Ribbon Stage - "Hit With The Most" | Album Review
Enter Hit With The Most, the band’s latest. Intended as a love letter to its obvious early ‘80s pop influences, the album is mostly distorted guitars over mid-tempo slacker rock. Ribbon Stage is big on subtlety, vocals back in the mix and nary a cymbal on the record – the result is an almost unwavering focus on simplicity and melody.
Famous Laughs - "Total Icon" | Album Review
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: June McDoom - "June McDoom"
Brittle Brian - "Biodiesel" | Album Review
Enumclaw - "Save The Baby" | Album Review
Brady Only - "Room Key" | Post-Trash Premiere
Following a half decade playing in shoegaze band Coaches and a slew of engineering credits that include Infinity Girl, Matt Bachmann, and work on the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, Brady Custis is ready to step out on his own. His latest project, Brady Only, is a somber solo affair, blending his musical roots into more traditional folk.
2nd Grade - "Easy Listening" | Album Review
Rider/Horse - "Great Innings" | Post-Trash Premiere
Kingston, NY duo Rider/Horse ain’t no one trick pony, as they prove on their second album, Feed ‘Em Salt. The pairing of Cory Plump (Spray Paint, Winged Wheel) and Chris Turco (Les Savy Fav, Trans Am) have headed back to the swarm, to bring us their next chapter, one that is constantly rattled, repetitive, and eerily engaging.
Alvvays - "Blue Rev" | Album Review
Considering the band delivered their new album, Blue Rev, after multiple all-night sessions, just barely hitting their vinyl production deadline, and that it’s been five years since their last album, one might expect Alvvays’ third album to feel overthought. On the contrary, Alvvays have created their most surprising and rewarding album yet.
DANA - "R U Dead?" | Post-Trash Premiere
Ohio art punk quartet DANA like to keep things weird. It’s just more enjoyable that way, always has been. Following last year’s “Blueteeth” single, DANA are back at it with “R U Dead?” a song that finds the band very much alive. With their signature space-age theremin trails leading the way, the band dive into a jangly punk bounce.
Winded - "Schwartz Provides" | Album Review
Schwartz Provides is the third in the series of Schwartz releases from NY via FL artist Winded. The record is powered by a stark and often solemn beauty provided by Thrin Vianale's higher registered vocals and entertaining songwriting. Vianale manages to balance full throated emotion with a concealed intensity that pushes to be unleashed.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Jobber - "Hell In A Cell"
Across four tracks, Jobber set thoughtful lyrics to smartly-written pop songs with massive guitars, a potent combination that pulls as much from the locked-in power pop of The Cars and the catchy alt-rock of Helium and The Breeders as their more obvious guitar-worshipping predecessors in Helmet, Hum, and Failure.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (October 10th - October 23rd)
Wipes - "Scavenger Hunt" | Post-Trash Premiere
Due out on November 4th via Hex Records (Still/Form, Multicult), Making Friends’ is dense and well… unfriendly music, revolving around deep low end, a primal sense of dread, and harsh rhythmic fury. They teeter between noise rock and grunge in a way similar to Helmet or Unsane, bulking up their scourge with sustaining melodies.
Jobber - "Hell In A Cell" | Album Review
Brooklyn band Jobber’s love for wrestling coming through in their name, artwork, song titles, and lyrics. On their debut EP Hell in a Cell, Jobber adopt wrestling’s insider language to explore workplace discontent and the struggle to be a good person in a shitty world. It’s a gimmick, sure, but it works.
Fake Palms - "Lemons" | Album Review
On Lemons, the third full length from Fake Palms, the band strips away a little of the density of their previous albums and sprinkle in a bit more cheer and brightness. Their songs still carry a bit of anger and anxiety within their clattering guitars and slower tempos, but the melodies just hit with more force and clarity than previously displayed.
Smirk - "Souvenir" | Post-Trash Premiere
The world is about to get more Smirk, as Nick Vicario (Crisis Man, Public Eye, Cemento) returns with his first true full length, Material. Due out November 18th via Feel It Records, the album is a whirlwind of twangy post-punk and raw garage rock, picking up somewhere between The Gun Club and a dizzyingly raw knack for basement punk.
Anyhow - "Come To My Island" | Post-Trash Premiere
For Squirm Records, a new label founded by the members of New York duo Gorgeous, the catalyst of the label is Anyhow, the solo project of Asheville’s Matt Giegerich. A screenwriter and USA Today bestselling mystery author by trade, Longtime Sunshine is Giegerich’s full length debut as Anyhow, due out November 11th.
The Casual Dots - "Sanguine Truth" + "The Casual Dots" | Album Review
DIY/riot grrrl veterans Christina Billotte, Kathi Wilcox, and Steve Dore—released The Casual Dots in 2004, apparently with little press or self-promotion, but still establishing a fan base through blog-era word-of-mouth. After an 18-year hiatus, last month the band re-released their debut at the same time as their surprise second full-length, Sanguine Truth.