Past Releases

And So I Watch You From Afar "The Endless Shimmering (Sargent House)"

Belfast post-rockers And So I Watch You From Afar are back! 2 years out from their last collection of instrumental rock mayhem, they have gifted the world with The Endless Shimmering (Sargent House). Recorded over 9 days while they were snowed in at Machines with Magnets in Rhode Island, the band emerged with a completed album just as the snow had begun to melt. Now that album, with a sound that is a combination of The Fucking Champs, Grails, and Yes, is here to melt your face, and your ears, and your stereo. Don’t worry, not in a real way–although don’t turn it up TOO loud, after all I did see Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun” once turn a speakers tweeters into a black viscous goo when turned up too loud, and this is just as punishing as that… Anyway, let the heavy metal triumph of “A Slow Unfolding Of Wings” get you to where you need to go. Enjoy!

Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker "SpiderBeetleBee (Drag City)"

If you asked anyone who is interested in American primitive guitar who the leaders in that field are these days, their list wouldn’t get too far before both Bill MacKay and Riley Walker were named. Which is why it’s so exciting that both of these men have teamed up for SpiderBeetleBee (Drag City), their second record as a duo. Both of these performers are known for their excellent solo acoustic guitar recordings, and having them both working together here is a treat! So treat yourself to the autumnal sounds of “Lonesome Traveler.”

King Khan "Murderburgers (Ernest Jenning)"

King Khan has put many records out with many bands over the years. With The Shrines. With the Almighty Defenders. Of course, there is also the King Khan and BBQ Show. But here we are, in 2017, and for the first time ever King Khan is releasing a solo record. Simply credited to King Khan, Murderburgers (Khannibalism/EJRC) is unequivocally KK however. Full of the garage-soul sounds you’ve come to love and expect from Mr. Khan, and backed up here from the reformed Oakland band The Gris Gris, and produced by Greg Ashley from The Gris Gris as well. Bite into the juicy world of Murderburgers with “It’s A Lie.”

Roz & the Rice Cakes "Devotion (Team Love)"

Let’s all thank Team Love Records for two things. 1) for releasing a new LP from Roz and the Rice Cakes, and 2) for making this blurb very easy to write. After all the press for Devotion, their newest art-pop gem describes their sound as succinctly as it gets when they say “a cross roads where Fleetwood Mac and Henry Cow mingle with Bettie Serveert and Gwen Stefani… equal parts experimental and catchy, energetic and bookish, daring and sugarcoated.” Sure, I could spend hours trying to describe RATRC’s sound, but someone in New Paltz did all the work for me already. Thanks! Check out the first single, the angular “Do You.”