Feb 20, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Swedish synth-pop phenomenon Kite’s second seven inch— Losing b/w Glassy Eyes— since signing with Dais Records in 2023 finds the duo of Nicklas Stenemo and Christian Hutchinson Berg swinging for new heights of romantic desolation and baroque grandeur. The album’s...
Feb 14, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Hard Copy, the new album from VR SEX, is 10 new tracks of sneering psychedelic punk streaked with Chrome-damaged freak-outs and snotty power pop harmonies, chronicling sex doll love affairs and glue-sniffing fatales. The record, out March 22 from Dais...
Feb 13, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Meatbodies’ “Billow” plays like a long-lost single from the Creation Records heyday with a space-y Stone Roses-type groove that is immediate and unforgettable. It’s nothing short of an instant classic built on harmonizing vocals and tons of tambourine—blossoming from...
Feb 13, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Composers and multi-instrumentalists Esther Quansah and Becky Foinchas return with their debut album Dying, an excavation of the ego in 12/8 time. It’s an audio collage, an amalgam of moods, genres, and hysterics that flips formal songwriting structure on its head....
Feb 13, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Rising electronic luminary Maria Chiara Argirò has announced her highly-anticipated album Closer – a testament to Maria’s journey of self-exploration, and a manifestation of her profound connection with music. Rooted in an indescribable feeling that compelled her to...
Feb 9, 2024 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Boris and Coaltar of the Deepers (COTD) began at the same time in the early 1990s. Takeshi of Boris was heavily influenced by Coaltar of the Deepers, and they followed each other with reverence. In fact, they first collaborated on Boris’ tears e.p. back in 2019,...
