With a keen grip on pubescent angst, New York City’s Navy Gangs milk the basement libido of “Special Glands,” a subterranean hustle lasting less than three minutes. Following a string of Bandcamp singles released in the last year, Navy Gangs…
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A displaced lounge act, Lexington, Kentucky’s Warren Byrom adds a touch of sardonic wit to the blues on the innuendo-bending single “Water Tower.” A bleeding heart singer/songwriter cut from the same cloth as Mark Eitzel, on 12 August Byrom will…
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Nearly three decades removed from the Pixies’ 4AD debut, West Coast quintet Happy Diving strive to be as tender as a band can be with overdriven guitars on new single, “Head Spell.” A rollercoaster ride of sonic highs and lows,…
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Foretelling appliance forests of the future, Seattle post-punk trio VATS approach Philip K. Dick territory on new single, “Melting Culture.” Amidst squalls of feedback and neck-jostling lyrics, “Melting Culture” is an accelerated cohort-based program to ween one off of today’s…
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Spitting out ’70s glam-infused folk on “Celebrate,” Pittsburgh quintet The Big Bend and its frontman Chet Vincent embrace the here and now on the title track of the band’s forthcoming fourth album. Irresistible in its urgency, “Celebrate” should linger in…
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A garage rock rebuttal to a broken heart, Virginia’s Bishops hold the sonic ball of anger that is “Think” together behind Tucker Riggleman’s cutting lyrics before its frayed seams of disdain explode like an RPG, leaving only blood and guts…
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Recounting a pogoing one night stand, California trio The Soaks resort to red-cheeked machismo in addressing the morning after on new single “Boyfriend.” A tempered pop-punk rebuttal of love, “Boyfriend” plots out one’s end of summer break up treatise as…
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Gabe Fulvimar could festoon the California vinyl warehouse he calls home with mirror balls and strobe lights and throw one epic sock hop, playing “College Music,” the new single from his recording moniker Gap Dream, on repeat. Narrating a sci-fi…
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Parsing the figure-ground ambiguity of “Two Faces and a Vase,” Philadelphia acoustic quintet My Son Bison opts for recusal, with Dane Galloway singing, “Everything’s a choice / So I guess I’m choosing to stay down.” A half-decade in the making…
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Mark Kozelek, take note: a supine folk ballad, “Pitch” from Chicago’s Moon Bros. is coaxed from every inch of creator Matt Schneider’s being. Shambolic, bucolic and absolutely necessary, “Pitch” is the first organic rumination from Schneider’s forthcoming These Stars, to…
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Should you heed the life lessons espoused by Grant Farm, “Fill Your Cup” will reverse the tide of pessimism that comes with jobs of any stripe. Led by bandleader Tyler Grant, the Colorado quartet head southwest to the Laurel Canyon…
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Dead handwriting Messages left at the back of a book Detailing nothing Never meant for another’s look Decoding fleeting notions documented for future reference, London, England’s The Battles of Winter add their own marginalia to the annals of post-punk with…
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