Grouper - "Grid Of Points" | Album Review
Nate Terepka - "Listen Alone" | Post-Trash Premiere
Half Waif - "Lavender" | Album Review
Plunkett and company's emotional and musical growth is very clearly evident on this record that possesses a sense of beauty in the dark moments that most may miss. There's still a bit of a cool distance to work through but there's an underlying warmth here that is fully engrossing and quite honestly moving.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 23rd - April 29th)
High Pony - "Dolphins Cry" | Post-Trash Premiere
Goat Girl - "Goat Girl" | Album Review
Speedy Ortiz - "Twerp Verse" | Album Review
For a band who have thus far given us several stellar iterations of the same thing, Twerp Verse is a lot of different things. It’s the “speedy ortiz online presence?” to the band’s @speedyortiz discography, offering plenty of breathing room for Dupuis’ pop-leaning proclivities while continuing to consider the established personality of her surrounding band.
Czarface & MF DOOM - "Czarface Meets Metal Face" | Album Review
Pre Nup - "Oh Well" | Album Review
Wand - "From A Capsule Underground" | Album Review
Cindy Lee - "Act of Tenderness" + "Malenkost" | Album Review
Cindy Lee is the nom de plume of Calgary's Patrick Flegel, who at this stage is still much better known as singer and guitarist of their former group Women. Malenkost and Act of Tenderness, both originally released in 2015 and disseminated by Flegel himself and Vancouver's Isolated Now Waves respectively, have been re-issued by Superior Viaduct.
Dead Rider - "Crew Licks" | Album Review
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water - "Fake Twenty" | Post-Trash Premiere
Life In Vacuum - "All You Can Quit" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
Dreamend - "Dreamend" | Album Review
Gillian Frances - "Blue Shit" | Post-Trash Premiere
The single is the first to come from Portland multi-instrumentalist Gillian Frances' upcoming EP, Born Yesterday, which is getting the widespread reissue treatment courtesy of Good Cheer Records on May 18th. If you missed it the first time around, fear not, it's never too late to get lost in Frances' gorgeous swoon and her warm acoustic guitars.
What Are These Zones? An Interview with Hausu Mountain | Feature Interview
When Doug Kaplan and Max Allison aren’t jamming in Good Willsmith or playing solo sets, they run a label called Hausu Mountain. Turns out, when they aren’t running Hausu Mountain, they’re posting memes, managing a clown, making insane art, getting certified in fields like baby psychology, collecting inflatables, going to a lot of festivals, and getting their dishwasher fixed.