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Protomartyr - "Formal Growth In The Desert" | Album Review

Protomartyr - "Formal Growth In The Desert" | Album Review

Protomartyr have returned with their strongest and most optimistic album yet. At least, optimistic for Protomartyr. Formal Growth in the Desert is their way of expressing art finding its way in a world increasingly infertile for creativity. It’s a testament to art’s ability to spring forth in spite of the ever-tightening economic restraints.

Lauren Early - "Don't Take My Dream Away" | Album Review

Lauren Early - "Don't Take My Dream Away" | Album Review

The LA indie rocker’s debut Don’t Take My Dream Away is an album full of contradictions - everything is bittersweet, she’s both a Good Girl and a Bad Boy. Over thirteen guitar driven tracks, Early dissects crumbling relationships, all-consuming crushes, and dreams deferred with the wisdom only experience can bring.

The Milk Carton Kids - "I Only See The Moon" | Album Review

The Milk Carton Kids - "I Only See The Moon" | Album Review

I Only See the Moon returns to the tried-and-true form of their first three albums but learns from the mistakes of their next two, even as it shifts the experience. It feels like a first-person account of what it’s like to be The Milk Carton Kids’ microphone – right in your ears, Kenneth Pattengale stage left, Joey Ryan stage right. 

Disintegration - "Time Moves for Me" | Album Review

Disintegration - "Time Moves for Me" | Album Review

The minds that brought you Profligate, Pleasure Leftists, Cloud Nothings, and Nothing Phase fit each other brilliantly on Time Moves for Me, the debut EP from the supergroup of the Cleveland underground. Somewhere between synth rock and post-punk, Disintegration charts an alternative path forward that is, simply, cooler.

Radiator Hospital - "Can't Make Any Promises" | Album Review

Radiator Hospital - "Can't Make Any Promises" | Album Review

The lo-fi album oozes the same unrefined, saturated melodies of indie’s past while toying with idiosyncrasies that create a unique sound. Blistering guitar solos, mellow vocals, and harmonic distortion perfectly chart Radiator Hospital’s dedication to their home-made aesthetic while proving the range they’ve developed over the past decade.

Washer - "Improved Means To Deteriorated Ends" | Album Review

Washer - "Improved Means To Deteriorated Ends" | Album Review

Mike Quiqley's songwriting tends toward introspection and pathos that are alternately shouted and sullenly expressed with a strange combination of unease and passion that works astonishingly well. The songs are filled with acerbic observations about the mundanity of life, a healthy dose of self-deprecation, and awareness.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Stuck - "Freak Frequency"

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Stuck - "Freak Frequency"

Stuck’s expertise lies in making deeply entertaining post-punk and art rock by means of leading the listener into unknown and unpredictable directions. Each song metaphorically tears into the listener with the canines and incisors and slowly but surely moves them into the morals in the back of the mouth, ruminating on its themes.

Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya - "Orbweaving" | Album Review

Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya - "Orbweaving" | Album Review

Angel Diaz’s more traditional shoegaze sound maps perfectly onto Madeline Johnston’s self-described “heaven metal.” The arrangements are more lush and layered than any previous Midwife project; the drum loops generally sound more organic, the guitars are richer, and more synth countermelodies pop in to keep interest.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: GracieHorse - "L.A. Shit"

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: GracieHorse - "L.A. Shit"

Gracie Jackson’s journeyed voice reflects the years of entropy and moil but spins that into songs of self-determination, confidence, and humor. Whether eating fried chicken in a hazmat suit, breaking up fights, or dancing with a stranger in a white stetson, her narrative lyrics are almost cinematic in their oddly specific detail.

Larry June & The Alchemist - "The Great Escape" | Album Review

Larry June & The Alchemist - "The Great Escape" | Album Review

Larry June’s slick confidence, lifestyle raps, and laidback delivery immediately recall someone like Curren$y; his flows are versatile, fitting smoothly into a song’s pockets like a billiard ball. He also tends to focus more on sweeping portraits than zooming in on a scene. He’s choosy with his smallest details, focusing on flair and personality.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: BRICK HEAD - "Bricks For Brains"

ALBUM OF THE WEEK: BRICK HEAD - "Bricks For Brains"

BRICK HEAD is the Melbourne based solo project of Sarah Hardiman, a prolific guitarist/vocalist best known for Deaf Wish, Nightclub, Moon Rituals, and LOU. The production credits, and brief ones at that, are about all we know about Bricks For Brains, that… and the fact that we can’t stop listening to it, which is really all you need to know.