Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2022
We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2022" as voted by the site’s wonderful contributors (including their individual lists). With 23 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 313 different records nominated (which means there weren’t many repeats) and only the top eight records received a score of sixty or higher.
Post-Trash's Year In Review: The Best of 2022
Blessed - "Circuitous" | Album Review
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (November 14th - November 20th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (October 24th - October 30th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (October 10th - October 23rd)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (September 19th - October 2nd)
Blessed - "Redefine" | Post-Trash Premiere
With the band’s sophomore album, Circuitous, out October 28th via Flemish Eye (Preoccupations, The Besnard Lakes), they’ve once again made another stride forward, embracing hooks that snap into place, fitting unlikely pieces together in a way that’s easily digestible. The album’s second single “Redefine” is a perfect example.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (August 8th - August 21st)
Blessed - "III" | Album Review
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 26th - May 9th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (February 1st - February 14th)
Blessed - "Centre" | Post-Trash Premiere
It took a global pandemic to get Blessed to stop touring. The road heavy experimental quartet may not be playing shows, but they’re still busy sharpening their ever changing craft. Set to release III on February 19th via Flemish Eye, the band’s latest continues to prove why they are one of Canada’s most exciting bands.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (November 16th - November 29th)
Post-Trash's Best of 2019 | The Year In Review
The time to catch up on the unabridged Post-Trash “Year In Review” has come, with releases big and small - albums that went under the radar, the hidden gems, and the essential records from the past twelve months, even a few “buzz” bands and beyond. This is our comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the year without a pre-determined length.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (November 18th - November 24th)
"The Post-Trash 60" | Our Favorite Albums of 2019's First Half (A Mid-Year Report)
“The Post-Trash 60” is a guide to some (60) of our favorite releases so far with a diverse range of rock music’s many sub-genres and hip-hop, from extreme metal to lo-fi bedroom pop and all that falls between. We’ve got “buzz bands” worth the buzz, self-released hidden-gems, all the weird international post-punk and noise rock you could ever want, and of course all the artistic punk influenced indie we know and love.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (May 20th - May 26th)
Blessed - "Salt" | Album Review
Salt bears many similarities to its predecessor, namely in its post punk sensibilities, experimental song structures and intricate instrumental passages. However, Salt utilizes a more diverse palette of sounds, reaching beyond distorted guitars to make use of synthesizers, clean textures and advanced harmony.