Singer songwriter, Julia Holter's production choices and arrangements form a continuum of fretless electric bass pitches in counterpoint with gliding vocal melodies, while glistening Yamaha CS-60 lines entwine warm winds and reeds.
I Became Birds is a dizzying tightrope act, dancing between intimate melodies and gently progressive songwriting flourishes with a dexterity that belies their sonic base of aggressive, throat-shredding emotive hardcore.
Home Is Where make anxiety-riddled but cathartic rock songs about the apocalypse. The whaler-the Palm Coast, Florida quartet's ambitious and exhilarating sophomore full-length-is a concept record about getting used to things getting worse.
Combining the slowed the slowed down indie rock of Codeine and Duster with the melancholy gravitas of Mt. Eerie, Horse Jumper's songwriting is marked by expertly crafted minimalism.
Following the release of their triumphant breakthrough album 'Cartwheel' in 2023 on Third Man Records, which gained widespread critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and Stereogum, NYC's Hotline TNT are back with their best album yet.
The definitive Hovvdy album. Across the 19-track sequence, ranging from expansive celebratory anthems to quiet acoustic meditations, Hovvdy displays deft and catchy pop songcraft with touches of indie folk and southern Americana.
Across the 19 track sequence ranging from expansive celebratory anthems to quiet acoustic meditations, Hovvdy displays deft and catchy pop songcraft with touches of indie folk and southern Americana.
Ben creates an aural scrapbook that reverberates with tape loops and guitar FXs. An England puffed up into absurdity by political outrage and infighting all fed into these songs. Ships 3/26/21
Champaign, Illinois band Hum is re-issuing it's four-album catalog on vinyl with exclusive distribution by Polyvinyl Records. The band members oversaw every step of the re-mastering, lacquer cutting, and manufacturing stages.
Bothering sixteen stitches action - reaction big star 89cc my own age ring in ur ear (ft. Justin Courtney Pierre) solo nothing amazing happens all my luck kick ur teeth in palm reader
While their early work was rooted in raw, nihilistic post-punk, here they expand into a swaggering, genre-bending style that mixes punk urgency with glam, brass arrangements, and a kind of drunken, chaotic romanticism.
Nashville-based Brits, Ida Mae, have laid down a double-six on their second album, Click Click Domino. It’s the most authentic slice of Americana you will bask in this year.
In a time of polarised politics and murky waters; IDLES and bands like them are needed to remind people that it's ok to dance and laugh and sing in the face of adversity.