sngalbums: Prior to last year, I was only ever tangentially familiar with No Joy. I was vague with Wait To Pleasure and slightly more accustomed to āCalifone,ā and so I came to know them as a general ārockā band. Imagine my surprise when I read a few reviews of Motherhood that classified the band as shoegaze. (I take my quarantine drama where I can.) Granted, … Continue reading Motherhood by No Joy is a Fiery and Unflinching Saga
Prior to last year, I was only ever tangentially familiar with No Joy. I was vague with Wait To Pleasure and slightly more accustomed to āCalifone,ā and so I came to know them as a general ārockā band. Imagine my surprise when I read a few reviews of Motherhood that classified the band as shoegaze. (I take my quarantine drama where I can.) Granted, most … Continue reading Motherhood by No Joy is a Fiery and Unflinching Saga
sngalbums: Prior to his 2019 album, The Same But By Different Means, Yves Jarvis was not used to having deadlines. It was only when he signed with ANTI- that he suddenly had stakeholders in his creative process. Not that they slowed him down; he didnāt compromise on anything and completed the project on his schedule. It stands out as a wonderful record on its own, … Continue reading Describing the Indescribable: Sundry Rock Song Stock by Yves Jarvis
Prior to his 2019 album, The Same But By Different Means, Yves Jarvis was not used to having deadlines. It was only when he signed with ANTI- that he suddenly had stakeholders in his creative process. Not that they slowed him down; he didnāt compromise on anything and completed the project on his schedule. It stands out as a wonderful record on its own, and … Continue reading Describing the Indescribable: Sundry Rock Song Stock by Yves Jarvis
sngalbums: The original interview appears on Grimy Goods. The introduction is reprinted in part below. The conversation that follows is a continuation of that article.Ā After establishing her own rhythms, Pander Sera is ready to shake everything up again. Last spring, the Los Angeles noise artist, also known as Swan, released Bothy, a raucous explosion of percussion and wit. The sound of that record was … Continue reading Pander Sera Deviates From Her Own Deviations on Errant LP [Excerpts from an Interview]
sngalbums: Itās hard to describe, but go with me on this: imagine someone beat-box imitating the sound an old record player makes when it gets to the end but doesnāt stop spinning. That is the first glorious sound on āNothingās Impossible,ā the opening track of Superstar, the latest album by crimson hero Caroline Rose. It is wound tightly around its titular concept. Itās also an … Continue reading Caroline Roseās Carefully Crafted Tragedy, Superstar
sngalbums: Rory Ferreira is a shark. His bars are vicious and majestic, and as an artist he is never stagnant. I could spend 1,000 words describing all the past and current projects that Ferreira has undertaken. Instead, letās just agree that the breadth of his work expands like the universeāall-encompassing, yet still uncovering new territory on every release. His 2020 release came in mid-March, or … Continue reading Reading R.A.P. Ferreiraās Transmissions Under the Purple Moonlight
Itās hard to describe, but go with me on this: imagine someone beat-box imitating the sound an old record player makes when it gets to the end but doesnāt stop spinning. That is the first glorious sound on āNothingās Impossible,ā the opening track of Superstar, the latest album by crimson hero Caroline Rose. It is wound tightly around its titular concept. Itās also an enormous … Continue reading Caroline Roseās Carefully Crafted Tragedy, Superstar
sngalbums: Photo by Bryan C. Parker Originally appeared on Grimy Goods.Ā āArt is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth,ā Pablo Picasso told The Arts reporter Marius de Zayas in 1923. More recently, in the spring of 2018, Loma revealed their own untruth at the Bootleg as part of a tour for their eponymous debut album. Even more lies await on … Continue reading Dive Headfirst Into Lomaās Mesmerizing Sophomore LP Donāt Shy Away
Rory Ferreira is a shark. His bars are vicious and majestic, and as an artist he is never stagnant. I could spend 1,000 words describing all the past and current projects that Ferreira has undertaken. Instead, letās just agree that the breadth of his work expands like the universeāall-encompassing, yet still uncovering new territory on every release. His 2020 release came in mid-March, or just … Continue reading Reading R.A.P. Ferreiraās Transmissions Under the Purple Moonlight
