Monthly Archives: February 2024
AMAHLA- ENOUGH: THE COLLECTION
Label: Self Release FCC: Clean Check out: #2, 6 Released January 19, 2024. Enough: The Collection is the newest album from British soul artist, Amahla. She is known for her lyricism that speaks to socio political topics, and this 9 track album is no exception. Ça suffit, the second track, encapsulates the overall message of […]
Glitterer – Rationale
Label: Anti- Release Date: February 23, 2024 Glitterer is a band from Washington, D.C. Initially, and for some time, it was a solo project: a man and his laptop, with occasional in-studio and onstage assistance from other human beings. But now Glitterer is a band. They play loud melodic post-hardcore rock music that can sometimes […]
Mega Colossus- Showdown
Mega Colossus– ShowdownRelease date: 2024Jan26Label: Cruz del Sur MusicRating: 4/5 Mega Colossus hail from North Carolina and Showdown is their fourth full-length album. Fortune and Glory hits the ground running with a melodic thrash beatdown. They manage to Outrun Infinity with epic riffage before they Grab the Sun with a vengeance. Other tracks that caught […]
Jessica Pratt-Life Is
Label: Drag City RIYL: Cate Le Bon, Adrianne Lenker, Broadcast, Karen Dalton FCC: Clean. Amazing acoustic folk song, different from her other stuff with the addition of drums. Her whispery voice accompanied by slow drums and other instruments make an amazing beautiful song! Very comforting and warm, definitely worth a listen.
Take Wing, Roll Back
Nice collection of varied, contemporary works for flute, abstract.
Jose Antonio de Almeida Prado–Works for Violin and Cello
Modern pieces by Brazilian composer, lyrical to intense.
Exchanges
Contemporary works for cello and piano, varied tempi. Play!
Tristan Murail
Two long works using the “spectral” technique of composition, sonic representations of computer images of the sounds.
The Ivy – A Door Still Open
Label: Self-Released RIYL: Bad Suns, flor, Vacation Manor, The 1975, Nightly, Djo, The Aces FCC: Clean Check Out: #2, 3, 6, 7, 8 From Promoter: “Written and recorded between Santa Monica, CA and Punta Mita, Mexico, A Door Still Open explores themes of self-reflection and personal growth while fusing together 80s synths and crunchy guitars […]
Alpha Rabbit – Let It Grow
Label: Mint 400RIYL: Weezer, The Format, Violent Femmes, The Mountain Goats FCC: #2, 3, 6, 9 (1 SOUNDS explicit but is just a play on words it seems) Check Out: #1, 2, 6, 7, 8From Promoter: “Let it Grow explores the themes of love and conflict with an emphasis on overcoming obstacles. While the Alpha’s […]
Molto Morbidi – String Cheese Theory
Label: No Salad RIYL: Broadcast, Laurie Anderson, Cassandra Jenkins, Nabihah Iqbal FCC: #5 Check Out: #2, 4, 6 From Promoter: “molto morbidi is the project of French artist Swan Wisnia. Afterher time in Shadow Motel, Wisnia is now building the foundations of molto morbidi on her own, entrusting the mixing to Alexis Fugain (Biche). String […]
Remo Drive – Mercy
Label: Epitaph RIYL: Slaughter Beach Dog, Laura Jane Grace, Foxing, The Rare Occasions, The Front Bottoms, Pinegrove, Ducks Ltd.FCC: #2, 8Check Out: #1, 3, 4, 5 From Promoter: “Mercy is a record about getting in touch with your mental health, deprogramming what you thought you knew about yourself and using music to unlock inner honesty. […]
Danielle Durack – Escape Artist
Label: Self-Released RIYL: Phoebe Bridgers, Sydney Sprague, Katy Kirby, Suki Waterhouse, Hand Habits, Clairo, Ian Sweet FCC: #1, 3 Check Out: #2, 8, 9 From Promoter: “‘This record was written at a time when I was processing more trauma than I had ever encountered in my life,’ explains the newly Nashville-based artist. ‘While many of […]
Happy Just To See You – Ways to Cope
Label: Self-Released RIYL: Wilco, MJ Lenderman, Pile, Pedro The Lion, Horse Jumper of Love, Ratboys FCC: #2, 5 Check Out: # 3, 4, 6, 9 From Promoter: “Happy Just to See You (HJ2CU) is an indie-rock band from southern New Hampshire with a penchant for emotive and folk-tinged music. With bombastic highs and pensive, emotional […]
Gen and the Degenerates – ANTI-FUN Propaganda
Label: Marshall RIYL: Sprints, IDLES FCC: #4 (check tracks before airplay) Check Out: # 1, 3, 7, 8 From Promoter: “Sonically, their debut album draws from the sounds of New York punk and post-punk – think Patti Smith, LCD Soundsystem and Sonic Youth. The record has its eyes open and its tongue sticking out, bursting […]
Jefrey Siler – Jefinetly
Label: Self-Released RIYL: Kevin Morby, Kurt Vile FCC: Clean Check Out: #1, 2, 6, 7From Promoter: “Largely mixed and produced by Yuuki Matthews of the Shins and Sufjan Stevens, Jefinitely features guests like Pedro The Lions’ David Bazan and Lenny Lynch of Farsi garage rockers Habibi (KRS), while being backed up by friends who are […]
Elephant Stone – Back Into The Dream
Label: Elephants on Parade RIYL: The Black Angels, Pond, Temples, Tame Impala, White Fence, GUM, Levitation Room FCC: CleanCheck Out: #1, 2, 4, 8, 10From Artist: “Since their debut in 2009, the psych-pop creation of Rishi Dhir along with bandmates Miles Dupire (drums) and Robbie MacArthur (guitar), and Jason Kent (keys/guitar), have released five critically-acclaimed […]
Safari Room – Time Devours All Things
Label: Self-Released RIYL: VHS Collection, The War on Drugs, The Postal Service, The National FCC: #1 Check Out: #4, 6, 7 From Artist: “At its core, TIME DEVOURS ALL THINGS is about acceptance of self and embracing what we have no control over. There is beauty in change, and our endurance through it only makes […]
R.A.P. Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura – the First Fist to Make Contact When We Dap (Alpha Pup)
A continuation of R.A.P. Ferreira’s (fka Milo) stream-of-conciousness and abstract poetic style. Production is headed by Fumitake Tamura who delivers mindmelting, swirling beats for RF to navigate his way through. Samples galore. Maybe too wordy and heady for the average rap fan, but if you are looking for something different… you may be interested! If […]
Maruja – The Invisible Man[Single]
Label: Self-Released FCC: Clean RIYL: black midi, Squid, shame Up and coming band from the UK, they have an avant-garde post-punk sound unlike any other band. This track features chaotic drums, eccentric talk singing, and instrumentation led by horns and guitar. Give it a listen!
Bleachers – Me Before You
Label: Dirty Hit; RIYL: The 1975, Coin, fun., Haim, Del Water Gap; FCC: 3, 4; Check out 1, 2. Once again, Jack Antonoff, 3 time Grammy winner for producer of the year, drops another banger. Me Before You, the new single for Bleachers’ upcoming self-titled album, was released in an EP along with the other […]
LEVITATION ROOM – STRANGE WEATHER
FCC: none! Label: Levitation / Greenway Records Track Picks: 2, 3, 6, 10 Genre: Rock, RIYL: Orions Belte, Mystic Braves, Froth, Sugar Candy Mountains Released: Feb 16th, 2024 Description: This is a super dreamy psychedelic rock album for which it is easy to be entrapped by its sound. There are a few more classic rock tracks […]
Angelo Outlaw – “Speed of Light” (single)
Ugh, I love this so much. Four long and luscious jazz-funk tracks, spiced up by round and ringing vibraphone melodies. Very low-end 70s movie soundtracks, but none of the songs ever lose sight of the fact that Outlaw’s vibe melodies are the star. At the same time, that doesn’t stop those melodies from playing with […]
Ted Hawkins- Love You Most of All: More Songs from Venice Beach
Label: Self-released; Release Date: 2/5/24; FCC: Clean; RIYL: Otis Redding, John Prine, Simon & Garfunkel This album is one of classic songs (60s-70s) all covered by Ted Hawkins in a way that brings out the songs’ bluesyness. Acoustic, folksy, soulful, chill. If you’re looking for a calm, relaxing, classic groove, this is it.
Screaming Females – Clover EP
Label: Don Giovanni Records FCC: Clean! Check Out: 3, 4, 5 RIYL: Sleater-Kinney, NOBRO, The New Pornographers Power punk trio out of NJ, final EP just put out after breakup in December – I like this a lot! We’ll miss you, SF…
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