Archive for the Indie Rock Category
Weyes Blood “Titanic Rising” (Sub Pop)
The phantom zone, the parallax, the upside down—there is a rich cultural history of exploring in-between places. Through her latest, Titanic Rising, Weyes Blood (a.k.a. Natalie Mering) has, too, designed her own universe to soulfully navigate life’s mysteries. Maneuvering through a space-time continuum, she intriguingly plays the role of melodic, […]
Shana Cleveland “Night Of The Worm Moon” (Sub Pop)
Shana Cleveland has been beguiling listeners for years in her role as the superlative frontwoman for elastic surf rockers La Luz. Now Cleveland is evolving her sound on the new solo full-length Night of the Worm Moon, a serene album that flows like a warm current while simultaneously wresting open […]
Duster “Capsule Losing Contact” (Numero)
Title may not arrive until April 1st. Feel free to email or call to check arrival date. San Jose’s sonic cure-all for the Y2K hangover that never materialized, Duster emerged from a cloud of lonely bong rips to take indie rock to the moon, and beyond. Scotch-taped guitars toggle between […]
Pup “Pup” (SideOne Dummy)
Title may not arrive until April 1st. Feel free to email or call to check arrival date. Limited Edition PUP – Self Titled Picture Disc Vinyl to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of their debut album.
Helado Negro “This Is How You Smile” (Rvng)
Helado Negro returns with This Is How You Smile, an album that freely flickers between clarity and obscurity, past and present geographies, bright and unhurried seasons. Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange embraces a personal and universal exploration of aura – seen, felt, emitted – on his sixth album […]
Sasami “Sasami” (Domino)
SASAMI (Sasami Ashworth) has been making music in the Los Angeles area, in almost every way you can, for the last decade. Between playing keys, bass, and guitar within Cherry Glazerr and Dirt Dress; contributing vocal, string, and horn arrangements to studio albums (Vagabon, Curtis Harding, Wild Nothing, Hand Habits, […]
Antena “Camino Del Sol” (Numero)
1982, Brussels: Living on busking wages and next door to Tuxedomoon, Antena manage to make a contemporary bossa nova record that provides the missing link between Antonio Carlos Jobim and Kraftwerk. The original Camino Del Sol has been given back its spacious mini-LP quarters, recasting this short-lived combo’s forward-thinking mile […]
Ween “La Cucaracha” (Schnitzel)
Here comes the ultimate Ween ‘La Cucaracha’ re-issue on audiophile 180-gram brown vinyl. Here is what Dean Ween had to say about the last studio album from the band for now: ‘The album kicks ass, I’m not really sure what else to say. There’s not a wasted minute of music […]
Straight Arrows “On Top!” (Agitated)
New album from Sydney’s fuzzed out, psychedelic punk quartet STRAIGHT ARROWS.Overflowing with unbridled energy, you’d be forgiven for thinking On Top was the band’s debut album, but the third record for the Sydney quartet sounds as vital and as exciting as ever. Having spent years touring their incendiary live show […]
Steve Adamyk Band “Paradise” (DirtNap)
Steve Adamyk Band remains Canada’s premiere power-pop / punk crossover group. Throughout the last decade, the band has toured Japan, Europe (four times), and all across North America, unleashing five albums and a long list of seven-inch singles. But it hasn’t been easy. Most bands, by this stage, would likely […]
Royal Trux “White Stuff” (Fat Possum)
Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. ROYAL TRUX have done as much to define the look, attitude and sound of rock & roll as any other group in the rock & roll era. In the ’90s they were the male/female rock duo that defined the decade. Everything that followed in […]
Parsnip/Shifters “Parsnip/Shifters” (Future Folklore)
Two of modern Melbourne’s finest, paired together on one split LP! PARSNIP’s technicolor mod-pop has a wide-eyed wonder similar to the Television Personalities and their Whaam! Records cohort, delivered in a freewheeling rush of warbling organ and sugar-spun harmonies. On “Counterfeit” and “Dailybreader,” they draw equal inspiration from ‘60s sunshine […]
Ex Hex “It’s Real” (Merge)
When EX HEX exploded onto the scene with their unfettered brand of rock and riffage, the power trio for our generation had finally arrived. Made up of MARY TIMONY, BETSY WRIGHT and LAURA HARRIS, the group’s debut Rips was a gleaming collection of tightly wound gems that scored Best New […]
American Football “American Football LP 3” (Polyvinyl)
Fifteen years after AMERICAN FOOTBALL’s highly influential self-titled debut album (American Football), the band reunited (now as a four-piece, with the addition of NATE KINSELLA) and recorded their long-anticipated second album, 2016’s American Football (LP2). The release was widely praised, but the band members still felt like their best work […]
Guided By Voices “1901 Acid Rock” (GBV Inc)
Two limited edition 7” EPs previewing 6 songs each from the upcoming Warp And Woof long-player. Recorded at soundchecks, hotel rooms and in the tour van, all dozen songs clocking in at 2 minutes or under, recalling the spontaneous spirit of 1993-94 eps Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, Static Airplane Jive and Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer.
Guided By Voices “Umlaut Over The Ozone” (GBV Inc)
Two limited edition 7” EPs previewing 6 songs each from the upcoming Warp And Woof long-player. Recorded at soundchecks, hotel rooms and in the tour van, all dozen songs clocking in at 2 minutes or under, recalling the spontaneous spirit of 1993-94 eps Fast Japanese Spin Cycle, Static Airplane Jive and Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer.
Lambchop “This (is What I Wanted To Tell You)” (Merge)
The shift is so subtle and unassuming, you may never notice it happens. But 42 minutes into LAMBCHOP’s fourteenth studio album—the disarming but intimate confessional called This (is what I wanted to tell you)—KURT WAGNER steps forward, his voice newly unadorned. With the Auto-Tune gild of recent Lambchop records momentarily […]
The Oh Sees “Cool Death Of Island Raiders” (Castle Face)
The denizens of Castle Face are not afraid to get their shins dirty mucking around in the stacks and they’re well aware of an out-of-press gap of Oh Sees releases right before 2006 when they started the label with Sucks Blood. They’re rectifying that and first among these is The […]
Orville Peck “Pony” (Sub Pop)
Combining the lulling ambiance of shoegaze with the iconic melodies and vocal prowess of classic American country music, outlaw cowboy, Orville Peck croons about love and loss from the badlands of North America. The resulting sound is entirely his own. He takes the listener down desert highways, through a world […]
Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days” (Sub Pop)
A newly expanded deluxe edition of “Our Endless Numbered Days”. This version will feature eight previously never before heard demos, new artwork, and a 12-page booklet including liner notes from author Amanda Petrusich. Sam Beam, aka Iron & Wine, released Our Endless Numbered Days, his second album, in March of […]
Avey Tare “Cows On Hourglass Pond” (Domino)
Cows On Hourglass Pond was recorded between January – March 2018 by Dave Portner at Laughing Gas in Asheville, NC on a Tascam 48 half-inch reel-to-reel tape machine. It follows the 2017 release of Avey Tare’s Eucalyptus, and 2018’s audiovisual album Tangerine Reef, a collaboration between Animal Collective and avant-garde coral macro-videographers Coral Morphologic.
Jenny Lewis “On The Line” (Warner)
The new Warner Bros. record features 11 original tracks written by Lewis herself and recorded at Capitol Record’s well-known Studio B. Include many specials guests such as Beck, Jim Kentler, Ringo Starr, Ryan Adams, former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and multi-instrumentalist/producer Don Was.
New Order “Temptation” (Rhino)
12″ reissue. The massively influential band New Order formed in Manchester, England, in 1980, rising from the ashes of U.K. post-punk pioneers Joy Division. Successfully fusing new wave, electronica, synth-pop, and club music earlier than many bands now seen as contemporaries, their unique sound was as insightful and soulful as […]
Coathangers “The Devil You Know” (Suicide Squeeze)
In the bygone era of arena rock, concerts were a way of promoting records. Punk challenged that notion by making rock a communal experience again: the boundaries between performer and punter were blurred; anyone could start a band; and records were no longer the definitive statement of an artist’s vision, […]