Throughout the ’70s, Father’s Children captivated DC with their bright brand of soulful pop. Their songs were filled with the dazzling keys and fuzzed-out guitars that we love to see mimicked today; their lyrics were charged with a political weariness …
The Love/Lust 12″ EP from D/R/U/G/S feels like the culmination of a great deal of restraint on Callum Wright’s part; parceling out singles for a year while waiting for the right label and the right time. This makes his physical debut with Moshi Mosh…
The homies over at Woodsist recently announced a new label imprint called Hello Sunshine. With that announcement comes an entrancing, upcoming record from Portland’s Matt Lajoie, aka Herbcraft, titled Ashram To The Stars. The album’s final track is bur…
Tearist just dropped Living: 2009-Present, on Thin Wrist Recordings. Their haunting track “Disposition” was orignally titled “In Black” on the duo’s self-titled EP on PPM released last year, but it just got a video treatment from Berlin-based filmma…
Weyes Blood (pronounced like “wise blood”) is the sister of Raw Thrills/Greatest Hits homie Zak Mering, a relation that makes sense due to talent, but not so much in music style. Weyes Blood is cold, haunting folk that sounds like it’s being played ju…
Since the start of the year, Featureless Ghost has been churning out hits. The stunning duo is currently working on an EP of “sci-fi dance-floor short-stories,” expected to drop soon, as well as a Summer LP based more around their live setup. In the m…
Jamie Harley’s video for ”Dead Gulf” by ANR is a slight stylistic departure for both participants. It’s a rare ambient piece from a band better known for dance-pop, while Harley built the three minute video out of a 50 second clip from Morphologic–
Like watching a dam burst in slow motion, Blackhawks’ cover of Spacemen 3 jam “More Rainbows” starts with with a slow build that’s full of frantic energy. This the longest track on their split with Radiator Girls, Black Girls, and it’s nice to see the…
A little over a month ago, Chris at Gorilla vs Bear premiered the woozy, heart-wrenching track that is Sleep ∞ Over’s “Casual Diamond”– the brilliant peak of the upcoming debut LP set to drop this August via Hippos In Tanks. Now, Elon Katz of White …
Gary War’s Police Water EP on Sacred Bones has been setting me adrift on astral planes for a few months now. Dark swarms of synth carry arpeggios while buried vocals dash ominously from the background. Soundtracks for various ’80s sci-fi flicks come to…