BUFU RECORDS — THE LENTILS HOLIDAY PARTY 2014
A few years ago I stumbled upon the then-newly released A HAPPY JAWBONE FAMILY X-MAS GIFT TO YOU, 2011. VOL. 1: OPERATION…
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Sarah Moylan
MY YEAR-END TOP SEVEN // SARAH MOYLAN
Here are seven great things that were born, happened, or just existed in 2014. Somerville. Though I landed in Somerville purely by…
RICK RUDE — BALD AND SMELLY IN WAXY TEXAS
What the fuck is slacker rock? It’s a misnomer. I get it– slacker rock is supposed to be sloppy rock for slacker…
EDVARD GRAHAM LEWIS — ALL OVER
If there’s truly a Middle Earth, then All Over exists on roughly the opposite plane: the interface between space and sky. This…
EXPERT ALTERATIONS — s/t
If the ambitious post-punks of the eighties had already lived through the rise of 2010’s jangle-surf rock (Beach Fossils, Surfer Blood, etc.)…
GLENN JONES — “CHANGING SHIPS ON A FALLING TIDE”
Those of you wowed by Bill Orcutt’s intricate guitar masterpieces at Hassle Fest may want to check out the equally impressive “Changing…
TOMORROWS TULIPS — “BABY” // “GLUED TO YOU”
From the land that springs eternal summer also comes the music of eternal bummer. SoCal’s Tomorrows Tulips have embraced the ultra-chill vibes…
MINI DRESSES — THREE
Whoa. MINI DRESSES. Where did this totally awesome band come from? (Answer: Austin, TX.) The now Somerville-based duo has hit a proverbial…
MALE GAZE — “CLIFFS OF MADNESS”
From the idyllic urban wilds of NoCal comes Male Gaze, the latest darkly-painted shoegaze whizkid band that really should be from New…
BODY/HEAD — COMING APART
Who would have thought that the 2013 debut full-length from the Kim Gordon/Bill Nace duo, Body/Head, would have eluded a Hassle review…
PRIESTS — BODIES AND CONTROL AND MONEY AND POWER
My friend and fellow Hassle-r Sydney has been urging me to check out Washington, D.C.’s PRIESTS for a while, and I’m glad…
PHAZE — GOOD NATURE
After discovering Phaze’s very excellent single, “Backwards”, at the beginning of the summer, I’ve been double-checking the Phaze bandcamp frequently ever since,…
