Lidly x GoYama – Blue Magic Tapes
I was looking for something a little bit serene, a little bit hip hop, something new I could sink my teeth into….
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Motel TV – My Ice Cream is Melting
For the lack of a better word, Motel TV’s 2016 summer release, My Ice Cream is Melting, is overwhelmingly nostalgic. Nostalgia can…
Weaves – s/t
Toronto-based Weaves have gotten their fair share of (entirely deserved) hype from a choir of impossibly hip tastemakers. Their debut, self-titled album…
Notches – Change My Mind EP
NOTCHES is amazing! Just wanted to get that out of the way before I perform my job as a “music critic” where…
Still House Plants – S/T
Greater Lanarkshire Auricular Research Council describe their efforts as “provid[ing] aural consultancy, cassette based explication, applied research and listening support.” Both the…
HONDARTZAKO HONDAKINAK – S/T
It is going to be hard to top this record. Following up two demos from five or six years ago, Hondartzako Hondakinak…
UROCHROMES – NIGHT BULLY
Urochromes’ new EP, Night Bully, out on Wharf Cat Records presents two distinct sides of the band and a strong testament to…
Ty Segall – s/t (2017)
Can we just start calling Ty Segall the king of modern garage rock? No one else has consistently released so many great…
Interview with Ben Hersey, author of The Autograph of Steve Industry
pregaming for reading on Sat., Feb. 11th
Dust from 1000 Years – Spring
If the Boston rock/folk ghost Dust from 1000 Years is anything, it’s consistent. With their last three single-word titled albums: Landscape (2012), Moon…
HDCLNR – HDCLNRXII
In what is apparently a monthly and very limited record release, HDCLNR has whipped up another batch: 8 tracks of gloomy nighttime…
Boston Cream – “Satan Is On the Way”
Boston Cream, appropriately hailing from Boston, combines two seemingly incompatible things in “Satan Is On the Way”: the fluffy, sweet pastry and…
