Hoosi, No! is the fifth release by Human Potential, the solo designation of Andrew Becker – an award-winning filmmaker and former drummer for Dischord Records band, Medications and Brooklyn baubles,…
“What might be the sound of an infectious bass groove battling with a broken speaker is a befitting description for what drives the rhythm of this eclectic track. Samples of…
STREAM: “Tracemaker” – YouTube / Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Today Austin band DAIISTAR are finally sharing their official debut single, “Tracemaker” after forming the band literally weeks before the…
VIDEO: “You Must Not Need A Friend At All” – YouTube Today Photo Ops, the project of current LA resident Terry Price, announces his new album, Burns Bright, out on Paul Is…
STREAM: “Caterpillar Hill” – YouTube / Spotify / Bandcamp / Soundcloud “I had reached a point with songwriting where I was just sick of guitar pop. Over a long winter…
On tour w/ Destroyer this Spring VIDEO / STREAM: “Life In The Void” & “Too Late For An Early Grave” – YouTube / Streaming Services “It’s ok to play out of time”…
STREAM – “Operation” – YouTube / Week In Pop “Is it ambient? Chillwave? Vaguely emo? When the climax hits…the answer is: kind of all 3, but also a mysterious 4th…
The new album, Sifting Through The Goo, Reaching For The Candlelight, is due March 10 STREAM: “Signature Blues” – Streaming Services “‘Signature Blues‘ started as an imagined phone call with…
STREAM: “Punks On The Dance Floor” – YouTube / Streaming Services / Bandcamp “At this point, Beat Awfuls have begun to write another chapter in their strange and obtuse story….
Pre-order the new album, out March 10 on Slumberland VIDEO: “Sixteen Ways” – YouTube Today Frankie Rose shares “Sixteen Ways,” the second single from her forthcoming new album, Love As…
VIDEO: “Blue Dreams” – YouTube / Streaming Services “Spiked with melodrama” – Brooklyn Vegan “Filled with atmospheric tension” – RGM Magazine “Oliver Marson is ready to tear down the Establishment,…
Let’s face it, Valentine’s Day is the WORST holiday of the year! We launched this playlist series back in 2015 as a way of getting through that awful day, February…
Get NYC Tix! Razor Braids kicked off 2023 by sharing an ode to one of their favorite cities, “Nashville, Again,” as well as a cover of Weezer’s “Buddy Holly.” Now…
STREAM – “Angelface” – Streaming Services / Post-Punk “’Angelface‘ is a love song for the underdogs who’ve given up on finding love, and a suggestion that sometimes the sweetest love stories are…
“A truly brilliant artist. Zack’s songs are astonishing and original. He had a peculiar, poetic, and playful mind.” -Sean Ono Lennon STREAM: “Bicycle” – Week In Pop / Streaming Services…
The track also features vocals from Carson Cox of Merchandise – The RMXS is out this Friday “‘Voyeur Nation feat. Carson Cox (Tarwater Yello Remix)’ is one of two remixes…
For the past few years, just for fun, we’ve kept an ongoing playlist of what we’re listening to in the office — one playlist for the releases we’re working and…
One of the best ways to keep up with what we’re up to throughout the year is to simply follow our 2023 Spotify Playlist. We update it frequently and it…
Today The Reds, Pinks and Purples announces its first east coast tour ever as a band, with dates supporting Dan Bejar’s Destroyer in May. The band’s most recent releases are…
“A lullaby for those who can’t sleep. Bewitching melodies telling you disenchanting things. A futile attempt to destroy a past that has already withered.” -Andrew Becker on “Book of Jaws”…
The album, Heating Up, is due Jan. 20 — for fans of Jonathan Richman, Adam Green, Jeffrey Lewis, Lake Megadose is a power pop quartet from Seattle, fronted by Stephen…
“I feel like I write a lot about my attempts/struggles to live in the moment and being present. A mindfulness kind of thing I suppose, in the sense of leaving…
“This was written during winter in New Mexico, next to a window that let me take in the vastness of the sky and the light on the snow. This could…
“Ego Death Kult describes a moment when an oppressive reality becomes so clear that it flashes neon with ridiculousness, like an exit sign. The hypnotic guitar riff forces out an…
STREAM: “Harmony” – YouTube STREAM: Magic Is Pocketed EP – Streaming Services Joe Stevens’ Peel Dream Magazine opens 2023 with Magic Is Pocketed, a collection of four songs recorded during…
STREAM: “Grapefruit Sea” – YouTube / Soundcloud VIDEO: “Grapefruit Sea” Live at The Unknown – Vimeo “I always wanted to write a kind of nightmare music hall song of some…
The band’s 3rd LP, All In Good Time, is out Feb. 17 on Dark Entries Oakland band Blues Lawyer joins Dark Entries for their third full-length, All in Good Time,…
“In the book, Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, Markus Popp (Oval) describes his albums Ovalprocess (2000) and Ovalcommers (2001) as “an alternative rhetoric to the production of electronic music.”…
STREAM: “Tragicomedy” – Streaming Services Today Waldo Witt shares his new single, “Tragicomedy” from the forthcoming LP, Long Daze Dark Nights. Waldo Witt’s Long Daze Dark Nights will be self-released on March 10,…
“Unexpected turns in melody, bringing to mind Debbie Harry” – STEREOGUM “Punk anger with a euphorically dreamy and mystical state of wonder” – LA WEEKLY “Taleen Kali composes punk, psych,…
Playing benefit event for Ukraine Feb. 4 in Venice, CA Today Widows Gold shares their new single “Never Had You At All” from their forthcoming debut LP, Love Drops. The band…
Pre-order the new album Love As Projection out March 10 on Slumberland STREAM: “Anything” – After spending nearly two decades establishing herself across New York and Los Angeles independent…
STREAM: “Nashville, Again” b/w “Buddy Holly” – Fresh off the heels of a year-end blowout show at Baby’s All Right on Dec. 28, Razor Braids kicks off 2023 by sharing…
Here’s a small sample of what we’ve been listening to and enjoying from 2022’s bountiful offering of new releases (and reissues). Of course to avoid nepotism we are omitting records…
STREAM / DOWNLOAD – “Walking On Thin Ice” – Bandcamp Today Maraschino, the project of Piper Durabo, shares a non-album track perfect for your winter playlist, a cover of Yoko…
STREAM: Gone To Color – “The 606” (The Field Remix) – Streaming Services Today Gone To Color shares the second track from its forthcoming The RMXS collection, due Jan. 27,…