ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Helvetia - "The Beach At The Edge Of The World"
We can’t overstate the importance of Helvetia, a constant favorite for well over a decade. The impact of its sound and style, the structure, finesse (as well as lack of finesse), has left a profound impression on what this era’s psychedelic music can be. The Beach At The Edge Of The World is a prime example of Helvetia at its absolute best.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (July 24th - August 6th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (May 29th - June 4th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 20th - March 26th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 6th - March 19th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (February 27th - March 5th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (January 9th - January 15th)
Further Listening: A Compendium | Year-End 2022 Feature
As anyone who reads our “Fuzzy Meadows” column already knows, the “list” is just the beginning, and we’re always eager to add some “Further Listening” for consideration. Despite what some would have you believe, music is not a contest. We profiled many records in our “Year In Review” feature, but the fun doesn’t stop there.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (November 14th - November 20th)
Post-Trash's Mid-Year Report: Our Favorites Releases of 2022 (January thru June)
We present our “Mid-Year Report," a comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the first half of this year, without any pre-determined length or insignificant rankings. If we’re into it, we're including it (unless we plumb forgot it or just haven’t spent enough time with it… which happens, in which case our sincerest of apologies).
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (May 9th - May 22nd)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 25th - May 8th)
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (February 28th - March 13th)
Post-Trash's Best of 2021 | Staff Picks
Helvetia - "Helvetia presents Sudden Hex" | Album Review
Jason Albertini of Helvetia used the early-pandemic energy of loneliness and dread to habitually create one song a day, when he wasn’t homeschooling his daughter. Albertini’s resulting collection of distorted experimental rock songs, Sudden Hex, quietly came out through a Joyful Noise project, the Gray Area Cassette Series.
Post-Trash's Best of 2021 | The Year In Review
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (October 4th - October 10th)
Helvetia - "Essential Aliens" | Album Review
Jason Albertini’s latest Helvetia album, Essential Aliens, is a masterclass on how lo-fi recording at home can be a vehicle to showcasing a vision of unavoidable, but captivating quirks and laconic storytelling. That story is one of a recurring dream Albertini had wherein his life is upended by ghosts.
Post-Trash's Best of 2021 | The Mid-Year Report
The time to catch up on the unabridged Post-Trash “Mid-Year Report” has come, with releases big and small - albums that went under the radar, the hidden gems, and the essential records from the past six months. This is our semi-comprehensive guide to our favorite releases of the year so far without a pre-determined length.