SO much newness to bring you. We're thrilled to premiere some gorgeously breezy tunes from Sutter. The Catching Feathers EP will be unleashed 17 June, but we've got a sneak peak all this weekend, and we think you'll adore it as much as we do. We're in love with the second release from STOMP TALK MODSTONE (pictured above), who continue to have a carefully-crafted vision of the sound, and where […]
It IS New Tracks Weekend, and 80% of the tracks we're spinning up are fresh in the last week, 90% in the last month or so. Of course we've got the latest from Tennis System, DIIV and Nothing. But our headliners this weekend, a band we'd criminally overlooked during debut album in January: Waterloo, Ontario's EDDYEVVY (pictured above). What began as a melodic folk duo expanded into an immensely tuneful […]
What an amazing week for new releases. Two albums of special note: Shady Bug's Lemon Lime (Shady Bug pictured above). Occupying a sweet spot between Jay Som's literate warmth and Sonic Youth's structural complexity, it's a compelling listen from end to end, with not a clunker in the bunch. In a first quarter of notable albums, this effort is surely in the top five releases thus far this year. The […]
Too much new stuff. This weekend we're thrilled to push through a few choice cuts from next week's album release by Many Voices Speak. We've been spinning the first single from the Tank Town LP (and gotten great response), but now we've got hands on the rest of the album, and there's some real dream pop treasures here. Out next Friday, we'll sprinkle the weekend with some sparkle from the […]
All new, all now, let's go! Distant Light, the new album from Tape Waves (pictured above) dropped two days ago, and regular listeners know to count on these capable Charlestonians for solid dream pop shimmer. The new single from Nothing loosed the other day, and nobody noticed. Okay, everyone noticed. The lead single from Dance on the Blacktop shows new growth from these veterans, and many can't wait for the […]
In the latest Wikileaks dump of Clinton campaign emails, campaign manager John Podesta rails against Pitchfork's "Top 50 Shoegaze Albums of All Time" list, in candid conversation with Clinton confidant and advisor Huma Abedin. The exchange should have no effect on Clinton's chances to win the Presidency, but the criticism is nonetheless cutting. We've arranged the conversation chronologically, for easier readability, but edited the off-color language. Podesta: "What is this […]
Today we're treated to a new track from Montréal's The City Gates. We'd grabbed hold of the EP's first single, "Checkpoint Charlie" as soon as we'd stumbled upon it. Only seconds in, you're treated to an airy, expansive, classic feel. Alternately melodic and abrasive, "Checkpoint Charlie" was a reminder that amazing music is being made right now, that appreciates the genre without simply aping it. These qualities are brought into […]
Can you hear me now? How about now? If you can hear this broadcast, congratulations! You're one of the lucky ones. We're caught in the middle of an epic legal battle between two multibillion-dollar music companies fighting over Taylor Swift royalties, though we have quite little to do with either of them, and wouldn't put their music on air if you paid us to. But, long story short, much of […]
All of the new. So much so, this could be a long first paragraph. New Tracks Weekend brings new full LPs from Sulk and Sales, EPs from Jambox, Movie Brain, Hellens and Screamfeeder, plus new music from Nothing, Miserable, Frankenstein Bolts, Acapulco Lips, Brass Bed, Future Myth, Globelamp, High Climbers, Japanese Breakfast, KinZie, Lake Ruth, Map of the Moon, Swotlab, Ultra Material, Vet Trip, Wild Meadows, Vlimmer, Citrus Clouds, Mercury […]
