Pavement - "Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques" | Album Review
Pavement ultimately had an amazing run. Their new limited-edition box set, Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques, is a testament to this fact, consisting of their complete catalog of 7” singles from 1989 to 1999 plus various B-sides, covers, demos, and live material. In total, there are 56 songs running to almost three hours.
Queen Serene - "Glowing" | Post-Trash Premiere
Queen Serene are back at it, getting ready to release their second album, appropriately titled 2, later this Fall. It’s an album that expands their palette into artier territory, embracing volume and repetition at times, the results both immersive and intricate. Abrasive but dynamic, their limitless noise is manifested with a tempered grace.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Robber Robber - "Wild Guess"
Robber Robber have truly found their footing in pulsating shards of post-punk noise with an impressive grasp of melody and intoxicating loose grooves. The group manage to stay grounded with a furious punk foundation while mixing in unique song structures and the knack for combining sharp tones and playful exchanges.
Fold Paper | Feature Interview
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
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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.