Back in the fall of 2010, los grillos happened upon Brooklyn garage rockers Gross Relations and was immediately taken with the band’s particular brand of battered pop on its debut single Fuzzy Timelines. Now from Gross Relations comes the new single, Blame the Records b/w Don’t Beat … Read More →
Laid-back layers-down of a 60/70s sound, The Donkeys, have returned with their second lp for the Dead Oceans label, and it’s an open road, windows down, road trip of an album worthy of its whimsical cover art. The mellow, hippie vibe of the band’s previous efforts … Read More →
One sound that hasn’t as yet been much a part of the 90s revival is the so-dubbed alt-country sound that came on strong in the 90s thanks in no small part to the punk rock lovin’ country boys of Uncle Tupelo. Well, Slang Chickens are … Read More →
Hey mope-rockers, welcome to your new favorite sad song for sad times. Cass McCombs, on his latest, Wit’s End, carries on in a grand, soulful tradition of examining loneliness and sorrow in song. But where such endeavors can often come off as a bit too … Read More →
White Mystery. Blood & Venom.
Back in the days of my of my youth, which were occasionally spent washing my buddy’s dad’s Chevy Malibu in exchange for 12-packs of Coors Light, that same dad would survey the work while dispensing random nuggets of wisdom such as this (upon learning that … Read More →