Get tickets to the Feb 1 show HERE An awful lot has changed since Slumberland Records released it’s first record in December 1989, but one thing that has remained stubbornly persistent is the…
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Combustible Gems is out now on Slumberland, stream or purchase it HERE “Combustible Gems is a striking debut, on par with some of the work that informed it in a continuum of gorgeously…
Feat. members of Dolly Mixture & East Village – first ever US vinyl pressing! Pre-order it HERE STREAM three songs from the LP HERE Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s Some Dusty, is the culmination of…
“I wanted to embody the ‘fuck it’ attitude of going out, letting loose, and having a good time. I’m not anti-wellness culture, per se, but I think it can be…
STREAM: “5/3” – Streaming Services / Week In Pop Detroit indie pop quartet The Doozers shares a new single whose title also happens to match up with today’s date, “5/3.” Week In Pop has…
New Town Dream is out May 31st on Slumberland, pre-order it HERE For Fans Of: Josef K, Swell Maps, Television Personalities STREAM: “That’s Him On The Daft Stuff Again” – YouTube…
Unwishing Well is out April 12 on Slumberland / Tough Love STREAM – “What’s Going On With Ordinary People” – YouTube “’What’s Going On With Ordinary People,’ like a lot…
Purchase the 7″ HERE “Fuzzy guitars, energized indie-pop rhythms, and vocals that bring shoegaze to the synthesizer” -KCRW “Ripples out with psychedelic fuzz and sheer power, and it’s downright hypnotic.” -Consequence…
Combustible Gems is out May 17, pre-order it HERE “I didn’t think of the title ‘Dawn Hush Lullaby,’ I found it. Awhile back, I had fallen for someone with a really lovely voice…
pre-order the LP here Oakland, CA mainstays Lunchbox are back with Pop and Circumstance, an explosive new album drawing on influences that span the breadth of 60 years of guitar pop. Besides its…
STREAM: Dying – Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple The Narcotix returns with their debut full-length album, Dying, following up their 2021 EP, Mommy Issues. About the new album: Composers and multi-instrumentalists Esther Quansah and Becky Foinchas return…
Purchase / Stream the LP HERE Today Austin, TX noise-pop band DAIISTAR (pronounced “Day-Star”) have announced a full EU/UK tour this April and May. This tour begins in Italy on April…
“I wrote the lyrics and melody of this song in my old basement that was unfinished, dark, damp, with exposed wires and cables– I feel like that setting kind of…
Vinyl Release show also announced March 23 at The Smell with Katie Alice Greer, Mike Watt, Erica & Vice and other special guests! The BandCamp exclusive album also features Kathleen…
STREAM: “The Lovers” – Bandcamp / Spotify / YouTube The Narcotix returns with their debut full-length album, Dying, following up their 2021 EP, Mommy Issues. “The Lovers” is the third single, out everywhere today, just in time…
Today Portland band foamboy shares another new single from their upcoming sophomore LP, Eating Me Alive, out on March 8, 2024. The video for “COOL!?!” is centered around a run-in with a unnamed…
STREAM: Interior Spring – Bandcamp Bay Area post-punk outfit Topographies have delivered their sophomore LP, Interior Spring, via Dark Entries on Feb. 2, 2024. Formed in 2018 in San Francisco by Justin…
“Even people who seem like they’ve got it all together have doubts and insecurities — “Bounce” is about that conflict. It’s a call and response between joys and fears, highs…
[click here to buy / stream] VIDEO: “Three Cheers!” – Youtube The Umbrellas are four renegade romantics crafting irresistible indie pop hymns. The band’s self-titled 2021 debut album became a breakout…
Unwishing Well is out April 12 on Slumberland / Tough Love STREAM – “Your Worst Song Is Your Greatest Hit” – YouTube / Streaming Services Crystalizing the tragic self-celebrating kingdoms of fortunate…
STREAM: Cloudland Canyon – Spotify / Apple Today Mephis psych / synth outfit Cloudland Canyon releases a new self-titled LP on Medical Records – it is the first new LP…
Today Fake Fever, the dream pop project of Andrew Barnes, announces its second LP, Inside The Well (due Sept. 1) and shares the first single from it, “Graveyard Shift.” Nostalgia…
The Weight Of A Wave is out Aug. 4 and features members of Hot Chip, The Antlers, Beverly and Madeline Kenney Renowned musician and composer Annie Hart is thrilled to…
A film about THE quintessential American post-punk band, who somehow hailed from Kansas Plus, screenings announced in Lawrence, Chicago, Brooklyn, LA & more! “The gold standard of the 80s US…
Listen to a Spotify playlist feat. all of our SXSW 2023 artists LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING Film Screenings & Panel Discussion: 3/12 Panel featuring director Lisa Cortés @ The…
Get NYC Tix! Razor Braids kicked off 2023 by sharing an ode to one of their favorite cities, “Nashville, Again,” as well as a cover of Weezer’s “Buddy Holly.” Now…
Today The Reds, Pinks and Purples announces its first east coast tour ever as a band, with dates supporting Dan Bejar’s Destroyer in May. The band’s most recent releases are…
“I feel like I write a lot about my attempts/struggles to live in the moment and being present. A mindfulness kind of thing I suppose, in the sense of leaving…
STREAM: “Harmony” – YouTube STREAM: Magic Is Pocketed EP – Streaming Services Joe Stevens’ Peel Dream Magazine opens 2023 with Magic Is Pocketed, a collection of four songs recorded during…
The band’s 3rd LP, All In Good Time, is out Feb. 17 on Dark Entries Oakland band Blues Lawyer joins Dark Entries for their third full-length, All in Good Time,…
“Unexpected turns in melody, bringing to mind Debbie Harry” – STEREOGUM “Punk anger with a euphorically dreamy and mystical state of wonder” – LA WEEKLY “Taleen Kali composes punk, psych,…
Playing benefit event for Ukraine Feb. 4 in Venice, CA Today Widows Gold shares their new single “Never Had You At All” from their forthcoming debut LP, Love Drops. The band…
Here’s a small sample of what we’ve been listening to and enjoying from 2022’s bountiful offering of new releases (and reissues). Of course to avoid nepotism we are omitting records…
Cleaners From Venus doc The Jangling Man announces NYC & LA screenings Watch the trailer here Today, Captured Tracks, Sharp Film and Larson Media are pleased to announce the first two US screenings…
Rusty Santos shares “All Things Phasin’” video, with animation from Black Dice’s Aaron Warren, directed by Liat Krongrad Plus, listening party announced June 30 at In Sheep’s Clothing VIDEO /…
Perry Farrell and Etty Lau Farrell Announce Return Of Heaven After Dark Concerts w/ PORNO FOR PYROS show July 7 at The Belasco Rock icon celebrates alternative authenticity and underground culture with…