Uniflora recently released a new single and video called “Hellgirl“. This is the side A of a double single and is backed with “LMCB”, and is the first […]
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James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg “Buffalo Stance”
Chicago’s James Elkington and Louisville’s Nathan Salsburg are preparing to release a new album of guitar duets called All Gist on April 12th via Paradise of Bachelors. This […]
Alt Rock / Avant-Indie / NYC / Psych Rock / riot grrrl / Uncategorized
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Brooklyn-Based Birthday Girl’s *In This Unassuming Little House Only Good Things Can Happen*: An Alt-rock Funhouse Album Of Unusual Proportions
Words by Willa Rudolph / Photos by Luke Ivanovich At the beginning of this month, Brooklyn-based rock band Birthday Girl put out a novella of an album entitled […]
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Stuck “Deep Tunnel” & “AITA?”
Stuck have released a new double containing “Deep Tunnel” & “AITA?”. This is the first new music from the Post-Punk trio since their 2023 album, Freak Frequency. The […]
Alt Pop / Avant-Indie / Electronic / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / SynthPop
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“Chainmail is everything”: Public Circuit conduct synthpunk masterclass on Lamb (with interview)
Words by Jason Lee. Interview after the jump below. If one were to create a new band by means of in-vitro fertilization using a frozen embryo donated by […]
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Gutter poetry in the age of late capitalism: Spite FuXXX share tattered anthems of resistance on CUM IN PIECES
Words by Jason Lee; Photo by THE TINFOIL BITER My ass sold their ad space / but then I got bannedBy a bill passed by a senator / […]
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girl_irl explores post-millennial tension in potent string of singles aimed at moving bodies and altering minds
words by Jason Lee; photo by YCHBLTS Atlanta-bred, Brooklyn-dwelling singer-emcee-producer girl_irl’s hip-hop-inflected experimental yet visceral avant-pop tends to one of two extremes the first being a sativa-like head […]
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Lonnie “Middleweight Champion”
Lonnie recently released their second single, “Middleweight Champion“. The band released their debut single, “Turn and Face“, last summer and have played several local show over the last […]
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Sons of Ra “Tropic Of Cancer Part III”
Avant-jazz fusion trio Sons of Ra are preparing to release their latest EP, “Tropic of Cancer“, on April 19th. The trio of drummer Michael Rataj (Arbogast, Mine Collapse), […]
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Cor De Lux release nervy gem of an LP outtake in advance of tour and it’s a real “Nail Biter”
Words by Jason Lee; Photo of Cor De Lux in the wild by GrayDaughter; tour dates below… Cor De Lux are a self-described post-punk dream-pop band whose name […]
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New video for Cookie Tongue’s “Jupiter Rising” perfect fit for trippy doom-folk epic
Words by Jason LeeVideo stills below from music video directed by John Mattiuzzi and Omer Gal Roll over Gustav Holst tell Earth, Wind & Fire the news—the latest […]
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Dead Bandit “Peel Me An Orange”
Dead Bandit have released visual for the lead single, “Peel Me An Orange”, from their recently released, via Quindi Records, sophomore album, Memory Thirteen. This is the instrumental […]