Eric Tra – Psych-pop rockers Sunflower Bean are back on tour packing new dance-worthy tunes from their latest EP, King of the Dudes. The four song release features an array of musical styles ranging from classic rock to pop-funk rock and even good old fashioned punk rock, resulting in a modern homage to the predominate styles of the 70’s and 80’s.
Ben Allen – Free from the restraints of seminal punk noise legends Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo has fully realized his musical ambitions on his latest record. If Sonic Youth were the Beatles, Ranaldo would be George Harrison, and Electric Trim would be his All Things Must Pass.
Chuck McCammon – For those already familiar with Cursive, you are going to love this 2018 album of dark musical complexity and existential ruminations, the first from the Omaha, Nebraska band since 2012’s I Am Gemini.
Sean Jewell – The first time I heard “Wits End,” the opening track to Matriarch’s debut metal massacre, my throat tightened and my eyes welled up with tears. Living helplessly among the political tragedies and trashfires of the last few years, this is the jagged, aggro-punk I’ve been needing to hear.
Sean Jewell – There is a cadence to The Luna Moth’s new album, a determination that their previous records did not have. The Luna Moth has always been a system of clangorous, instrumental, noise built around steady drone; experiments and improvisations, grinding up against conventional meters, with drums, bass and guitar, but this record is a cut above anything they’ve done in terms of style and fidelity.
