Bloomington, IN trio APACHE DROPOUT are back again with their new album, Heavy Window. It’s their third LP since 2011 and first vinyl full-length for the Magnetic South Recordings imprint in Indiana.
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Yoshimi has returned with Gamel, the first album in over five years from her group OOIOO. Her roots date back to 1986 when she appeared on the Japanese noise scene with legendary vocalist Eye as part of the group UFO or Die.
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DIGITAL LEATHER and THE HUSSY come from fairly different worlds musically, but their new split 12-inch, out now on Southpaw Records, is a solid pairing. Taken as a whole, the blend of electronic minimalism and garage clamor feels more like a collaborative effort than two distinct sides, making for a gratifying listen. Continue reading “Digital Leather/ The Hussy – Southpaw Split 12″”
Those Texas tornadoes, OBN III’s, are rolling thunder across the heartland on their third and latest LP from Tic Tac Totally, Third Time to Harm. Continue reading “OBN Ill’s – Third Time to Harm”
Magnetic South Recordings just released the debut LP from Indianapolis garage 4-piece VACATION CLUB. Heaven is Too High comes limited to 500 pieces, hot off the heels of their 7″ from Randy Records in 2013. Continue reading “Vacation Club – Heaven is Too High”
A few weeks back on an excursion to the local flea fair, I thought I struck gold. It was Father’s Day. As a still somewhat freshly minted Dad, my wife decided to cut me a break on this sunny Sunday morning by giving me license to zip around the dusty used vinyl stacks and milk crates with impunity while she hung back keeping a much slower pace with our 3-year old daughter. My rounds soon became a race, as there was a fellow record geek who was hot on my heels trying to nab the rare wax before I could get to each stand. I won the race – my big score was a copy of The Left Banke’s debut LP Walk Away Renee/ Pretty Ballerina, a monaural copy for $2 with some of the original shrink wrap still on. Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Left Banke’s (Not Quite) Monaural LP, Walk Away Renée”
Family Crimes is the latest entry in the SKYGREEN LEOPARDS’ growing discography. The band, which is comprised of Donovan Quinn (who is also a collaborator with Ben Chasny as part of the group NEW BUMS) and Glenn Donaldson, trace their origins back to the psych CD-R boom of the late 1990’s as a part of the Jewelled Antler collective. Family Crimes follows the bands’ trajectory following their last album, the country-flavored Disciples of California. It reveals a band that continues to refine their vision and scope. Continue reading “Skygreen Leopards – Family Crimes”
COUSINS are a garage pop duo from Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose music plays considerably brighter and more summery than the cold, wet part of the world they hail from. Their third album, The Halls Of Wickwire, just dropped on Ba Da Bing and Hand Drawn Dracula Records. Continue reading “Cousins – The Halls Of Wickwire LP”
After a string of high-quality 7″ records and cassettes, Los Angeles trio ZIG ZAGS return with their long-awaited self-titled debut from In The Red Records. A handful of songs are culled from their Burger Records cassette, but they’re entirely re-recorded for maximum impact. Continue reading “Friday’s Find: Zig Zags – s/t LP”
PROTOMARTYR’s Under Color of Official Right (Hardly Art) isn’t an opaque record; singer Joe Casey is forward with his hatred (for the other, the self and the whatever else) even when he tries to cover it with obscuring references. Continue reading “Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right”
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