Single Lash : Providence

Single Lash are an Austin-based shoegaze/dream-pop outfit that fills the void with cavernous, reverb-drenched guitar, eloquent vocals, cascading drums, and tasteful keys. Their sound sits comfortably with the likes of Lush, early Cure, Cocteau Twins, and Straitjacket Fits(in-particular their beautiful Melt.) Nicolas Nadeau, the front man, main songwriter, and guitarist for Single Lash started the […]

Pieces Vol 3

We’re less than a week away from all Hallow’s Eve. The ghouls are sharpening their claws and the witches are getting their cauldrons ready to boil up the bones of the innocent…or something like that. Either way, we’re down to just days before Halloween is upon us. The past two weeks have been a countdown […]

Tom Petty : An American Treasure

I didn’t grow up a Tom Petty fan. As a little kid he was always in the background; be it on the car radio or in some weird video on MTV while at a friend’s house, or even as the musical guest on late night television. I never wanted to turn the dial when he […]

ALONE 1980 : Sleepwalker

There’s this overwhelming sense of nostalgia that comes over me as I listen to ALONE 1980s new album Sleepwalker. The album lingers in the same space as bands like Pentagram Home Video and Videodrones, meaning there’s lots of analog dread, 70s horror, and Gothic undertones throughout the album’s 12 tracks. But underneath the woozy VHS […]

Pieces Vol 2

In all horror trilogies number 2 usually seems to lack something that number 1 possessed. Maybe the element of surprise? Maybe there’s a touch of “I’ve seen this already” as tropes are revisited and not expanded on. Or maybe it just loses a bit of its luster when the first one was so damn good. […]

Revisited : Causa Sui’s ‘Free Ride’

When I first discovered Causa Sui I wasn’t about the typical rock and roll trip. I was falling for heady instrumental jams; acid-soaked fusion in the form of Bitches Brew and Miles In The Sky, and heavy synth excursions like Phaedra, Visions of Dune, and Geogaddi. I wasn’t looking for vocals to muck up the […]

Kurt Vile : Bottle It In

Kurt Vile works in a frequency of his own making. You listen to his records and you hear an awkward and shy guy stepping out of his shell for however long that song takes. He’s confident within the worlds his songs inhabit, and really that’s where it counts. You can be an introverted guy or […]

Pieces Vol.1

So last year we were treated by the great Burning Witches Records with the excellent Halloween compilation Witches’ Halloween Brew. You could be thinking to yourself that Witches’ Halloween Brew was some kind of overhopped IPA made with spiced gourd, roasted pumpkin seeds, and the souls of the innocent. I wouldn’t doubt that that beer […]

High on Fire : Electric Messiah

Matt Pike has had a pretty busy year. In April he and Sleep dropped the surprise 4/20 record The Sciences. It was the first new Sleep material since their Adult Swim Singles Series track “The Clarity” from 2014. Then a couple months later Sleep drops yet another Adult Swim single called “Leagues Beneath”, possibly recorded […]

This Will Destroy You : New Others Part One

This Will Destroy You are unique among their contemporaries. Much like fellow Texans Explosions in The Sky, This Will Destroy You make big sky compositions out of guitars, drums, subtle electronics and synths that allow you to fall into the tracks and get lost for a bit. Expansive, vast, and exploratory musical journeys that feel […]