During the band’s European tour, they stopped in at The Netherlands’ Katzwijm Studio for a quick Polygänger Session, opting to share one of the record’s most elastic pop-songs, “Green Eyes.” The live version is flat out pristine, with Cohen and co. bringing a desert breeze of psych into the room’s wooden frame, locked in and mellowed out.
February 14th will see the release of New Arrows, their sophomore album and first with Dirtnap Records. Produced by Marked Men/Radioactivity’s Jeff Burke, their first full band effort should have the punk underground swooning long past Valentine’s Day. The record is near flawless and easily repeatable.
DIM Comp Vol. 1 is a collection of both the DIM Things label and New York’s DIY up-and-comers (Pom Pom Squad, Should’ve, Top Nachos), with all proceeds donated to RAICES. Due out 12/13, we’ve got the premiere of one of the compilation’s highlights, a new track from the legendary Lost Boy ?, a Brooklyn DIY essential band if there ever was one.
This past August, Ukraine’s Bichkraft released their new single Desire b/w Rod, the duo’s first set of songs to feature lyrics written in English. Following three experimental albums for Wharf Cat, they continue to shift their sound in new directions, “Desire” hinting an a new found pop-eccentricity with dance punk friendly tendencies.
While David Settle’s (Big Heet, Ex-Breathers, Psychedelic Flowers) music has always veered closer to blown-out post-hardcore and noisy punk, his vast range of influences has positioned his latest project with a decidedly jangle-pop aura, one driven by the days of Flying Nun Records, Cleaners From Venus, and early Yo La Tengo.
Brooklyn’s Realworld are here to have a good time and they’d prefer if we’d all have a good time together with them. Formed last year by Kegan Zema and Mike Greene (both former members of Journalism), they come to us with one previous single (“Perfect Vision”) and a goal to create joy with upbeat, positive, 90s-inspired pop-rock.
Railings are Queens’ best secret. The reliably unbounded New York outfit have been keeping a relatively low profile since their first release in 2012, producing a singular sort of genre-mashing music currently populating backwater Bandcamp tags like “fatalistic flangers” and “ambitious cargo containers.”
San Antonio’s Pinko have been immersed in the Lone Star State’s noise rock scene since their 2015 formation, releasing splits with Exhalants, Bummer, and New Primals along the way. After a string of increasingly tight recordings, the trio are finally set to release their full length debut, You and You on December 13th via Hex Records.
Following Ganser’s 2018 debut record, we are pleased to premiere their follow up EP You Must Be New Here.The title for the EP is apt, as the listener moves across the various different versions of what a Ganser song can be. It’s a teaser, giving new listeners a taste in a digestible fifteen minutes.
Boston’s favorite blown out weirdos, Blue Ray, are back at it yet again, set to release, Live Laugh Love, on November 14th via Illegally Blind and Midnight Werewolf. Noted as their final album as a duo, the band’s sound has always been sort of the opposite of high definition, let’s lovingly call it “lo-def,” and they’ve never sounded better.
Following last year’s EXO EP (released via Northern Spy), the band are set to return with a new full length, Heavy Tongue, due out in February via the band’s own Famous Swords. Recorded together with Kevin McMahon at his Marcata Studios, the band continue to warp reality with artistic interpretations of all punk music can be.
Toronto’s Deliluh are getting ready to release their second record of the year, Beneath The Floors, a new full length to accompany this Spring’s Oath Of Intent. Due out November 15th via Telephone Explosion and Tin Angel Records, the art-punk band continue to dig into diamond tough post-punk and exuberant experimentation.
For Brooklyn duo Gorgeous, there are no straight lines on Egg, their debut album, but there’s a whole lot to grasp onto. Due out on November 8th via Sad Cactus Records, Dana Lipperman (guitar/vocals) and Judd Anderman (drums) pound through nine twisting and turning pieces of sweet yet sludgy math-rock.
Following last year’s somber Super Happy, the band return with the equally heartbreaking Finding Peace, Isn’t The Point, due out December 5th via Art of the Uncarved Block. Arriving after a great deal of personal turmoil that included death and depression, the album finds Tang in pursuit of finding beauty in impermanence and sadness.
