Ohmme - "Fantasize Your Ghost" | Album Review
The strong chemistry between Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart is at the heart of their sound, manifesting in tight vocal harmonies and imaginative guitar work. Fantasize Your Ghost is essentially an album of rock songs, but Ohmme push the boundaries of what that means, finding ways to seamlessly lapse into experimental territory.
Protomartyr's Joe Casey Discusses "Ultimate Success Today," Collaboration, and Writing | Feature Interview
Collaboration was a key element in making Ultimate Success Today, and with it Protomartyr continues to distinguish itself as a unique force. To learn more about the writing process and themes on the new album, we sat down with Joe Casey to talk about a few tracks, what the album title means, and how the collaborations came to fruition.
Hum - "Inlet" | Album Review
After 22 years, the legendary space-rock group Hum have finally arrived with a surprise new album. Inlet was released unceremoniously, but it took little time for the news to go viral. Based out of Champaign, IL, the band have become a staple of 90’s alt-rock. Inlet is a sonic journey, guided by huge riffs and heavy atmosphere.
JOBS - "Opulent Fields" | Post-Trash Premiere
The quartet, comprised of Max Jaffe (percussion), Rob Lundberg (bass), Jessica Pavone (viola) and Dave Scanlon (guitar, synths, vocals), are set to release Endless Birthdays on August 7th via Ramp Local Records (Godcaster, ESSi, Spirits Having Fun), pushing the envelop on the sonic template they’ve been steadily expanding since 2015
Dan Drohan - "You're A Crusher / Drocan!" | Album Review
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - "Cavehead" | Post-Trash Premiere
Never ones to sit stagnant for too long however, the band are back today with a new single, Cavehead b/w Mind’s Eye, out via Greenway and Austin’s Reverberation Appreciation Society. While the single comes from an upcoming record, the frantic psych boogie is more than enough to whet appetites until then.
Deerhoof - "Future Teenage Cave Artists" | Album Review
Primordial and ritualistic is the sound of Deerhoof, who are faithful to their aesthetics and history. The idea of Future Teenage Cave Artists is a fascinating foothold, a handhold to a search for creativity in which every atom of chaos is meaningful and expresses the meaning of sonic exploration that is never banal.
Es - "Severed" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Es’ new video “Severed,” is a quarantine video done right, full of kitchen, garden, and shower performances that are defiantly goofy but as deadpan as can be. That steely form of deadpan fits the band’s music, as their debut LP, Less of Everything absorbs synth punk at its most taut, everything snapped perfectly into place.
Manual de Combate – "Mapas Auténticos del Mundo Imaginario, Mapas Imaginarios del Mundo Real" | Album Review
They’ve been in the Chilean underground scene establishing themselves as an iconoclast, revolutionary band through cathartic live shows and a fierce musical output. With the release of their new album Mapas Auténticos del Mundo Imaginario, Mapas Imaginarios del Mundo Real, punk gets unleashed into free-form jazzy performances.
Grace Sings Sludge - "Christ Fucking Mocked" | Post-Trash Premiere
Coriky - "Coriky" | Album Review
Coriky is The Evens with the addition of Joe Lally on bass and MacKaye switching back to guitar. The vibe is still very similar but there’s the interplay of the trio that makes it its own unique band. It’s a little louder, a little looser feeling. It has a lived in feel that comes from three musicians that are very used to playing together.
The Beat Index - "World of Want" | Post-Trash Premiere
Harrison Colby has played in Sex Scenes, Rexxx, No/No, and The Delphine, but today he’s stepping out on his own with The Beat Index, a new project that resides somewhere between synth punk and synth pop. The band’s debut album, Volume One: Juvenilia, is due out July 31st via No Coast Records on limited edition cassette and digital.
Holiday Music - "Certified Ailments" | Album Review
Mike Hlady’s songwriting boasts an impressive range, switching between mellow acoustic laments to explosive guitar driven instrumentals that spiral in and out of consciousness. Holiday Music’s newest album Certified Ailments expands upon both. It is steeped in sonic manipulation, meticulous in detail, and relentless in execution.
Fuzzy Meadows: The Week's Best New Music (June 29th - July 5th)
Mind Shrine - "5 Long Days" | Track Review
Holy Wave - "Interloper" | Album Review
Poolblood - "I'm Sorry" (feat. Louie Short & Eliza Niemi) | Post-Trash Premiere
Poolblood is taking a look back and revisiting “I’m Sorry” with a reimagined sound, joined together this time with Louie Short and Eliza Niemi. The track is out today on Bandcamp via both Accidental Popstar and Vain Mina. All proceeds will go to various funds, including, Black Queer & Intersectional Collective, NABL Black and Indigenous Go Fund Me, and more.
Modern Nature - "Annual" | Album Review
Where before Modern Nature found urgency in exploring their sonic boundaries though - dipping into everything from krautrock to free jazz - Annual is a conceptual rather than experimental piece. Annual documents one year in Cooper’s life, with his thoughts drawn from a journal filled with ideas and notes.
