Category Archives: Music

Listen: Marissa Nadler – “If I Could Breathe Underwater” [2021]

There are too many great albums on the horizon for Q4 2021. One of which is Marissa Nadler’s next one, The Path of the Clouds, coming October 29th via Sacred Bones. I don’t want to pigeonhole it too much, but … Continue reading

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Listen: Dummy – “Final Weapon” [2021]

An album that’s already being mighty hyped going into the fourth quarter of 2021 (what the hell, how are we here already) is Dummy’s upcoming debut LP, Mandatory Enjoyment, out October 22nd via Trouble In Mind. They caused a little … Continue reading

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Listen: Foamboy – “Logout” [2021]

Portland, OR duo Foamboy (fka Chromatic Colors) are releasing their debut LP My Sober Daydream on October 1st. I was recently tipped off to one of their earlier pre-album singles “Peach Smoothie”, which bumps with disco glee which I instantly … Continue reading

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Listen: Lionlimb – “Nothing” [2021]

I’ve been tapped into Stewart Bronaugh’s project Lionlimb since his first single “Turnstile” wowed me in 2015. Granted I was promoting it to noncommercial radio at the time, but still. I was familiar with his work in the Angel Olsen … Continue reading

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Listen: Eve Owen – “Nothing Beautiful” (from Keeled Scales x Nuçi’s Space Benefit Comp) [2021]

The sweet people over at Keeled Scales (which is holding a fair lead in the 2021 Label of the Year race) are putting together a great benefit compilation with Nuçi’s Space to celebrate the Athens organization’s 21st anniversary. The comp … Continue reading

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Listen: Laura Stevenson – “Don’t Think About Me” [2021]

Laura Stevenson has quietly been putting out some of the best rock records year after year and not enough people are paying attention. This is me doing my part, aside from featuring her newest, self-titled album in Recommended Albums of … Continue reading

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10 Best Songs: U.S. Girls

One of my favorite bands (and also specifically – LIVE bands) over the last six years, U.S. Girls has carved a niche all of their own, full of bravely experimental and confrontational disco and funk, tackling themes of domestic abuse, … Continue reading

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Recommended Albums: August 2021

Well – this took a lot longer to get up than I would have liked. September is nearly over at this point, so let’s just wrap up August quickly.

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Listen: Portishead – “Threads” [2008]

Going through a massive Portishead (specifically Third) phase and just wanted to share something quick to hopefully spur someone to listen to the album for the first time or maybe revisit it if they haven’t in a while. “Threads” is the … Continue reading

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Listen: Circuit des Yeux – “Sculpting The Exodus” [2021]

Hard to calculate the excitement I’m feeling towards the release of the forthcoming Circuit des Yeux album, -io, coming October 22 via Matador Records. Our first taste of the record, “Dogma”, definitely felt like a teaser of some large iceberg dwelling … Continue reading

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