Labrador - "Hold The Door For Strangers" | Album Review
Guitar-based Americana music has its newest addition in the form of Philadelphia band Labrador’s latest release, Hold the Door for Strangers. The record, the band’s second, provides a unique take on alt-country, as it sees Labrador playing with more grit and dust than contemporaries like the War on Drugs and Kurt Vile.
La Bonte - "Grist For The Mill" | Album Review
Horsegirl - "Versions of Modern Performance" | Album Review
Versions of Modern Performance, the new album by Chicago’s Horsegirl, is a noisy introduction to a band that, based on the strength of their debut, is bound to be a fixture in the future of guitar music. Any time spent with the album is likely to call to mind melodic noise pioneers like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr, and that’s not entirely a coincidence.
Earl Sweatshirt - "Sick!" | Album Review
Oruã - "Íngreme" | Album Review
Self-labeled as “a poor man’s jazz” and “working-class krautrock,” Oruã released their third record, Íngreme, on October 29, 2021. The krautrock influence is apparent, but you’ll hear more psychedelic rock than jazz. Regardless of labels, self-applied or otherwise, Íngreme is an eclectic mix of songs.
Snail Mail - "Valentine" | Album Review
Whereas Lindsey Jordan’s guitar playing might have taken center stage in the past, and rightfully so, the new release sees her singing voice commanding more attention. Over subtle guitars, Jordan’s voice stands at the forefront of closer “Mia,” and matches the grandiosity of a string section that nearly envelopes the guitar.
Julia Shapiro - "Zorked" | Album Review
Hovvdy - "True Love" | Album Review
Hovvdy, the indie duo featuring Charlie Martin and Will Taylor, has released their fourth record in five years, True Love, which, cliché as it sounds, is a perfect fall record. There’s something about open tunings and vocal harmonies on a delightfully slow-fi record that pairs well with the transition from warm to cold.
Bloodslide - "Bloodslide" | Album Review
Greg Ahee (Protomartyr), Mike Wallace (Preoccupations) and AJ Lambert (daughter of Nancy Sinatra), have teamed up to form Bloodslide, a trio that just released its first self-titled EP. All four songs straddle the border between unhinged noise and shatteringly beautiful moments in an otherwise stark and occasionally dismal EP.