We're a tad behind in bringing you the brightest and freshest, so allow us to get you caught up: we're chuffed to roll out the new releases from No Suits in Miami (pictured above, photo credit: Jasmine Freij), plus healthy doses of Stranger Kings, Lowly, So Totally, Starflyer 59, Sidewave, Versing, and Spotlights. All of these have put out new albums (or at least extended EPs) that inhabit lovely corners […]
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 […]
Epic shoegaze, beautiful and graceful dream pop. Long-awaited releases have finally hit our virtual box, and all are worth your attention. Wrap your ears around new music from the venerable Towns, Sexores, Slowness, pinkshinyultrablast, Wildhoney, Movienite, For Tracy Hyde, Bloodhounds on My Trail, Beverly, Lightfields, Redspencer, Lone Poets, Fantasyprom, Glintshake and 宇宙ネコ子とラブリーサマーちゃん. Much, much, much awesome, and most welcome for a hazy summer weekend! 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific, […]
March is coming to a close, and thus ends our first quarter of 2013. Every quarter we'll break down staff picks the top tracks dropped, and tell you why they're important. Next week we'll share the top 25 by listener votes! 1. kinoko teikoku (きのこ帝国) – ユーリカ Out of nowhere. Perfectly straddling post-rock and shoegaze, this song is purely audacious. Broke the rules. And produced an amazing piece of art […]
