new release Archive
14 Jan 2025
flipturn Is Shining Light On a Personal Subject
This featured appeared previously in SPIN. The latest single from indie rockers flipturn has it both ways: “Sunlight” is an alluring, catchy track that builds on the band’s successful sonic […]
13 Jan 2025
Album Review: def.fo – Music for Dinosaurs
When we last checked in with def.fo – the nom de rock of England’s Tom Powell – the music being made on Eternity was a kind of modern-day psychedelia. And […]
06 Jan 2025
Album Review: DB Edmunds — Everybody Knows by Now
DB Edmunds released his debut solo EP, Life’s Wild Ride in 2022. That set was the first new music I had heard from the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist since his days […]
05 Jan 2025
Single Review: Schizo Fun Addict – “Elevation Versus Sabotage” b/w “Coming to You”
Remember ‘80s bands like Wire Train and The Cure? Well, so, apparently do Schizo Fun Addict. Because while they write original tunes, the sound and feel of their songs is […]
04 Jan 2025
EP Review: The Lounge Bar Orchestra – The Incidents OST
I make a practice of not reviewing singles or EPs, as I prefer the longer-form format’s ability to provide a deeper look into what an artist’s about. But rules being […]
02 Jan 2025
Album Reviews: Three from Hyperspace Communicaitons
I first encountered David Javelosa while working on my second book, Disturbing the Peace: 415 Records and the Rise of New Wave. Javelosa had been a prime mover of Baby […]
01 Jan 2025
Album Review: Johnny Bragg – Let Me Dream On
A bonus post to ring in the New Year — bk. One of the most historically significant vocal groups of the 1950s and beyond, the Prisonaires recorded the original version […]
31 Dec 2024
Book Review: An Ideal for Living
In 2021, Sal Maida edited (and did some fine writing for) a book called The White Label Promo Preservation Society. The book’s conceit was straightforward enough, and quite compelling: a […]
30 Dec 2024
Julia Michaels: A Different Kind of ‘Heaven’
This story appeared previously in SPIN. Pop singer-songwriter leans into her indie status with a provocative new single When she first broke out on the scene, Julia Michaels showcased a […]
29 Dec 2024
Ping Rose: All Roads Lead To and From the Blues (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Quickly enough, though, Rose says that he was “course-corrected by some hardcore, old-school blues guys down in Memphis.” Thus equipped with a better sense of history […]