Charles Joseph Smith - "War of the Martian Ghosts" | Album Review
Renata Zeiguer - "Old Ghost" | Album Review
Datenight (US) - "Comin Atcha' 100MPH" | Album Review
Tape Deck Mountain - "Echo Chamber Blues" | Album Review
Anna McClellan - "Yes And No" | Album Review
The fact that McClellan is able to marry elements as disparate as an earnest, definitively 21st century vocal waver with cascading piano arrangements that recall the most baroque Paul McCartney or Harry Nilsson compositions without sounding either precious or stilted is impressive, and the content that fleshes out this form is as winning as the nonchalance with which the whole thing is pulled off.
Surf Harp - "Mr. Big Picture" | Album Review
Knifeplay - "No Funeral" / "With U" | Album Review
Anna Burch - "Quit The Curse" | Album Review
Pet - "Ten Thousand Years" | Album Review
Erik Phillips - “One” | Album Review
There's a purity of vision that remains consistent throughout these ten songs. At best, this means the album flows by nice and smoothly. The flip-side critique would be that the whole thing is a bit samey, but there's no shame in letting this simply be what it wants to be. Phillips has their palette and they know how to operate within a set of limitations.
Palm - "Rock Island" | Album Review
Listening to Palm brings the same sort of comfort that comes from being in a crowded room with a thousand conversations at once: There are a million avenues to direct your attention, but there’s still a subtle joy in being able to let the chatter exist around you without clinging too heavily to piecing everything together.
Salad Boys - "This Is Glue" | Album Review
Dove Lady - "F" | Album Review
Bonzo - "With Your Belly" | Album Review
With Your Belly is not a place where sugary choruses thrive. On any given track, at the very least the vocals, if not every other instrument, are muddied with modulation and reverb. However, this band is not hiding; they are clear from the get-go that this is how they define themselves and find further understanding.
