Exhalants - "End Scenes" | Post-Trash Premiere
From their sense of tonality to the dynamic approach to their songwriting (something that can otherwise plague noise rock), Exhalants are forever changing shape, but keep things consistent with volume, force, and intense tension. They are a national treasure and it’s about time they get recognized as such.
Disheveled Cuss - "Disheveled Cuss" | Album Review
While on its face this project may seem to be one in a slew of many solid but sedentary 90s revival albums, Reinhart cannot help but be himself. His unique guitar style spills over the surface at every moment possible, transforming the album from one of unexamined nostalgia to one which recontextualizes nostalgia.
Tough Age - "Which Way Am I?" | Album Review
Tough Age call their music “culmination rock” and what a description this is. The work of Jarrett Samson, Jesse Locke, and Penny Clark is really the combining of years of sonic ideas, lost bands, and defining experiences. Since 2012, each album has refined their tight and energetic sound further; so Which Way Am I? is their strongest release.
Lily / Lucy - "Big Wish" | Post-Trash Premiere
Lily Konigsberg is as adept at creating outsider pop as would be radio smash hits. Now Konigsberg has teamed up with LUCY, the long running project of Western MA’s Cooper Handy. Together as Lily / Lucy, the duo will release their self titled collaborative debut via Good Flavor (Masters of Fright, Sweet Baby Jesus).
Oceanator - "Things I Never Said" | Album Review
What really makes these songs stand out is the writing. Okusami juxtaposes deeply personal, confessional songwriting against apocalyptic imagery. There’s a crack in the world that everyone falls through, fires that burn everything to the ground, and suns that will never come up again. Amidst all the chaos real life plays out.
Sleeper & Snake - "Reach Out" | Post-Trash Premiere
The Microphones - "Microphones in 2020" | Album Review
Hooper Crescent - "Object Permanence" | Album Review
Caustics - "Touch 7, 8, & 9" Video | Post-Trash Premiere
Caustics have truly stepped outside our reality and into another dimension on their recently released album, Touch, out now via Moone Records and Deathbomb Arc. The quartet of John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Yasi Perera (Breezy Days Band), Josiah Wolf (Why?), and Devin Hoff (Julia Holter) came together to create something unheard.
The Cradle - "Laughing In My Sleep" | Album Review
There is something so purely free about The Cradle’s latest LP, Laughing In My Sleep. Drawing from various worlds of music, its an eclectic listen made up of medieval melodies and Éthiopiques-inspired polyrhythms. Paco Cathcart equally embraces olden folk tunes as much as he does avant-garde / post-punk experiments.
Sweeping Promises - "Hunger For a Way Out" | Album Review
Pool Holograph - "Life By The Power Plant" | Post-Trash Premiere
In the rich landscape of Chicago’s indie rock scene, Pool Holograph deserve a spot right by their buzzing peers in Dehd and Deeper. The band, who have played in one shape or another for a decade, create forward thinking music, unafraid to explore new avenues as they wander between art rock, fuzzy pop, and minimalist post-punk.
Ganser Discuss Isolation, Introspection, and "Just Look At That Sky" | Feature Interview
For Ganser, steady self-reflection has always been in the cards. Just Look At That Sky sheds its skin at a regular rate, sometimes in pieces and sometimes all at once, a continuous self-metamorphosis aimed to navigate these dark and chaotic times. We spoke with Alicia Gaines and Nadia Garofalo about isolation and introspection, the new record, and more.
J. Zunz - "Hibiscus" | Album Review
Dua Saleh - "Rosetta" | Album Review
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Knot - "Knot" | Album Review
Sometimes out of the ashes rises something even more astonishing and beautiful than that was once before it, Knot prove that axiom to be wholly true. With their self-titled debut, the quartet have made an album full of intense questioning, rising anger and reveling in a universal interconnectedness.
Half Stack - "Laguna Seca" | Post-Trash Premiere
Set to release their sophomore full length on September 25th via Forged Artifacts (Double Grave, Total Revenge, Dweller) the band are keeping the vibes dusty throughout Wings of Love, but it’s the laid back vibes and easy melodies that help transport everything away from our reality as the world continues to burn.
Elliott Smith - "Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition" | Album Review
Elliott Smith’s self titled is an utterly depressing album to its core. It’s full of some of the most haunting and beautiful songs you’ll ever hear, but it’ll take a toll on your mood by the end of it. It’s littered with reoccurring themes of drug abuse, feeling strung out, and self hatred throughout the tracklist.