1. Madeline Kenney – ”Cut Me Off” The discography of Madeline Kenney contains multitudes. You don’t need to find every detail in order to enjoy the music. Her sophomore LP came out this year to a swell of support that seemed to follow me around; I encountered songs from Perfect Shapes on other blogs I love, well-circulated playlists, and even through the speakers at a … Continue reading Favorite Music Videos of 2018: 1. Madeline Kenney
Shit I Missed Last Year and This Year’s Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Faith Healer – Try 😉 Despite being way late to this LP, I still got my money’s worth listening to it in the early winter of 2018. The Edmonton artist, also known as Jessica Jalbert, has been making music in this vein of psychedelic art pop since 2011, but only released the first … Continue reading
Shit I Missed Last Year and This Year’s Honorable Mentions Shit I Missed:Gingerlys – s/t I spent a lot of the beginning of the year with the Gingerlys, and I was crushed when I learned that the album come out last year. I savor being able to include albums in my top ten, because I know that will memorialize my favorites. As this eponymous record … Continue reading
Photo Credit: Chris Bernabeo Originally appeared on the 405; view archived article here. As Dan Knishkowy, aka Adeline Hotel, explains in his new record, life is filled with contradictions. Called Away Together, it is his third solo LP, though he has lent a hand on a few other recent releases such as Ian Wayne’s A Place Where Nothing Matters and Lung Cycles’ self-titled album. Knishkowy’s … Continue reading Adeline Hotel embraces contradiction and nostalgia on Away Together
Enjoy the sleek, chilled atmosphere of Unknown Caller’s “See You Again.” Source: SoundCloud / Unknown Caller Continue reading
Our future is precarious indeed if we continue to duplicate ourselves with no regard to our quality of life. “Generation Loss” is the second new single this year from Charleston, SC’s A Fragile Tomorrow since their 2015 record Make Me Over. Continue reading
Originally appeared on the 405, view archived article here. Andrea Silva is not quite a lone wolf, but her new EP oozes with solitude and melancholy. She creates music under the moniker Loyal Lobos and is currently based in Los Angeles after departing her home country of Colombia several years ago. It was the demise of a relationship that sent her couch surfing and into … Continue reading Sadness and self-reflection fuel Loyal Lobos’ new EP
Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. The last we saw of Trabants, they were playing a set at Echo Park Rising back in August. It turns out that well before then, the band’s leader, Eric Penna, had begun working on a new album. That album, which emulates spaghetti westerns of the 1960’s, is finally finished after a painstaking process, and is officially out now. Read more. … Continue reading Trabants Bring Back the Spaghetti Western With New LP, Nel Cuore Di Una Terra Selvaggia
Photo by Julian Master Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. The cynicism of Ian Wayne’s new album is evident from its title. A Place Where Nothing Matters is out today and deals with hopelessness and disinterest via unique songwriting that feels more like poetry than lyrics. This LP follows his lofi At Home EP from last summer, which itself was a reinvention of his career; he … Continue reading Ian Wayne’s New Album is a Cynical Delight
Pro Teens ask for advice on resetting their moral compass in their whimsical garage rock track “Garbage Island.” “If you can find a way around itWould you please tell me So I know wrong from right” Source: SoundCloud / B.C. Continue reading
Sawdust & Gin 