Full Body 2 - "Infinity Signature" | Album Review
After upgrading from Version 1 to Version 2, the band started producing luscious, gossamer shoegaze tracks that draw on digital soundscapes. Along with a drum and bass track at the end of each, this is what made up their first two demos. Now with their latest, infinity signature, the band continue this sound, further developing a new world.
Subsonic Eye | Feature Interview
Frida Kill - "Kill! Kill!" | Album Review
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Physique - "Overcome By Pain"
Olympia’s Physique have returned with Overcome By Pain, a blistering six track EP on Seattle’s Iron Lung Records, giving a form to the noise of the body – the body reacting to the deep silence keeping this rotten imperialist foundation in place. Fresh off February’s Again, Physique continue their d-beat bombardment.
a.s.o. - "a.s.o." | Album Review
As echoed keys welcome melting synths, crushing drum loops knotted around a lustful, intimate voice awaken. That is how a.s.o. opens – the collaborative effort of eclectic house producer Lewie Day (Tornado Wallace) and singer Alia Seror-O’Neill (Alias Error) – and it is the modern reinvigoration of sleek ‘90s downtempo.
Wesley Wolffe - "Streets" | Post-Trash Premiere
Returning with a teaser for Good Kind, Wesley Wolffe’s new full-length album set to be released January 12, he doubles down in tenacity and charm on his latest single, “Streets”. Grown out of sweaty spontaneity, fractured instrumentations and deliberate angst, “Streets” finds him eerily attuned to the characters around him everyday.
Frog - "GROG" | Album Review
New York duo Frog returns with a rowdy cast of characters on a beaming LP, and a new lineup in Daniel Bateman’s brother, Steve. On the introductory track of GROG, a cheery voice explains that grog is the drink of choice for sailors in the 18th century, and the album certainly does have a flushed, rosy feeling to it.
Keiji Haino & Guro Moe - "Drums & Octobass" | Album Review
Legendary multi-instrumentalist and improviser Keiji Haino, along with Guro Moe, a Norwegian bassist and avant-garde composer share Drums & Octobass, released on Norway’s ConradSound label, a new collaborative effort. Haino, now 71, is showing no signs of slowing down, raising eyebrows with his adventurous improvisations.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Charlène Darling - "La Porte"
Darling aka Charlotte Kouklia is a member of Rose Mercie, and has already released two solo singles, various CD-R releases, and one widely distributed full-length of her own. It took her a few years or so to share another solo effort, but judging by the nine tracks (and a voice recording) on La Porte, it was quite worth the wait.
Brainiac - "The Predator Nominate EP" | Album Review
Shady Bug - "What's The Use?" | Album Review
St. Louis indie-rockers, Shady Bug use their latest EP to interpret preservation through a lens of both inner and outer anxieties. What’s the Use?, packaged within twenty minutes of bleeding hooks and dissonant indie-rock, lets Shady Bug unwrap a beautiful juxtaposition of self worth while our world comes to an end.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Stress Positions - "Harsh Reality"
The Chicago quartet play hardcore at the speed of light, their fury only matched by their willingness to distort their assault with subtle psychedelic shifts. Harsh Reality, released via Three One G Records is aware of police brutality, corporate greed, and ever present inequality, and Stress Positions are none too happy about any of it.
Sundae Painters - "Sundae Painters" | Album Review
Sundae Painters, the last recordings of Hamish Kilgour (The Clean), brings four pivotal artists together. Kilgour, Alec Bathgate (Tall Dwarfs), Paul Kean (Toy Love, The Bats) and Kaye Woodward (The Bats) have a long history with each other and these recordings come from informal jam sessions that give space for psychedelic and folk exploration.
Ryan Power - "World of Wonder" | Post-Trash Premiere
Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2023
We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2023" as voted by the site’s wonderful contributors (including their individual lists). With 22 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 315 different records nominated and only the top nine records received a score of sixty or higher.
Wishy - "Paradise" | Album Review
Wishy is a force of Midwestern exceptionalism; a blanket of whirling guitar music and a breeze of soothing pop melodies all brought to life by leaders Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites. With their new label home, Winspear, and help from friend and producer, Ben Lumsdaine (Durand Jones), Wishy has released their debut EP, Paradise.
Cruel - "Common Rituals" | Album Review
Cruel throws another hat into the busy, increasingly-young Chicago ring, with a mosh-able, riff-heavy debut EP on Fire Talk’s new tape imprint Angel Tapes. To-the-point at only four songs over eleven minutes, Common Rituals flexes a driving rhythm section, loud two-guitar attack, and blown-out yelled vocals.
Rick Rude - "Winded Whale" | Post-Trash Premiere
Laverne, the band’s upcoming third album is due out February 2nd via Midnight Werewolf Records and Best Brother Records, shows that the kinetic friendship energy that has embraced Rick Rude’s music over the years is in fine form. Heck, they’ve never sounded better, offering equal parts force and warmth.
Pons - "The Liquid Self" | Album Review
While a lot of bands are delivering truly unique and innovative releases, few of them have managed to deliver anything with quite the same energy as Pons. On their latest album, The Liquid Self, the three piece has constructed a shipwrecked concept album that is as lyrically dense as it is full of brooding atmosphere and chaotic ups and downs.