Tomato Flower - "No" | Album Review
The stem that once bent towards the sun has cold-snapped on Tomato Flower’s debut record, No. They bear a heavier sound, embracing racing riffs and delving into darker subject matter. Gone are their golden days, their early days of construction – the sun has set, it’s time to tear down and bring it all home for a dreamless night.
Debbie Dopamine - "Worried" | Post-Trash Premiere
Debbie Dopamine have been making their presence known with a shimmering intensity that produces unflinching insight into their world. On their new single "Worried," the band continue their propensity for deep diving into emotions only to come out the other side with a steely strength and empowerment that continues to bloom.
Marbled Eye - "Tonight" Video Premiere + "Read The Air" Track-By-Track Feature
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Cusp - "Thanks So Much"
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir: The Relentless Punks Celebrating Daegu Pride | Feature Interview
Yo La Tengo - "The Bunker Sessions" | Album Review
Forming in 1984 in Hoboken, the band has had a permanent line-up since 1992 with Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew. Their latest EP features live recordings from This Stupid World, as well as their old beloved track, “Stockholm Syndrome,” off their eighth album, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One.
Meatbodies - "Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom" | Album Review
Having trudged through the mud and now in a period of rebirth, Meatbodies newest album Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom presents strength in transparency. Things have changed, yet their spirit remains uncrushable. As possibly their most expansive and open project thus far, the band breathe fresh air into this stand-alone triumph.
Guitar - "Casting Spells On Turtlehead" | Album Review
Variety between and within all the songs gets at the main essence of Casting Spells at Turtlehead. The special quality of this release is how diverse the different parts are. The constantly shifting and jumping nature of the album creates this strange and enthralling experience that conjures up disjointed and hazy but familiar scenes.
Disintegration - "In Your Diary" | Post-Trash Premiere
Bedbug - "Pack Your Bags The Sun Is Growing" | Album Review
Nihiloceros - "Skipper" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Directed by Jen Meller, the video accompanies the storming tenacity and aggressive attitude that pours forth from the roaring beast that is Nihiloceros. The band have been treading their path in the NYC punk/underground scene for close to a decade now and haven't lost any of their bite and hostility as the track makes patently clear.
The Deals - "Freeway" | Post-Trash Premiere
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Skeletal Remains - "Fragments of the Ageless"
The Los Angeles based quartet are making death metal records the way they love them, raw, mountainous, and classic. Fragments of the Ageless, the band’s fifth album is a colossal homage to riffs… big fucking nasty riffs, riffs that shred, riffs with hooks, brilliant razor sharp riffs, riffs that decimate everything else to rubble.
Verity Den - "Live at Nightlight" | Post-Trash Premiere
With Verity Den’s record out now (via Amish Records), the band are getting ready to hit the road together, supporting Rosali, but before they do, they’ve shared “Live at Nightlight”. The live performance video captures the band playing both “Priest Boss” and “Prudence,” a pair of songs that highlight the different sides of their sound.
Sheer Mag - "Playing Favorites" | Album Review
To play something that people often define as “straightforward” pop pock of any kind is actually not that straightforward at all. If you add certain not so straightforward elements in there, no matter how small, you have to throw in a wrench at points to make it work. That is exactly what Sheer Mag do on their third album, Playing Favorites.
Pissed Jeans Don’t Try Too Hard and Do Music For Fun | Feature Interview
During our 33-minute conversation, Matt Korvette, the 42-year-old vocalist of Pissed Jeans, says “fun” eleven times and “fan” six times. The Sub Pop mainstays out of Philadelphia dropped their sixth album, Half Divorced, and Korvette has it on repeat. Approaching two decades as a band, Pissed Jeans are writing great songs that they enjoy jamming out to.
Despondent - "5am" | Album Review
5am is the latest EP from Caution's Nora Button under the guise of Despondent, delivering another heavy blow in her clouded and confessional songwriting. More stripped down, these recordings consist of herself and infrequent drums and percussion by Jaxon Vesely, heightening the intimacy of Button's tales of disconnect and longing.
Ducks Ltd. - "Harm's Way" | Album Review
Harm’s Way picks up where they left off and has improved their formula tremendously. In just 27 quick minutes, they create earworm after earworm, the kind of songs you can listen to over and over with a big smile on your face. The record is the perfect accompaniment for a bright spring day when the sun is shining and all is right in the world.
