Words by Jason Lee. All photos from Luxtress’ Instagram page. With a relentless beat to drive the song, Luxtress’s lyrics spill out on “Drug of Choice” barely keeping […]
Chicago / Noise Rock
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Latter @ Schubas (09.15.24)
Noise Rock duo Latter have released the first two singles, “Callous” and “I Don’t Owe You”, from their forthcoming debut album, My Body is My Sickness, which is […]
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Singer Songwriters
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Release day: Olive Bernard unveils “The Box Beneath My Bed” EP, shamelessly taking on shame
Words by Jason Lee; Cover image by Sofia Zarzuela Boxes under the bed can be bad news. If you’ve ever seen the movie Basket Case you know what […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Lightleak “/Tails”
Lightleak released an album called Heads/ back in January, and this month they will deliver the follow-up /Tails. This is the project of Dustin H. Currier, and /Tails […]
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Basalt Jar scores “Wild Wins” with sophomore single perfect for summer turning to fall
Words by Jason Lee Season change. Summer turns to fall. Fall turns to winter. Winter skips over spring and goes straight to summer thanks to global warming. You […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Ur Mom “Fortuna”
Ur Mom recently released the second single, “Fortuna“, from their forthcoming debut album. They released the album’s first single, “OCD”, back in June. The group, fronted by Maura […]
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Pop Music Fever Dream’s “Another Screen” is a rampaging <cri de cœur> k-hole of a song just as addictive as the screen culture it critiques (with interview)
Words by Jason Lee. Cover image by Sydney Tate. To go straight to the interview with T. Seeberger skip to the bottom of this piece. All interpretive analysis […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / Punk / riot grrrl
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Sleazeball: Le Bang’s Single Release Show for “Wannabe”
Header image by T Goodwin / Words by Willa Rudolph Everyone’s favorite Euro-trash-coded punk rock trio Le Bang released a new single “Wannabe” via House of Feelings on […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Ulna “Secrets”
Ulna recently released the first single, “Secrets”, from his forthcoming sophomore album, Gazebo, which is due out on September 20th via Shuga Records. This is the bedroom pop […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Tasha “So Much More”
Tasha recently released the third single, So Much More, from her forthcoming album, All This and So Much More, which is due out on September 20th via Bayonet […]
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Electronic / extraterrestrial psych pop / Indie Rock / NYC / Psych Rock
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Release day: GIFT gifts fans and neophytes alike with highly anticipated sophomore LP and it’s a real Illuminator
Words by Jason Lee. Cover photo by Xavier Guerra. GIFT’s music is elemental. On their sophomore LP Illuminator (out today on Captured Tracks) the synths pulse, burble, and […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Astrachan “Bad Man”
Astrachan recently released the second single, “Bad Man”, from their forthcoming album, Cleaner Than Clean, which is due out next month via Happen Twice. This is the solo […]