Weekly Playlist: 9 September 2016
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First Listen: Spoilers – Imminent Future
There’s melodic optimism underneath the paint-peeling post-punk din of “Imminent Future,” the new single from London quartet Spoilers. Taken from the band’s forthcoming debut LP, you can stream “Imminent Future” below and pre-order the 11 November release Anti Vibe on…
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Video: Kelly Smith – Lost in the Wind
Time will teach you All that time will take what you love away So go find someone to hold on to And love your life away Such beauty and harsh truth can only come from one Joey Kneiser. Coating over…
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First Listen: All Those Ships – Broken Cassette
Connecting the dots between the Beatles and Haruki Murakami, All Those Ships toss in a lo-fi coffee spoon or two of T.S. Eliot and Elephant Six on “Broken Cassette,” the first single from the forthcoming Meteorology for Runners. The recording…
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Weekly Playlist: 2 September 2016
Review: Brian Combs – Sad Songs and Other Natural Disasters
I’ve been told the life you live isn’t always the life you choose Ain’t it funny how many words rhyme with lose There’s a new voice this side of the horizon and it goes by the name Brian Combs. Approaching…
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Video: Sugar Candy Mountain – Eye on You
Bubble gum pop so pink and shiny you’ll need to wear sunglasses similar to those sported in the video for “Eye on You,” a Hitchcockian thriller from California’s Sugar Candy Mountain. Taken from the band’s latest LP, 666, you can…
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First Listen: The Bad Years – In The House (High All Day)
Incapable of writing a vapid pop song, Los Angeles duo The Bad Years follow up 2015’s Beautiful Liar EP with new single, “In The House (High All Day).” Forever blurring the synthetic facade of their songs with dark edges, Sami…
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Weekly Playlist: 26 August 2016
First Listen: Space Mountain – Never Lonely
Mumbling indie rock steeped in longing, “Never Lonely” from Boston’s Space Mountain is a literary first-person tale of denial as sung by Ava Trilling (Forth Wanderers). The musical sobriquet of Cole Kinsler, Space Mountain will issue Big Sky — its…
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Video: WL – Crossing
Ambient and ethereal, “Crossing” from Portland, Oregon trio WL is a mournful thousand-yard stare that rides a slow electronic wave from this life into the next. Capturing that sense of movement, the Chris Cantino-directed video for the single is a…
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First Listen: Bruja – Sculie
Even half-washed, the masked stink created by South Yorkshire upstart power trio Bruja seeps through on the punchy scuzz rock of “Sculie.” With its melodic musical din, “Sculie” is one-half of the band’s latest AA single to be released on…
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