The Stuck-At-Home "Bandcamp Day" Recommendation Extravaganza
Black Beach - "Broken Computer" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Half a year later and the band are sharing a video from the album for “Broken Computer,” one of the album’s many highlights. Directed by James Wells, it’s a vibrant animation that picks up on much of the single’s own tension, as globs of paint mutate and shift from human to other with broad strokes of color and wormholes.
Stephen Malkmus - "Traditional Techniques" | Album Review
Stephen Malkmus, aided by the defacto guitar wizard of our times Matt Sweeney, explores a pastiche of otherworldly Eastern modes, ritualistic canticles, and tasteful-palette pastoralia. Though these melodies evoke faraway settings and time tables, Malkmus delivers his lyrics in his familiar vernacular, one that’s steeped in hyperspecific modernity.
Thank - "Fragile Ego (Rehearsal)" | Post-Trash Premiere
London’s Modern Technology have started a new record label, Human Worth, and they’re set to launch with an eponymous compilation, Human Worth Vol. 1. The collection revels in a particular brand of explosive sludge and primal noise rock, the sound that seems to ooze from the UK underground in abundance.
Forever Honey - "Pre-Mortem High" | Album Review
Forever Honey understands the importance of personal reflection. On Pre-Mortem High, the band explores the relationships we have with each other and with ourselves, through catchy dream pop and jangly 80s new wave anthems. The band have turned the coming-of-age anxiety we feel in our 20s into music that’s brimming with life.
Geronimo! - "Where's My Dini?" (Ovlov cover) | Post-Trash Premiere
Attic Salt Records is a new label based out of Chicago with a focus on artists and charity. As a “benefit” label, the proceeds of their releases are all being given to charities as selected by the musicians they are working with. Compilation 1, includes Geronimo!, Stuck, Sunny Falls, Options, Thanks For Coming, Nate Amos, Gilt Drip, and more.
Macula Dog - "Breezy" | Album Review
Nothing about Macula Dog has ever screamed pop. Imagine mutants soundtracking their life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and you can approximate the territory Macula Dog covers. Their live shows only add to this image, with elaborate video setups and/or lifesize puppets. Yet, with the new EP Breezy, they seem to be making pop moves.
Divorce Cop - "My Other Shirt Is..." LP | Post-Trash Premiere
After a set of promising EPs and singles released last year, the band are ready to share their full length debut, My Other Shirt Is — Actually Never Mind, It’s The Shirt I Have On Here., due out this coming Friday, May 1st. With eight of the eleven tracks clocking in under a minute (the other three not extending much past that), it’s a quick listen.
Telescoping Forward: A Conversation with Bad History Month | Feature Interview
Bad History Month, the Boston-based music project of Sean Sprecher, has been performing since 2007. Old Blues will be his fourth album and the second under his current moniker. Along the way, Sean’s created a robust discography of simultaneously self-aware and self-effacing art rock. Alex Fatato had some questions for Sean about Old Blues and his career.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 20th - April 26th)
C.H.E.W. - "In Due Time" | Album Review
NNAMDÏ - "BRAT" | Album Review
The phrase “I need you, need something new,” is interwoven through the entirety of BRAT, the latest album from Chicago multi-instrumentalist NNAMDÏ. It is a mantra that signifies the central tension explored through the album’s colorful 42 minutes—the question of what was and what will be and the difficult decision of accepting change and growth.
This Is Lorelei - "Sick Twist" | Post-Trash Premiere
Blood - "Why Wait Till '55, We Might Not Even Be Alive" | Album Review
Blood is a septet from Austin, TX who have cemented themselves as a live staple in their own prospective scene as well as abroad, with two national tours under their belts. Their shows are dynamically rich and cathartic, which translates wholly into their debut EP, Why Wait Till ’55, We Might Not Even Be Alive.
Noun - "Drag" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Built around songwriting depth and less about shredding, Noun songs tend to be more lo-fi, capturing an intimacy in Marissa Paternoster’s (Screaming Females) voice and minimalist compositions. “Drag” has been brought to life with a new recording, fleshed out and appearing on a brand new three song picture disc via Let’s Pretend Records.
Anna Burch - "If You're Dreaming" | Album Review
Br'er - "Fugue State" | Post-Trash Premiere
Thanks For Coming - "Almost Named This Album "Untouched" In Reference To..." | Album Review
Boiling Hell - "Fluff" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
This week Ryan Naray (Fond, Animal Faces) will release his debut solo album as Boiling Hell, a self-recorded full length of lo-fi post-hardcore and fuzz punk burners that really digs into what we’ve come to know and love from his songs. Fluff, due out on Art of the Uncarved Block, is a fun record built on great chord progressions.