Olivia Neutron-John — Injury Train and I’m Never Getting Off It b/w Vulnerability
ON-J is performing @ the upcoming SMASH IT DEAD Fest, and as I got excited about this fact I also realized that…
weird pop
Jake Tobin — Third and Fourth Thoughts
You’ve heard me say o’er and o’er, rock music has got to be dropping some really heavy-duty dance moves out on the…
Martyr Group — Self-Titled (OSR #29)
Named after a 1983 Philip Taaffe collage (see: the featured image that was used with “gracious permission” by the artist for the…
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…
Homeshake — In the Shower
It feels like underground pop-rock’s shackles have, in a widespread way, been off again for a while now. At some point in…
JIB KIDDER – “Appetites”
JIB KIDDER. Care about pop music? Personally getting weirder? Feeling like your love of pop may one day directly intersect with you…
GRAPE ROOM – WONKA SPACE 9
Since their first release in 2008, eccentric Brattleboro friends GREAT VALLEY have been nurturing their distinctive brand of weird-pop, rooting themselves in…
GEM JONES – “Ectomorphic Love”
Our very own James Moore wrote about this GEM JONES record, ADMIRAL FRENCHKISS, a ways back. I didn’t get the memo though!…
INTERVIEW: JERRY PAPER
(Photo by Emily Reo) For a while now Jerry Paper, aka Lucas Nathan, has been producing analog tunes with layered vocals, feedback,…
UNITED WATERS – “Out Of Flight”
Some pop for the underwater set right straight from the horse’s MOUTHUS. Sorry, UNITED WATERS (an NYC trio featuring Brain Sullivan of…
JERRY PAPER – “Chameleon World” & ANNOUNCEMENT: JERRY PAPER to play HASSLE FEST 6!!!
JERRY PAPER is a guy that has been written about a lot here on the Hassle. HERE, and even HERE for instance….
JIB KIDDER – IV
JIB KIDDER. Was just talking with my friend Zach about his current band CE SCHNEIDER TOPICAL (a duo with Christina Schneider) coming up for…
