Motherhood - "Dear Bongo" | Album Review
The three-piece from Fredericton, NB have been touring both Canada and the US for several years, and they released their new album, Dear Bongo, right before heading out on another. This gives everyone in North America a chance to catch them live, and is it ever worth it, because the album doesn't so much take you on a ride as it does roll with you down a hill, laughing and shouting.
Herzog - "Me Vs. You" | Album Review
The Twilight Sad - "It Won/t Be Like This All The Time" | Album Review
Guided By Voices - "Zeppelin Over China" | Album Review
Robert Pollard and his most recent ensemble of Doug Gillard, Bobby Bare Jr., Kevin March, and Mark Shue appear to be going through another renaissance. 25 years later, they are still putting out incredible, weird, and endlessly catchy rock and roll. The spectacular new double album Zeppelin Over China is a collection of soaring choruses and big riffs.
Girlpool - "What Chaos Is Imaginary" | Album Review
FEELS - "Post Earth" | Album Review
Whelpwisher - "Stale Honey" | Album Review
The underground mainstay utilizes the new Whelpwisher release, Stale Honey, as a way of exorcizing the ghosts of songs past. Given Grigg’s record – years playing in Geronimo!, one ecstatic Future Biff EP, FCKR JR, and contributions to Milked – there is unsurprising naturality with every song, even demos.
The Cowboys - "The Bottom of a Rotten Flower" | Album Review
Options - "Vivid Trace" | Album Review
Dan Francia - "Come Back To Life" | Album Review
Come Back to Life is the debut solo venture from Dan Francia, but by far from his first appearance in the ‘indie rock’ universe as he’s had a hand in some very good records over the past few years. Francia has enlisted a bunch of musicians from those bands he’s worked with on this record and has managed to blend all the elements into something exciting and very alive.
PAX - "Ouch" | Post-Trash Review
Nazca Plate - "All Fingers Point To The Moon" | Album Review
Vintage Crop - "Company Man" | Album Review
Sneaks - "Highway Hypnosis" | Album Review
Tim Presley's White Fence - "I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk" | Album Review
Tim Presley spent four years composing I Have To Feed Larry's Hawk. In the past he has created a trait d’union with musicians like Ty Segall and Cate Le Bon, creating projects like Drinks. Time passed is a pot in which to find the basis for a sound search, which in this case has turned on and come to life in the new and beautiful album.
Tørsö - "Build and Break" | Album Review
Tørsö is a classically-styled hardcore band out of the Bay Area and Build and Break is their latest foray into fury. Each of the four tracks serves as a cohesive yet timeless statement. There is no sense of era – it sounds like the late-80s youth crew sound pioneered by bands like Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits as much as it does recent breakouts like Candy and Gouge Away.
