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 […]
Around here, we overcome a weird week with great music. It's a healing balm, helps us overlook all form of issues. New Tracks Weekend wins the week. As a forinstance: the debut album from Moscow's COSme (pictured above). Lead single "Newclear" proved to be a revelation, and each successive single built anticipation for this masterful release. Lost Generation dropped October 10, and is well worth your devotion. But there's so […]
It's Brief Candles week. With all the newness we've shoveled into the big weekend, Brief Candles' new LP stands head and shoulders above the rest, and not just because it seems we've waited forever for it. So we'll be celebrating that release this weekend, and many weeks to come. But we have so much more on offer. The new EP from Japan's CQ shows a return to epic form. We've […]
