AITIS BAND "IV"
Aitis Band is a combination of haunted houses and that’s what she said jokes. The trio’s funny, morbid, lyric-driven songs literally report on what she said and how scary it was. Since 2019 former Joan of Arc members Bobby Burg (Love of Everything) and Melina Ausikaitis continue their collaboration with the addition of visual artist/musician Ray Borchers. Aitis Band indulge their love of clubbing, teen girl-ness, and tragic figures, both real and imagined, with songs that range from wistful ballads to anthemic noise-fests. They hang in a purgatory between too much art school and just enough 80’s night. Ausikaitis’ vocals slide easily into a funereal bath water that Burg and Borchers slowly turn up to a boil.
Since October 2019 Aitis Band has played throughout the US, sharing bills with Dry Cleaning, Circuit des Yeux, Black Dice, Parquet Courts, Jesus Lizard, No Age, Robert AA Lowe, Ryley Walker, Dustin Wong, Air Waves, Man on Man, and a midwest tour opening for American Football.
The Band’s instrumentation is dueling Roland eg101 drum machines/keyboards and a MicroKorg. Controlling 3 keyboards at once, Ray uses weights to set drones while adding new notes with her hands and feet. Melina plays a stringless fake guitar with a contact mic through Earthquaker Devices effect pedals and sings. Bobby plays bass.
The Moss "Free Ride EP"
San Tropez "Museum of Modern History"
After more than two years of shaping their sound, San Tropez return with their sophomore release, Museum of Modern History, on Mint 400 Records — a lush 9-song journey that deepens the band’s signature blend of American dream pop and cinematic atmosphere. Following San Tropez’s 2023 Mint 400 Records debut, Maybe Tomorrow, this new effort expands their sonic palette while remaining grounded in emotional resonance. Recorded once again at Lakehouse Studios, in Asbury Park, NJ, the album features standout guest appearances by Marissa Paternoster (Screaming Females, Noun), saxophonist Zack Sandler, and vocalist Victoria Benesch (The Slow Circuit), adding new textures to the band’s evolving soundscape.
The lead single of Museum of Modern History, “Swear Off the Sunlight,” distills the essence of San Tropez’s approach — a sweeping, two-part composition that moves from shimmering melancholy into celestial drift. Building on what The Rodeo Magazine praised as their “strong balance between embracing more modern approaches like dream pop whilst continuing to honour the classics of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive,” the track is both grounded and transcendent, pulling listeners into space with its immersive structure and hypnotic sonics.
Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons "Live In Philadelphia"
Since the 1950s, Marshall Allen has been a vital member of the Sun Ra Arkestra and its dauntless leader since 1995. Founded in 2022, Marshall Allen’s Ghost Horizons ensemble features Arkestra guitarist DMHOTEP alongside an all-star cast of rotating musicians including Immanuel Wilkins, Yo La Tengo’s James McNew, James Brandon Lewis, The War on Drugs’ Charlie Hall, Wolf Eyes, and more. Lovingly culled, cut, and post-produced from nine live shows that traveled the spaceways.