ORB - "Tailem Bend" | Album Review
It took the band six years to create and complete this album, but it was definitely worth the wait. Joined on half the songs here by guitarist Callum Shortal and guests, ORB bring in a bag-full of new musical tricks that goes beyond their signature sound dominated by one of the key psych rock inventions - the fuzz box.
Feeling Figures - "Doors Wide Open" | Post-Trash Premiere
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water - "Swanlike (Loosies 2020-2023)" | Album Review
Snooper / Prison Affair - "Split"
As long as there’s been a punk scene, there’s been a energetic, hyper, musical urge to crack the skull and see what cooks. On this six track split, Nashville’s super Snooper and Barcelona’s pummeling Prison Affair kick off hot squirrel summer with their wild-eyed, transcontinental EP that’s calling all freaks from their panting dens.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (July 15th - July 21st)
Martha Skye Murphy - "Um" | Album Review
Martha Skye Murphy’s long-awaited debut is an assured one. Its eleven tracks come together like a series of paintings spread across a single room, all interlinked in proximity and style yet different enough to each be worth a repeated view. Yet together, these tracks form a remarkably curated album of decisive art pop.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Rong - "Live At New Alliance"
Existing decidedly on the fringes, Rong’s explosive sound splices and dices together bits and pieces of noise rock, art punk, post-hardcore, and experimental metal to form something delightfully alien. The abrasion is tantamount, an oozing eruption of caterwauling guitars, jaw dropping rhythms, and vocals yelped with fury and resolve.
Out This Week | Post-Trash Highlights
Believe in Sour Widows: Faith, Grief and a Debut Album Seven Years in the Making | Feature Interview
As Sour Widows’ profile has grown, their personal lives have been scarred by grief. The following interview is about the juxtaposition between grief and faith. It’s about how friendship has carried this charismatic songwriting partnership to lauded new heights while serving as a lifeline both have counted on when everything else turned to shit.
@ - "Are You There God? It's Me, @" | Album Review
Maassai - "DEC0N$TRUCT!0N" | Album Review
DEC0N$TRUCT!0N carries the torch of C0N$TRUCT!0N and C0N$TRUCT!0N 002, Maassai’s space-reclaiming tapes celebrating the physical and creative work of black people, black culture, and black art. The EPs work as a conceptual triptych in opposition to the oppressive and exploitative systems in her city.
Webb Chapel - "Springtime" | Post-Trash Premiere
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (July 8th - July 14th)
Queens of the Stone Age - "Queens of the Stone Age" (Reissue) | Album Review
Despite marking the debut of one of the most influential rock bands of their generation, Queens of the Stone Age’s self-titled first album didn’t blaze a bold, new trail. Instead, the 1998 release built an off-ramp connecting a remote stretch of desert highway to a skeevy dance club, where Josh Homme could take residence.
Perennial - "Art History" | Album Review
Perennial are back with a new offering of danceable tunes, a stronger connection to the studio as instrument, and a newfound finesse. The operating principle is something like “simplicity is a virtue,” and they’ve honed in on a raison d’etre over the course of their LPs: art for the sake of it, for your enrichment and your connection to the world around you.
Out This Week | Post-Trash Highlights
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Lily Seabird - "Alas,"
Shannon and the Clams - "The Moon Is In The Wrong Place" | Album Review
Shannon and the Clams pull from the past to create music that's different, the vintage twinge reminiscent of many 60s girl groups, and an almost rockabilly sound while still allowing it to feel fresh and new. It feels like stepping into the past, yet it still incredibly innovative, a time capsule and love letter to their classic rock influences.
The Spatulas - "Beehive Mind" | Album Review
The Spatulas are the project of Miranda Soileau-Pratt, an artist equal parts poet and bandleader. Their debut LP. Beehive Mind, is an exercise in space and subtlety, at once unassuming and arresting. Upon first encounter, the music feels twee and almost cutesy, but it does everything it can to resist these monikers.