Life, and Another is a fourteen-track, 44-minute affair, transmitted with the descriptor, Sci-Fi Pop, and yes, with James Krivchenia of Big Thief producing the sound palette is ripe of the sort. If there is a novum for what Mega Bog is currently accomplishing, then it is found within that synthesis of Birgy’s lyricism and sonic arrangements.
Best known for playing drums in Squitch, Boston’s Denzil Leach is also a great solo musician, with a few EPs and singles released thus far. Their latest EP, Hot Shot, is due out October 1st via Erased! Tapes, a wonderfully lo-fi and slightly blown out mix of fuzz punk and basement sludge. It’s brash and loud but filled with a radiant spirit,.
Bachelor, the musical project of Palehound’s Ellen Kempner and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, combine fuzzy guitars, pop hooks, and introspective words on their debut, Doomin’ Sun. Holed up for two weeks in Topanga, California in January 2020, Kempner and Duterte spent their days sleeping in, drinking iced tea, and writing songs.
Black Beach have taken influence from 80s industrial, dub, film scores, and free jazz to create their upcoming EP, Giallo, due out October 25th. Their sound feels uniquely inspired, with a special kind of sonic violence. The tonality on “Traffic Jam” is 100% noise rock, heavy as a ton of bricks, and it’s clear that Black Beach aren’t messing around.
What was most surprising about White Chalk on its original release was its sound. Harvey’s guitar and classic vocal style are almost completely absent from the album. A shift to piano, an instrument that was relatively new to her, as her main compositional tool seemed to reset her compositional style.
Deradoorian's work in Find The Sun is an exploration beyond this cognizance, planted firmly in the earth, and an organically divine consciousness. This is evergreen energy, coniferous and long-standing, albeit far beyond the relative pinball of deciduousness - live, die, live again - stands emitting from the celestial sphere
His latest album, At Dust, is due out October 1st via Already Dead Tapes and Records, a fascinating album that layers glitchy electronics with dance grooves and a warped psychedelic flourish. It’s a great new addition to Robidoux’s generally unpredictable catalog. He’s pushing new ground, but there’s an accessibility to it.
Sunday Music For An Overpass is subtly beautiful, possessed of a quiet power. These lo-fi dream pop tracks have the potential to bypass one’s senses yet they don’t: instead they remove you from your anxieties and worries in a wave of hazy comfort. The album unfolds at a languorous pace, unrushed by external forces.
Angus Andrews has essentially helmed the last few Liars records himself, from 2017’s TFCF to this month’s latest release, The Apple Drop. He does recruit the aid of drummer Laurence Pike and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Deyell, though, and they do help enhance the expansive and cinematic sound of the album.
In the two years since Austin’s Spray Paint released their last album, the band members have stayed busy releasing others projects that include the great Spiritual Mafia and During. You can now add Rider/Horse to the list, the latest effort from Spray Paint’s Cory Plump together with Chris Turco (Les Savy Fav, Trans Am).
Following the release of their EP, Toronto trio Motorists are ready to release their full length debut, Surrounded, due out September 3rd via Bobo Integral, We Are Time, and Debt Offensive Records. Continuing down the path that their EP set upon, the band continue refine their blend of jangle pop, motorik rhythms, and power-pop sheen
Don’t Know What I Am, the band’s latest LP, is another perfect name. The record holds Sonia Weber’s established perspective throughout, affirming the confession of the title; but in a testament to the love we receive from others, it embraces gratitude and sunshine in ways that lead to the band’s strongest proclamation yet.
Here come Rose, Water, Fountain, somewhere from the outskirts of Boston to actually hit that nineties indie rock sound right on the nail's head, and not only that. The duo somehow make sure that it perfectly fits into all that is going on now in music, as if Olivia Tremor Control or Dressy Bessy never went away.
Due out via Super Wimpy Punch Records, the band have paired down to a power trio, with Seth Goldman handling both guitars and bass, in addition to the vocals. Recorded with Adam Reich and Nick Dooley, they bring out the best in the twin guitars of Goldman and Jay Fox, distorted fuzz riffs occupying a perfect sonic space.
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