This New Basement - "Scatter" | Album Review
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (July 12th - July 18th)
Snooper - "Snõõper" | Feature Interview
Options - "On The Draw" | Album Review
Snapped Ankles - "Forest of Your Problems" | Album Review
We might all have a part to play in addressing the climate crisis, but I for one am more than happy to let Snapped Ankles provide the soundtrack to dance as weirdly as you want. Limbs flailing in anxious frustration, losing consciousness of the singularity of selfhood and melding with the sweaty weirdos around you, truly may help.
Spllit - "How Long Can Delight Hold?" | Post-Trash Premiere
Baton Rouge duo Spllit had recorded Spllit Together in 2019 and released it at the beginning of 2020. That record has since been remastered by Sweeping Promises’ Caufield Schnug, and paired together with Darlene, a new A-Side length album, set for release together as Spllit Sides, due out July 30th via Feel it Records.
Mach-Hommy - "Pray For Haiti" | Album Review
Gorgeous "Raindrop" + EIEIEIO "okokOK" | Post-Trash Premiere
Sad Cactus’ next release is an exceptionally great split between NYC’s Gorgeous and Hadley, MA’s EIEIEIO (mems of Maxshh, Tundrastomper, Wishbone Zoe, etc), due out this Friday July 16th. The record is quick and experimental, pushing their art punk, post-hardcore, and freaked out indie rock toward something truly unhinged.
Double Grave - " Chrysanthemum" | Album Review
The Don Quixote Of Brattleboro: An Interview with Chris Weisman
In a Vermont town that even Joe Biden wouldn’t be able to locate on a map, lives a hermit who has released over 35 albums in ten years, including an undecuple on Youtube. Chris Weisman is a great songwriter, jazz musician, conceptual artist and the only person in the world who has really taken seriously the lo-fi dogma.
Gash - "Leftern" | Album Review
The catchy songwriting of Gash was on full display with their 2018 album haha and while it comes into play in moments on Leftern, it feels like less a focus on individual songs and more on the album as a whole. The record rewards repeat listening, with different aspects of the band’s writing revealing itself with each subsequent listen.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (June 21st - July 11th)
Helvetia - "Essential Aliens" | Album Review
Jason Albertini’s latest Helvetia album, Essential Aliens, is a masterclass on how lo-fi recording at home can be a vehicle to showcasing a vision of unavoidable, but captivating quirks and laconic storytelling. That story is one of a recurring dream Albertini had wherein his life is upended by ghosts.
Jolee Gordon - "The Good Parts" | Album Review
Wednesday - "One More Last One" | Post-Trash Premiere
North Carolina’s Wednesday are set to return with their next proper album, the excellent Twin Plagues. Due out August 13th via Orindal Records (Lisa/Liza, Karima Walker, TJO), the band’s sophomore effort expands on the sounds and themes of their debut, but stretches out in territory the band have not previously explored.
Smoke Bellow - "Fee Fee" | Post-Trash Premiere
Open For Business, the latest from Baltimore-via-Australia’s Smoke Bellow, is that kind of record that makes you want to stop everything and listen with undivided attention. Their sound can be described as minimalist, but the record is far from sparse as they weave and loop melodies into psych, post-punk, dream pop and kosmiche exploration.
Shrapnel - "Alasitas" | Album Review
Sydney’s Shrapnel has come a long way since 2013. In the intervening eight years, he’s consistently nourished the project with an expanded lineup and on Alasitas, their latest album, there’s now six members throwing everything at it, including a flute, a synth, and clarinet to embellish the trusty guitars, and it gives the record a renewed lush feel.
Snakeskin - "Heart Orb Bone" | Post-Trash Premiere
New York City’s Snakeskin is set to follow up their incredible 2019 effort, Hangnail, with a new EP, Heart Orb Bone. Due out on July 13th via State Champion Records, the release is part of a trio of picture discs with custom screen printed art that also includes new EPs from Noun (aka Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females) and TVO.
Hard Nips - "Master Cat" | Album Review
In 2009, four Japanese women met in Brooklyn and decided that they really wanted to start a band. Master Cat is their third album and a remarkably strong one considering none of them were musicians beforehand. It does mean that the songs in Master Cat are raw and real but they carry them all with an underlying intelligence of craft and ambition.