Primo! - "Sogni" | Album Review
Philary - "I Complain" | Album Review
Philary is the solo project of Alex Molini (Pile, Jackal Onasis, Stove), who has cultivated an artful combination of heaviness and harmony on I Complain. Molini melds sludgy, bass-driven riffs with catchy and melodic vocal lines; it’s a winning combination, and yet it is performed here in a way we haven’t quite heard before.
Bad History Month - "Old Blues" | Album Review
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - "Chunky Shrapnel" | Album Review
Live records are often boring, but this King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard collection finds new ground, and finds an interesting cue. The songs of the record are stylistic landscapes, aesthetic insights that touch a style that embraces from psychedelic rock albums like Gumboot Soup to the stoner metal of Infest the Rats’ Nest.
As In - "Not A Doctor, Not Today" | Post-Trash Premiere
The band is comprised of Emerson Stevens and Candace Clement, both formerly of Western Mass’ late great Bunny’s A Swine, a true staple of slop-rock for all eternity. The duo got together to make some new lo-fi music, recording on mics not recommended for recording, and generally giving it their signature best.
Lié - "You Want It Real" | Album Review
Trace Mountains - "Lost In The Country" | Album Review
Larger than the sum of its parts, Trace Mountains’ Lost in the Country is honest and lasting. Each little hook, vocal flair, snare hit. The songs keep an enduring pace, excited to get moving, even if it’s just to the woods out the front door. The drum kit hikes the path so the lyrics can admire the world and the melody can whistle along the way.
Jad Fair & Hifiklub - "Staying At Home" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Dragoons - "Horrorscope" | Album Review
Dragoons are a product of Melbourne’s music scene: a group of friends whose members occupy various bands, sharing in creative energy; united by a vision deeply rooted in community. They’ve built an identity that is as hardworking as it is prolific, something further extrapolated on their latest release Horrorscope.
Johanna Warren - "Chaotic Good" | Album Review
Died - "Oja de Macao" | Post-Trash Premiere
Pure X - "Pure X" | Album Review
With their new self titled album, Pure X make a roaring comeback. The last missive from the Austin, Texas based band was Angel. Released in 2016, the sound of that album was crisp and clear; with songs drifting by at a languid pace. With their newest album, Pure X keep the tempo the same but let a bit of chaos into their songs.
Racoma - "This Front Room" | Album Review
Velvet Vaughan - "Sleep Walk" | Post-Trash Premiere
Born and raised in Nashville by a pair of notable session musicians, the story goes that Vaughan spent her years growing up around the city’s legendary country scene. Eventually moving to New York City for school, it was the memories of home that led Vaughan to start writing her own music, bringing a little Nashville twang to bustling city.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (April 27th - May 3rd)
Sour Widows - "Sour Widows" | Album Review
The EP is immaculately constructed, as sure footed a debut as they come, the product of patient songwriting and collaborative strength. While the band wear the “bedroom rock” tag, their music rises far beyond the idea of lo-fi home tinkering, each song an example of dynamics at work, both gentle and mountainous.
Worriers - "You Or Someone You Know" | Album Review
Dummy - "Dummy EP" | Post-Trash Premiere
The Los Angeles quintet has created a lush mix of shoegaze, krautrock, noise pop, and everything else that is both hazy and dreamy. Dummy take an almost meditative drift toward motorik composition, easing their way into swells of minimalist layering, vocals that blend together, and grandoise blankets of noise.
