Bloody Knives ’ new album 70 Years of Static drops this coming Friday, December 4. Read on for a track-by-track list of first reactions and a full review below! LOSTAWAY: This absolut...
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UK-BASED FUZZ LOVERS VELVETEEN premiered a brand-new single this week on When The Sun Hits’ radio show and, unsurprisingly, listeners loved it. The single, “Change Your Mind”, is a su...
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SUBMOTILE - GHOSTS FADE ON SKYLINES (MIDSUMMER MADNESS) Reviewed by Elizabeth Klisiewicz Dublin-based Submotile is new on the scene, and their full-length debut album is a real corker....
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Nebula Glow is a Parisian quintet consisting of members Valentina Esposito (guitar/vocals), Quentin Le Roch (guitar/vocals), Manuel Devier (bass), Gregory Wojcik (lead guitar) and Antoine L...
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SO TOTALLY TAPE RELEASE PARTY *TONIGHT* IN PHILADELPHIA. RARELY HAVE WE CELEBRATED a band’s debut full-length as much as we have So Totally’s May 2019 release in the shape of…. ...
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Astragal is a dream pop trio from Houston, Texas comprised of members Jimmy Bent (vocals/guitar), David Sosa (bass) and Sam Enkelmann (drums). Houston’s shoegaze/dream pop scene has bl...
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Iowa-based grunge gaze act Blist Her consists of songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, Brandon Boyd, along with Dakota Ruble, who contributes additional layers of guitar to their sound. The p...
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Death and Vanilla - Are You a Dreamer? (Fire Records) Reviewed by Elizabeth Klisiewicz I’ve long admired the vintage dream pop conjured up by Malmo, Sweden’s talented trio, Death...
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WE DECIDED TO PREMIERE both parts of the new two-track single from L.A.’s Modern Time Machines simultaneously. The two pieces, drawn from worthy vault material of about eighteen months' v...
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A new episode of WTSH catapults into the atmosphere in less than 2 hours! Tonight I'm premiering a very cool single by blue unit + spinning new tunes from Submotile , Spunsugar (pictured),...
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PHILADELPHIA, PA QUARTET SO TOTALLY make densely gazey music that is, in their own words, “sullen psych” of the “bring your fuzz pedal to work” variety. “No Heaven” appears on the...
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° ° ° TATE CAPTURED OUR ATTENTION by way of an effervescent live set recently hosted and posted by Bigmouth productions of Philadelphia, PA, the band’s home city. Tate began as...
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NEW SINGLE “SHE & SHE” from Tokyo, Japan’s taffy has premiered on Bearded , and an upcoming full length titled Deep Dark Creep Love is slated for release on Club AC30 on July 5th, 201...
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SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND TRIO Superdrone formed in 2015 and describe their music as “neo-psychedelic stadium-drone”. They’re presently working towards release of their third full-length, o...
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Cover art for Winter’s Memória Colorida/Wherever You Are 7-inch by Vinyl Williams . WALLFLOWER RECORDS IS AN INDEPENDENT cassette and vinyl concern that cropped up in Houston, Texas just...
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Photo by Maja Strömberg. NEW TRIO SPUNSUGAR have been playing gigs around their home base of Malmö, Sweden—including an opening slot for one of their major influences, Nothing—and to...
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FROM ADELAIDE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA come The Empty Sleeps , consisting of Tristan Hennig and Nic Datson. Prepare to be washed away on the surge of lovely guitar tones and distant, ethereal vocal...
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LLOLLYANNA IS THE RUBRIC under which a thirtyish male in New York City—he chooses not to associate his given name with his project—puts out recordings. These tracks unleash what must be...
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BETHANY CURVE FORMED IN 1994 in Santa Cruz, California with an original lineup consisting of Richard Millang (vocals, guitar), Ray Lake (vocals, guitar), Chris Preston (bass) and David Mac ...
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Chicago-based five-piece Star Tropics has just dropped a gorgeous new single, the self-released “The Other Side of Midnight”, which you can stream below, as well as purchase and stre...
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Mississippi based project d.e.b.b.i.e.’s sophomore EP, Drug Friends , comes out today and is available via Bandcamp. The EP features lead single, “Ciao Neon”, which garnered plenty o...
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New York based solo project DAODA has released a brand new single, “Swimming”, which is now available as a pay-what-you-want track via Bandcamp (you can also stream it on Spotify if t...
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FREDERICKSBERG, VIRGINIA BASED COLOURWAY is a relatively nascent project, as far as releases are concerned. A debut EP, Coming Undone , came out in October 2o18, and a follow up EP, Seed , ...
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LOS ANGELES TRIO XO’S new single “Open Your Heart” can only be classified as jangly, noise pop perfection. The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore LP, Wonder , which is set ...
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Photo by Disha Khakheria . ASTRAGAL , BASED IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, OFFERS SONGS WITH CLASSIC POST PUNK BONES fleshed over with shoegaze textures. Guitarist and singer Jimmy Bent’s voice and pe...
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