Goon - "Fruiting Body" | Post-Trash Premiere
Set to release Paint By Numbers, Vol. 1 on February 25th, Goon have shifted away from the fuzzed out grunge-pop they are best known for in favor of something a bit more abstract and softly psychedelic. Together with a new line-up, it’s a welcome change that finds them shedding away generic edges and coming into their own.
Psychic Graveyard - "Strangest Hobbies" | Post-Trash Premiere
Psychic Graveyard are one of the best bands making noise rock in the US and they’re teaming up with USA Nails, one of the best in the UK, for a new split 12”. The bands are in fine form with eleven new songs between them, bringing different but complementary styles together for something viscerally aggressive and disarmingly disorienting.
It Thing - "Syrup" | Album Review
The garage punk outfit brought their blistering live sound to the studio on their debut Syrup, released through Marthouse Records last year, their first release after a pair of singles in 2019. The nine-track EP is superbly delivered through fuzz-dripped power pop and cleverly tight post-punk that seep with the band's personality.
Open Head - "Joy, And Other Sufferings" | Album Review
Black Country, New Road - "Ants From Up There" | Album Review
Even from a cursory listen, it’s quite obvious that Ants From Up There is a different record than its predecessor. Much of the album was written in the studio, with each of the band’s seven members contributing ideas and democratically building the finished product. That difference in process is evident.
Mitski - "Laurel Hell" | Album Review
BRNDA Discuss DC Music, Songwriting, and Influences | Feature Interview
Last year’s Do You Like Salt? takes a magnifying glass to consumerism, careerism, food systems, entertainment, and animals, blending it all up and radiating mystifying turns of phrase over frantic, angular collages of noise and melody. Throughout our conversation we discussed BRNDA’s history as a group, their relationship with D.C., and the albums they treasure most.
EXEK - "Advertise Here" | Album Review
Erin Rae - "Lighten Up" | Album Review
Rae’s songwriting covers practically the full spectrum of sophisticated pop genres. There’s the jazzed-up introduction of “Candy & Curry” and the soulful R&B oriented “True Love Face” to the seventies singer/songwriter west coast stylings of “Gonna Be Strange” and “Drift Away” to full on baroque pop of “Cosmic High”.
Hooper Crescent - "Instant Lawn" | Post-Trash Premiere
Science Man - "Healer" | Post-Trash Premiere
Science Man returns once again with Nines Mecca, due out March 18th via Swimming Faith and Feral Kid Records. The album is faster, nastier, and a bit more direct, offering a pummeling that sits somewhere between hardcore and blistering punk, and with it comes ten new videos, one per song that piece together the Nines Mecca story.
L'Orange & Namir Blade - "Imaginary Everything" | Album Review
We ultimately desire that unshakable foundation of truth we once knew amidst this mosaic of chaos that surrounds us - real recognizes real, as they say. Imaginary Everything, the collaborative effort from Namir Blade and producer L'Orange, offers this truth, one way or the other - it offers us a sanctuary from the greater storm of insincere pathos.
Artsick - "Fingers Crossed" | Album Review
Fingers Crossed is the first album by the new project of Christina Riley, formerly of Burnt Palms. The record is packed with jaunty and bouncing pop melodies full of heartache and reminiscences done with a deft hand. Riley truly has a way with harmonies that resonates, triggering memories of past artists while adding enough twists.
Panther Hollow - "In The Cut" | Post-Trash Premiere
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Julie Doiron - "I Thought Of You" | Album Review
Cloakroom - "Dissolution Wave" | Album Review
On Dissolution Wave, Cloakroom shows that they know the assignment and end up delivering the best album of their career. The band seems ready to reel in some of the riff-driven songwriting of their previous records and hone in more on atmosphere and soundscapes accompanying more bare boned songwriting from Doyle Martin.
ROCK - "ROCK" | Album Review
ROCK formed after MALK’s tweet and Chris Adams’ (Hood/Bracket) reply. The former was in search of a vocalist and the latter obliged. The proposed task: MALK was looking for autotune vocals on a “10 track Elliot Smith/Alex G album.” Adams said ‘done’ and does a proper good job and more on the duo’s excellent self-titled debut.
Tetchy Discuss "Backyard" Single, Dealing With Trauma, and More | Feature Interview
Tetchy have never been shy to tackle issues that are important with their music and songwriting, and after a trying couple of years, the band have an exciting and fruitful future to look forward to. In a recent interview they discuss their new video for "Backyard,” the struggles of dealing with grief and trauma, and the path forward for the band.