Photo Credit: Christopher Malarick Waking up daily throughout these past three years, as things continue to distort in the atmosphere and through your screen in mind-numbing new ways, can oftentimes feel like a continuation of a stress/fever dream. Though not [...]
One of my favorite things about running this gosh-dang music site, aside from the fame, riches and hefty discount at Dunkin Donuts (get @ me!), is tracking the progressions of some folks from far-flung places that I know strictly through [...]
Photo Credit: Kate Hoos Well, well, well. After nearly exactly five years, the now formerly deceased The Great American Novel has self-exhumed for some sort of LCD Soundsytem-style cash-grab no doubt! All joking on both parties aside, the kindling that [...]
Photo Credit: Christopher Carr Seems obvious but bears repeating for the sake of beating back burnout/cynicism, that one of the more rewarding aspects of being involved in a local culture scene is the renewable opportunity to be blown away by [...]
Photo Credit: Shauna Miller A couple of months back, we featured “Tracy” off of Pittsburgh-based group The Zells’ EP, Failure to Slide, released last fall. And wouldn’t you know it, the quintet is right back at it with the No [...]
It’s been a while since we last checked in with Brooklyn shred masters Desert Sharks. We’ve been long awaiting the follow-up to 2014’s Template Hair and our collective thirsts are now slaked with the arrival of “Sorceress,” the lead single [...]
There are a whole lot of great things coming out of the Cincinnati music scene these days. Enter pysch-rockers Sungaze who skew on the more deliberate of the transportive, enveloping sound spectrum. Sungaze recently released a new LP, Light in [...]
My long-running love affair with dream/psych-pop out of the UK is long established on this site, albeit dormant for a while (life!). Thanks to Leeds-based group Van Houten for rousing me out of my slumber with their latest single, “Moon.” [...]
Photo Credit: Josh London Comprised of Rocío Del Mar (vocals, guitar, keys) and Justine DeFeo (vocals, guitar) with support coming from Ryan Alfonso (bass) and Josh London (drums), Boston-based group pushflowers bring a blend of 90s fuzz-rock and power-pop. Their [...]
Photo Credit: Mel Taing On the rise Boston-rockers Lilith craft a vibrant brand of fuzz-pop exploring themes of self-acceptance and complex relationships. Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Hannah Liuzzo, bassist/vocalist Kelsey Francis and drummer Adam Demirjian, Lilith are now gearing up to [...]
