All It Takes To Ruin It All, the new album from Philly power trio No Thank You, is officially out today via Lame-O Records. Consistently pushing forward in tight springs of momentum, the album maintains a deeply personal connection with its narrative. Working through a range of emotions including grief, a palpable sensitivity flourishes. The band will be celebrating the album’s arrival this evening at Kung Fu Necktie, supported by Narra and Tact.
Chicago
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Deeper
Deeper has released the first single, “Pink Showers”, from their forthcoming self-titled debut LP which is due out via Fire Talk Records on May 25th. This Post-Punk group, consisting of Nic Gohl (singer and guitarist), Mike Clawson (guitarist), Shiraz Bhatti (drummer) and Drew McBride (bassist), has been building a local following since 2015 and is ready for the national attention their New York based label can bring.
You can help Deeper celebrate the new album on May 18th at Empty Bottle.
Chicago
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Joan of Arc release details on New LP
Joan of Arc has released the first single, “Truck”, from their forthcoming LP, 1984. The album is scheduled to be released via Joyful Noise Recordings on June 1st and the band will be embarking on a headlong US tour this summer.
Nashville
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The By Gods playing The East Room this Saturday!
If you’re a sucker for well-crafted ’90s garage rock/pop grunge, or if you just like videos of puppies, check out the new video for The By Gods‘ newest single "Wait Up"! Produced and engineered by Alex Newport (Death Cab For Cutie, At the Drive-In, Bloc Party), the rock trio have found a beautifully balanced sound that carries just enough from the pop world and the garage world to make a noisey, yet smart track. Check out the song below and catch The By Gods at The East Room this Saturday with PLS PLS and Tape Deck Mountain beginning at 8:00 PM! – Chris Thiessen
NYC
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The Bikini Complex release fun and fresh LP “The ‘B’ Word” & play Hotel Utah Saloon (4.15)
Just in time for spring, San Francisco indie rockers The Bikini Complex have released an energizing new LP entitled The “B” Word. The LP opens with the electrifying track “Come Out Swinging” (streaming below), a sunny amalgamation of pop, punk, and rock that allows lead singer Kiki The Cat’s dynamic Debbie Harry-esque vocals to soar—especially on the chorus. The album overall is an undeniably fun addition to the current Bay Area indie scene, and, in the band’s own words, “won’t disappoint if you need a few songs to drive fast to, or just an album to listen to around the house while you reluctantly clean up after your housemates.” Their next show will be at Hotel Utah Saloon on April 15th at 8 pm. – Lilly Milman
Philadelphia
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New Track: “Goodbye, Stranger” – RFA
Ahead of releasing their self-titled debut album, RFA just shared a new single. “Goodbye, Stranger” serves as an upbeat invitation to take a relationship to the next level. There’s an infectious, harmony-rich hook, with a call for efficiency, and it quickly fizzles. You can catch the band’s release show this Saturday, April 7 at PhilaMOCA, with Secret American and Del Water Gap.
NYC
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Slut Magic releases “In My Mouth” LP
Slut Magic makes punk rock for a modern era—it’s covered in branded fashion statements, intimate like social media, and eclectic in its influences. New single “Adult Situations” plays as an unabashedly modern confessional where singer/violinist Emma Sky seems to lament over a lover unresponsive to text invites to see Star Wars. There’s a hint of riot grrrl intensity, made clearer by the band name’s reclamation of “slut” and the collage-style artwork, but Slut Magic pulls just as much from a Liz Phair-style lyrical openness and leans musically adventurous with cavernous violin and rumbling, phasey guitars—the violin also takes time to wittily paraphrase the Star Wars theme. The band’s debut album, In My Mouth was released on March 30th. – Cameron Carr
NYC
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A Deli Premiere: Toebow’s art-pop debut EP “Spirit Mane”
The members of Toebow have been simmering around the city’s music scene for a while now, you might recognize some of them from projects like Zula and BOBBY, but Spirit Mane is the first release to come from the band. The EP’s four tracks are doused in kaleidoscopic arrangements and ethereal sounds, like a dream pop interpretation of the experimental musings of groups like Tortoise, Stereolab, or King Crimson—but the pop in dream pop is important here. While opening track “I’ll Be Gone” leans into jazz-inflicted chord progressions, “Starfucker” delivers heady electro energy, “Belong” swirls in odd-shaped melodies, and the title track closes with a slow-moving cloud of other-worldly effects, the band never shies away from the pop end of the spectrum. Spirit Mane introduces Toebow as a group keen on invention yet willing to bridge the gap between music that is arty and music that is accessible. The EP is out tomorrow, but you can stream it in its entirety below. Catch the band April 7th celebrating the release at Trans-Pecos alongside Balún and Floam. – Cameron Carr
Philadelphia
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New Instupendo EP Available for Streaming & Purchase
Aidan Peterson, a.k.a. Instupendo, just released his sophomore EP Faces I Know. The mind wanders and reflects in the bright buoyant ambiance. Whether blooming into or winding down from the flow of daily activities, one absorbs a loose yet crisp cathartic sense of motion. And to think, Peterson is just getting ready to finish high school.
Philadelphia
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New Track: “After the Drive-In” – Great Weights
Great Weights‘ self-titled EP drops on April 13 via Bunny Cat Records. “After the Drive-In” instantly accelerates as the instrumentation blitzes and then broods, meeting the emotional intensity displayed in the self-aware lyricism. The song acknowledges the necessity of change, and it unapologetically takes back ownership of one’s actions. You can find Great Weight performing next at their record release show on Friday, April 13 at West Philly’s The Mothership, where they’ll be supported by Tact, Ronnie Vega, and Cage Flight.
Portland
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Out From The Shadows Fest accompanied by new Songs From Under the Floorboard compilation
Dave Cantrell knows what’s good when it comes to post-punk. As Portland’s resident cognoscente of dark sounds, Cantrell has shared his knowledge regarding the peak of the genre’s original years, from 1977 to 1983, as well as on present-day synthwave, darkwave and post-punk through his leading source of a radio show, Songs From Under the Floorboard. This weekly space has been turned into a compilation album, and it’s coming out right in time to pair with the fourth year of Cantrell’s curated festival Out From the Shadows.
Out on a split between local labels Accident Prone and Green Noise Records, the Songs From Under the Floorboard comp highlights just a few of the amazing artists Cantrell has discovered so far from around the globe, including Spain and Germany. The tracks on the compilation are rare and previously unreleased, the proceeds from what hopefully will be the first of many being donated to Planned Parenthood. As far as local representation is concerned, trio Vice Device are the only Portlanders on this volume of the comp, but there are quite a few named on the Out From the Shadows’ bill.
Ritual Veil has been blowing up the scene lately and is expected to take the stage, along with the anarco-death rock of Over and the punk wave sounds of Arctic Flowers. Vibrissae‘s shoegazey synth sounds, some electro-industrial feels from Die Robot and some classic, gritty post-punk from Deathcharge.
Out From the Shadows IV starts tomorrow. To purchase tickets and find more information on individual day’s sets, view the Facebook event page. Songs From Under the Floorboard Vol. 1 drops on 4.06, but stream the compilation in full below.
Philadelphia
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New Fox LP Available for Streaming & Purchase
One taps into the futuristic, electronic, musical grid when listening to Interlinked, the new album from Fox. A hyper-kinetic, hypnotic wave rolls in, one that soothes and soars as the percussive snap triggers the synapses. There’s a graceful nature as one acclimates to the liquid groove, covering vast distances in short order. It’s atmospheric at an individual level, yet connected in its innately undeniable dance-ability.