With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted.
QUITS, hailing from Denver, CO, whose members have done time in countless highly regarded underground acts over the past few decades, offer a unique take on what might lazily be described as noise-rock or post-hardcore, but are in fact so much more.
Pavement's swan song, Terror Twilight, remains a fascinating note to finish on for one of the most influential indie bands of their era. It was the album that brought Pavement full circle: dressed for success, but never quite sure if they wanted the job.
SMU is probably Wine Lips' most ambitious undertaking to date, exploring new thematic territory while firmly maintaining their signature psych garage punk rock panache.
Exclusively for Record Store Day 2025, Touch and Go Records will release the 2023 tweethan mix of Tweez as a limited edition stand alone LP. Slint's bassist remixed tweez because he did not like how Steve Albini produced it! And that's this LP!
Since their last album No Good Left to Give debuted at #3 on the Alternative chart in 2020, Movements' streams have doubled with over 200M in the U.S. alone.