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From Ghost Stories to the Present Tense: Peering Into Phantasia
From the candlelit shadows of their 2019 demo cassette to the haunted pop reveries of 2022's debut LP Ghost Stories , New York City's...

Joe Massaro
Aug 25, 2025


Alien Nosejob: "It's a Little Bit of Everything and a Whole Lot of Nothing, Something for Everybody, Nothing for Most"
Over the last decade, Jake Robertson has quietly built one of the most varied and compelling catalogs in underground music. Best known...

Joe Massaro
May 14, 2025


Love Fiend: "Our Work in the Past Has Been a Little More Random and Disjointed, so We Wanted To Do the Opposite on This Record"
For an example of shifting perceptions from the cheap trends, consider Love Fiend — a Los Angeles group whose members were all raised in...

Joe Massaro
Feb 21, 2025


Marty Brass: "My Last Name Could Have Been Brazauskas, but There Was a Language Barrier and Some Other Misunderstandings That the Drunk Bloke at Ellis Island Chopped It Down to Brass."
If 2022's Painted Glass was about prioritizing the rawness of pop classicism in the world of 4-track recording then J unk Room Melodies...

Joe Massaro
Jan 13, 2025


Track by Track: Brower on the Stompin' Bubblegum Nuggets That Cook up 'Flour'
Following up several singles and a totally authentic live album to help sustain the anticipation over the years, New York City rocker Nat...

Joe Massaro
Nov 4, 2024


Class: "Honestly I Don't Think We Anticipated Having Another LP Out Almost a Year to the Day From Our Last Release"
Too unseriously pop-minded for the punks and too punky for the power poppers, Tucson rockers Class seem to be on their own island, but...

Joe Massaro
Sep 17, 2024


Brower: "I've Joked That This Is My 'Depression Album,' and I Was Conflicted About Whether It's Too Serious"
Following up several singles and a "live" album to help sustain the anticipation over the years, New York City power pop stalwart Brower...

Joe Massaro
Aug 9, 2024


Love Banana: "I Think Having Our Differences Is a Great Thing and Keeps Us From Accidentally Sounding Too Derivative, Which Is Easy When You're Young and Excited and Get Obsessed Over Music"
Love Banana offers up short sharp shots of super-shambolic, super-perky garage-pop on their latest single "Get In." The new tune, resembling The Clean, The Performing Ferret Band, David Peel, and Tangled Shoelaces, is the first offering from the Gold Coast quintet's forthcoming self-titled EP that will be out July 26th on Holiday Maker Records. Alongside today's premiere of the new track, I chatted with the band to discuss their unique bond and friendship, combining collabor

Joe Massaro
Jul 11, 2024


Premiere: New Math Digs Through The Vault and Ascend on "I Can Tell"
Following up the band's long-awaited compilation of early singles, Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds (1979-1983), New Math is back today with...

Joe Massaro
Apr 26, 2024


Charles Moothart: "I Try Not to Be All Doom and Gloom, But I Also Try to Keep It Real With My Thoughts About The State of The World"
Following the release of his new LP Black Holes Don't Choke (In The Red), Los Angeles garage-psych luminary Charles Moothart (Fuzz, Ty...

Joe Massaro
Apr 2, 2024


The Ar-Kaics: "It's a High to Bring Out The New Record After So Long"
Richmond, Virginia's favorite garage rockers The Ar-Kaics are back today with "Dawning," a twisted and turned garage-psych nugget that...

Joe Massaro
Mar 27, 2024


Shadow Show: "What's Yet to Come is Always on the Horizon, and It's So Fulfilling Being Able to Be on This Adventure with Each Other!"
Detroit garage-psych trio Shadow Show returned earlier this year with their much-anticipated sophomore LP Fantasy Now!. Across the new...

Joe Massaro
Feb 29, 2024


Premiere: Detroit's Sugar Tradition Are as Wild-Eyed and Chaotic as Ever on "Rockin' Baby"
Comprised of guitarist-vocalist Antonio Keka, bassist Arlo Betley, and drummer Kevin Irwin, primal garage rockers Sugar Tradition have been tearing it up and leading the pack in Detroit's current rock 'n' roll scene that includes bluesy punk rockers The Stools, swampy noisemakers 208, and garage-psych wanders Shadow Show. Along with the release of their anticipated new EP More Sugar , the trio have greeted us with a new music video for the bone-shaking, Nuggets -worship numb

Joe Massaro
Oct 13, 2023


The Judges Twist Around a Rush of Primal Rock 'n' Roll on "The House Always Wins"
The Judges have finally greeted us with the lead cut to their forthcoming debut album Judgement Day , out November 24th on Anti Fade and...

Joe Massaro
Oct 5, 2023


Feeling Figures Transmute Personal Intensity into Collective Joy on "Movement"
Feeling Figures are soon to be your favorite K Records band to feast your eyes upon with their forthcoming debut album Migration Magic ,...

Joe Massaro
Sep 20, 2023


Premiere: The Cowboys Return Under the Bright Lights on "The Sultan of Squat"
Today we have the pleasure in sharing The Cowboys newest single "The Sultan of Squat," a glorious return that shows the Bloomington's...

Joe Massaro
Aug 8, 2023


Premiere: The Whiffs' Syrupy Power Pop Bliss Prevails on New Double Single "Satellite" / "As I Am"
The Whiffs' latest album Scratch 'N' Sniff is undoubtedly one of our favorite records this year and since its release back in March, we...

Joe Massaro
Aug 3, 2023


Video Premiere: Osees Take Another Leering Shot at Brain Scraping Synth-Punk on "Stunner"
After embracing primitive anarcho-punk on last year's A Foul Form , the ever prolific and constantly frenetic Osees shed their skin once...

Joe Massaro
Jul 28, 2023


Premiere: Shadow Show Stirs up a Spellbinding Stew of Garage-Psychedelia on "Radiant Hue"
While currently embarking on their spring tour across the states, the Detroit garage-psych trio Shadow Show returned today with a new...

Joe Massaro
Mar 14, 2023


Private Lives: Deceivingly Facile Melodies and Glorious Riffing
Last fall, the newly-formed Montreal four-piece Private Lives unveiled their self-titled debut EP through the always reliable Feel It...

Joe Massaro
Jan 30, 2023
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