Surfbort - "Billy" | Album Review
Spanning four tracks, Surfbort delivers on their stripped yet robust-rock sound for a jumpy EP dedicated to anxiety, romance and of course, pointed animosity towards one #45 president. Billy is exciting and driving and with every word you can think of being at a DIY show covered in cheap beer with your best friends.
Polvo - "Polvo" [reissue] | Album Review
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Polvo is great for fans or newcomers alike - anyone who wants to see where one of the most influential bands of the 1990's honed their craft. Fans of their classic albums will enjoy these versions of songs they know and love, while new fans will still enjoy an incredible find striving to develop their signature sound.
Es - "Less of Everything" LP | Post-Trash Premiere
London synth punk band Es has arrived with Less of Everything, a bold statement in our age of constant overexposure. Regardless if the title deals with minimalism within our reality or within their skeletal punk songs, there’s no distractions within their debut, just primal focused post-punk that’s tense and eager to disrupt any sense of complacency.
Shopping - "All Or Nothing" | Album Review
Grass Jaw - "Weird Hell" | Post-Trash Premiere
As the drummer for Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death, Brendan Kuntz plays with a dense complexity and colossal precision. As Grass Jaw on the other hand, Kuntz is stepping out from behind the kit, performing all instruments and vocals, with a focus on earnest songwriting and gentle fuzz over anything too tangled.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 25th - March 29th)
Lake Ruth - "Crying Everyone Else's Tears" | Album Review
Swallow The Rat - "Hey Yeah" | Post-Trash Premiere
Auckland, New Zealand’s Swallow The Rat have roots in both their current home town and as far away as Austin, Texas. Set to release their full length debut, Leaving Room, in April, the band have developed a style that knots together their NZ post-punk influences with shoegaze tendencies closer to the American underground.
Human Impact - "Human Impact" | Album Review
Human Impact is chiefly Unsane's vocalist and guitarist, Chris Spencer, joined by Swans bassist Chris Pravdica, keyboardist Jim Coleman of Cop Shoot Cop, and drummer Phil Puleo, also of Cop Shoot Cop. If you were hoping for more Unsane's misanthropic, knives out dirges, you're unfortunately in the wrong place.
Sorry - "925" | Album Review
On 925, they’ve taken elements of many important UK bands of the recent past and put them in a blender. Despite containing so many styles, the record never sounds like a stale pastiche. By re-contextualizing and sewing these disparate influences together they’ve managed to make a record that both sounds totally original and comfortingly familiar.
Melenas - "No Puedo Pensar" | Post-Trash Premiere
Having shared their great first single “3 Segundos” with an equally great music video, we’re excited to premiere the band’s latest, “No Puedo Pensar”. While their lead single bounced with an undeniable kraut-pop energy, the follow up, while still motorik in rhythm, is a bit more subdued in it’s hypnotic groove… though only slightly.
Ruin Lust - "Choir of Babel" | Album Review
Mediocre Cafe - "Easy Listening" | Post-Trash Premiere
Jeff Beam - "Think Twice, It's Not Alright" | Post-Trash Premiere
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (March 16th - March 24th)
Green and Glass - "Green and Glass" | Album Review
Being in the same room while harpist and lead vocalist Lucia Stavros nimbly and precisely plucks her harp while simultaneously delivering a vocal performance that can quickly move from soft to powerful is, quite frankly, moving. The band released their long-awaited, self-titled debut album in late February.
Cold Feet - "Peyote Death" | Post-Trash Premiere
Ben Seretan - "Youth Pastoral" | Album Review
The record opens up in mysticism, William Tyler textures meeting some other vision of sincerity. Ben Seretan is a phenomenal finger picking guitar player and it’s showcased across the board here. His previous release, My Life’s Work, is purely ambient music and these two sides of him meld together on Youth Pastoral.
