Past Releases

The Mastersons "No Time For Love Songs (RTP)"

From the official PR:
No Time for Love Songs explores the emotional challenges of a morally compromised era, and reflects the experiences that the pair has accumulated in their travels. Those experiences helped to inspire the big-hearted songcraft of such compelling new tunes as “Spellbound,” “Circle the Sun,” “Eyes Open Wide,” “The Silver Line,” “There Is A Song to Sing,” and the album’s poignant title track, and showcase the Mastersons’ organic harmonies, stirring melodies and insightful lyrics, which consistently offer clear-eyed optimism in the face of loss and discouragement.
Check out the title track!

Snarls "Burst"

Ohio-based band Snarls spent 2019 growing. Releasing a few singles that landed on Stereogum’s Top 100. Garnering a fervent fan base. Well here it is 2020 and their full-length debut Burst is ready to, uh, burst onto the scene (sorry). Jangly indie rock, candy-coated melodies, a high sing-a-long-able quotient. There is a reason the band calls themselves “glitter emo alt rock.” Its because thats exactly what they are. It’s why MTV called them “the best of emo and shoegaze.” So check out the positively catchy jammer “Walk In The Woods” or the head swaying self-reflection of “Better Off.”

Lee Ranaldo & Raul Refree "Names Of North End Women (Mute)"

To talk too much about all the experimentally behind the songs on Lee Ranaldo & Raul Refree’s Names Of North End Women (Mute) would do a disservice to the actual songs. So let’s instead talk about the result, which sounds to me like if late era David Byrne decided to release an album of songs that he thinks sound like Tom Waits songs without ever actually having heard any. I know, very weird description. But it totally makes sense. Just give the title track “Name Of North End Women” a spin and see what I mean!

Warning: contains Strobe light effects.

Six Organs Of Admittance "Companion Rises (Drag City)"

At this point, I think we all know what to expect from Six Orders Of Admittance, right? I mean, sure, its generally something unexpected, but… you know. Within the wheelhouse of SOOA. Companion Rises (Drag City) is no exception. A bright, psych-folk excursion with more twists and turns than… uh… some famous road with a lot of twists and turns? I don’t know. I’m not a mapmaker. I am a blurb writer, and this one is just about done. At least, it will be once I recommend you check out the trippy “Two Forms Moving.”