By - Jason Hamric I don’t think there’s an easy way to explain how The Bad Fire makes you feel. It’s not just music—it’s a mood, a place you go when you don’t know where else to be. There’s something about Mogwai’s sound that feels old and new at the same time, like it’s been here forever, waiting for you to find it. The album kicks off with “God Gets […]

By - Jackie Lo If you like: IDLES, Amyl and the Sniffers, Fontaines D.C., Mannequin Pussy Lambrini Girls released their debut album Who Let The Dogs Out today on City Slang. This Brighton, UK duo of Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira came to my attention in 2023 with the release of their You’re Welcome EP and I instantly fell in love with their track, “Boys in the Band”. It’s everything […]

By - Paul Cordes Wilm Saving All My Love Kim Deal has one of the most recognizable voices in indie rock history. We first heard her as a backup and occasional lead vocalist long, long ago when she was part of the pioneering band The Pixies, formed in 1986. Then, we heard her unmistakable voice singing alongside her twin sister Kelley in the 90’s pop rock outfit The Breeders, who […]

By - Jackie Lo If you like: Alex G, Duster, Sigur Ros, The Glands, Mount Eerie Sunnsetter, from Norfolk County, Ontario, is the long-running solo project from producer and mixing/mastering engineer Andrew McLeod (of Zoon & Obiigizi). The LP “Heaven Hang Over Me” releases today on Paper Bag Records whose title comes from a misheard Nirvana lyric from In Utero’s “Dumb” when Cobain sings “Have a hangover now”, McLeod heard […]

By - Craig Ceravolo I mean, just look at the title – the most “Cure” sounding album title ever… The Cure have returned with a new album after 16 years – and it goes against every convention of the current music world to not only be, well, a GOOD Cure album, but by all accounts, successfully received by both fans and critics. The release was an announcement – there were […]

By - Jason Hamric Fall was right around the corner. The days were warm, the nights cool, and there was no better place to be than driving down a moonlit county road in my 1985 Saab. All of the windows down, sunroof open, and the most amazing person in the world sitting next to me, waving her hand out the window in perfect rhythm with the stereo. It was the […]

Chameleon by Trauma Ray is one of those albums that pulls you in and holds you there. It’s heavy but not in a way that tires you out—it’s immersive, like stepping into a fog you don’t want to leave. The band takes what you love about shoegaze—those huge walls of sound and melancholic melodies—and gives it real weight. Every moment feels intentional, hitting that sweet spot between being loud enough […]

By - Jackie Lo Shower Curtain is a four-piece NYC band led by Brazilian-American artist Victoria Winter (vocals/guitar), Ethan Williams (guitar/vocals), Sean Terrell (drums), and Cody Hudgins (bass). Their self- produced debut album words from a wishing well is out today via Angel Tapes/Fire Talk Records. Described as “bedroomgaze” this album will bring you back to the nostalgia of the 90s, filling you with fuzzy guitars, layered female vocals and […]

I always knew Japandroids wouldn’t last forever. Maybe we all did. Those desperate moments screaming along to 'Post-Nothing'—they had a time limit. We could only keep pretending the party would last forever for so long. Seven years after 'Near to the Wild Heart of Life', 'Fate & Alcohol' shows up like an old friend who calls to say goodbye before leaving town for good. And yeah, it stings, but it […]