I’ve got no shame in saying Black Lips are one of my favorite bands in the world. I play the shit out of their records when they come out, seriously. Their newest, “Arabia Mountain”, finds them at their cleanest and catchiest, following the same trajectory that “Good Bad Not Evil” started (I personally feel “200 [...]

I’ll never get over how unbelievably prolific Thee Oh Sees are. It seems they put out a new full-length album every six months, while never compromising quality. Their newest is sometimes a bit brighter and poppier than normal, but it still sinks to the dirges of raw psychedelic garage rock as well. It’s a beautiful [...]

Fat Possum just released two new records that could end up being among the indie hits of the year (especially the first one).  Smith Western’s “Dye It Blonde” is definitely the one receiving the most amount of recognition, and deservedly so.  Previously mega-lo-fi, these guys have dramatically cleaned up their sound, giving listeners a closer [...]

This large, loud, jangly slab of psychedelic garage rock is definitely Sic Alps’ most accomplished release yet.  Their first album since 2008, “Napa Asylum” still has the same downright nasty production as their previous work, but the songs seem more fleshed-out, more fully-realized.  Give the tune below a listen, it’s a very, very good album.  [...]

These record clubs are pretty great – just pay upfront, then relax and get sent records for the next coupla months. And when the roster looks as good as this one does, it’s hard to pass up. We’re looking at exclusive vinyl releases from Sir Richard Bishop, The Bats, Califone, Cloudcraft, Noah Found Grace, Evan [...]

Hardly Art (the always-stellar subsidiary of Sub Pop) just posted a preorder for “Unlearn”, the debut LP from Denton, TX’s Fergus & Geronimo.  They play a kinetic brand of rock and roll that is powered by the fusion of psychedelic garage, doo-wop, soul, and about every other cool retro genre you can think of.  In [...]

We got a huge stack of awesome music in the mail from Portland’s Stankhouse Records.   While everything inside was good, we thought a few of them were especially great, and well deserving of any spotlight we could give them.  First, their newest release, “The Great Return” from Purple Rhinestone Eagle, is an absolute shredder.  [...]

For some reason, people really like to send us especially good garage rock records, not sure what it’s about, but I like it.  After kicking around a few singles, Austin’s Dikes of Holland just put out their debut LP on Sundae Records.  This record is a concentrated blast of fast garage and punk energy, it’s [...]

AMDISCS, the in-house label of the mysterious and amazing All, Everyone, United, just put up their two first vinyl releases. The first is “Black Hole” from Young Adults, the second is the split 7″ from Teen Porn and Coma Cinema (wow, I bet two of those three bands are impossible to Google).  The Young Adults [...]

LP follow-up to these Brisbane basement dwellers Not Not Fun vinyl debut, sourced from a very limited and very gone CD-R. The NNF reference should let people know what to expect; basically means what awaits your ears is not worth trying to explain in writing. You can pick this up from the label that released [...]