Al Marantz – Green Tobacco Hair
Al Marantz’s new album ‘Green Tobacco Hair’ is a collection of 13 songs that takes us through a landscape of lo-fi synths,…
alt-pop
Deerhunter — Fading Frontier
It’s Deerhunter’s world, and we’re just living in it. Wouldn’t you agree? They’ve taken us on a tour of some of the…
Helen — The Original Faces
Liz Harris’s soprano is angelic, but by no means delicate. If the distortion-induced haze and cascading bass lines of Helen’s The Original…
Bath Salts — LSD
The intersection of pop and garage and punk can be a dangerous place: for evidence, look up the mid-2000’s pop-punk bands whose…
The Foetals — “Fine”
Can you really have too much sunny, lo-fi indie-pop? The answer (at least in this author’s opinion) is a resounding “no!”, especially…
Colleen — I’m Kin
“I’m Kin” is the best new Imogen Heap song that, well, isn’t by Imogen Heap. In fact, it’s the latest track from…
CLAIRE COTTRILL — CLAIRE COTTRILL EP
Nothing sucks quite like being a teenager. Right? Right. Everyone has (or had, or will have) their own coping methods to survive…
THE WHIPS — EP
Tonight I made a stir-fry for dinner. Some veggies, some oil, some lemon juice, some salt, garlic, and pepper, and the result…
JACUZZI BOYS — S/T
There are certain things in life that you know you’ll pretty much always like, regardless of the variation. Mac ‘n Cheese comes…
BILL BAIRD – “I’VE WAITED MY WHOLE LIFE TO DISAPPEAR / DIAMOND EYEPATCH SEE...
Despite its prog-baiting length and sonic density, the centerpiece of Bill Baird’s newest cassette is a concentrated pop distillate with endearing bouts…
NATIVE AMERICA – BAD WEED / BUT STILL WEED
I feel like the guys from Native America recorded this whole album with shaking hands – there’s a jittery quality in these…
