translates to English roughly as “a wasted effort”, though if the video for “Cerceaux”…
Heaters — “Levitate Thigh”
What came first—the chicken, or the egg? You could ask the same thing about this new video from the Grand Rapids, Michigan…
Royal Wedding — Dry Lagoons
The eternally underrated Boston-area vets of Royal Wedding are back at it with Dry Lagoons. Their skeletal, razor-sharp take on a genre…
Gracie — “Nothing”
Fat Creeps‘ Gracie Jackson shows a mysterious side on her latest video for the solo track “Nothing,” a dark-hued, unsettling tune. The video,…
Tredici Bacci — Vai! Vai! Vai!
Tredici Bacci. Where do we begin? What once seemed like a very entertaining and well-executed gimmick now seems like it could be…
John Andrews & The Yawns — “Pennsylvania”
You know how sometimes somebody hands you a single piece of chocolate, and after eating it, you almost wish they hadn’t, because…
Chris Weisman — The Holy Life That’s Coming
In an alternate universe, Elliott Smith is still alive and resides in Brattleboro, Vermont. He doesn’t suffer from noticeable depression or substance-abuse…
The Mantles — Memory 7″
Hey, look! It’s the Bay Area’s latest British new-wave band, The Mantles. Truthfully, these San Fran rockers are, actually, from San Francisco,…
JERRY PAPER — “REAL. NOW. LOVE.”
It’s almost like Mac DeMarco sent a challenge out to the world: “Hey guys, who can be weirder than me?!”, and Brooklyn’s…
DISTANT CASTLE — LIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT 2015
Somewhere, beyond the western reaches of commuter rail, sits a haus of unquestionable importance that marks perhaps the most distal grasp of…
SICK THOUGHTS – BEAT ON BEAT
Those of us at the Hassle have been pretty keen on the gritty, scum-punk of Sick Thoughts for a while. Check out…
