"'horseglue' is a screeching call for moral clarity. Anything short of courage against the rise of The New Authoritaria is complicity. It is important to focus on how integral the Messengers really are, and that some of them are the 1% too. They are rich and they are happy without consequence, as a vast majority of us suffer in the shadows of the unknown." read more →
“I like when whole songs are just capturing the emotions of one moment in life without much other context. I think these types of tunes allow the listener to really connect since emotions are in larger part universal to the human experience.” read more →
One year from the release of acclaimed album Rose Main Reading Room, Peel Dream Magazine returns with new mini album Taurus. Catch them on tour this fall and pick up a tape! read more →
LITE are coming to the west coast from Tokyo and bringing their start-stop precision math rock with them. Catch them on one of their upcoming dates with Covet—for dates and info, read more →
On his latest single "yung yeller", Maneka goes fully introspective, leaning into his signature sound of slowcore thrash and a sneaky melodic deep-bass vocal to reflect on the wide-eyed optimism and naive invincibility of teenage youth. read more →
One year from the release of acclaimed album Rose Main Reading Room, Peel Dream Magazine returns with new mini album Taurus. read more →
Today, DC's Ekko Astral is sharing an imaginative new video for "sticks and stones"—a highlight from pink balloons: popped, the CD/Digital deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed 2024 album. Their tour with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock starts tonight! For the video and tour date info, read more →
Sobs' North American tour with Anamanaguchi is coming up soon! The band has a new music video out just ahead of it for "Friday Night". Catch the band playing this and several other tracks from their 2024 album Air Guitar—dates and info: read more →
On his 2025 follow-up, bathes and listens, Maneka's Devin McKnight focuses his vision on the project's musical identity, resulting in a more grounded album that still tests the extremes of McKnight's songwriting talent. Elements of shoegaze and slowcore are prominent, but engineer Alex Farrar's exceptional production (Wednesday, Snail Mail, MJ Lenderman) makes bathes and listens cohesive, yet still distinct from any one style. read more →
Fax Gang and Parannoul teamed up on Scattersun last year, and now Fax Gang's own pkshellboy has put together a video for the collab track "Double Bind". The video features photos and memories spanning tours and trips between four countries and four years, 2021-2025. read more →
Montreal's resident ambient jazz pop aficionado Thanya Iyer is taking her new album TIDE / TIED on the road with Tenci this August and September, with La Luz for her first overseas gigs in Europe in October, and then back home in Canada with The Dears in November—dates and info: read more →
Coming up on the one-year anniversary of their latest album Spellbound, maritime indie rockers Boyscott will be touring the east coast this September—dates and info: read more →
Ekko Astral have been touring their asses off lately and that is gonna continue at least through the fall! Catch the mascara moshpit across the US supporting Jeff Rosenstock and PUP with their re-worked ~popped~ version of acclaimed album Pink Balloons in hand—dates and info: read more →
To combat the devastation caused and yet to come, we are raising funds for The Sameer Project, a donations based aid initiative run by Palestinians in the diaspora. Currently, The Sameer Project is focused on the distribution of food, water, and tents in South Gaza. Their work is of the utmost urgency as the Israeli blockade continues. Learn more about The Sameer Project and donate today read more →
Palimpsesa features some of Mal Devisa's earlier songs plus a whole fresh batch of previously unreleased material, newly mixed and fully remastered. Lead singles "Old Intro" and "Skyline Arms-Reach Out" flip between two distinct sides of the Mal Devisa coin, with the former highlighting Carr's effortless flow over a scrappy, boom-bap and the latter showcasing her sky soaring voice weaved in beautifully with art-pop atmospherics. It's a completely stunning return. read more →
A year after the release of their ~critically acclaimed~ LP Rose Main Reading Room, Los Angeles indie pop quartet Peel Dream Magazine will be headlining a bunch of dates this fall (playing Minneapolis for the first time!)—dates and info: read more →
Having recently released their Live in Seattle EP recorded while on tour with Ride last year, Knifeplay are now playing some northeast US shows later this fall—dates and info: read more →
"'O Ivory' reflects a snapshot of experiences that I've had with becoming who I am today. The verses echo the quiet and peace that I feel when I watch a good film or make a nice cup of coffee. With 'To Be Unwilling', I don't really know what to say about it other than that I truly feel the presence of my ancestors when I sing some of these lyrics, not physically but in my heart. I think about them, and their time on this planet." --Deja Carr (Mal Devisa)
Palimpsesa features some of Mal Devisa's earlier songs plus a whole fresh batch of previously unreleased material, newly mixed and fully remastered. Lead singles "Old Intro" and "Skyline Arms-Reach Out" flip between two distinct sides of the Mal Devisa coin, with the former highlighting Carr's effortless flow over a scrappy, boom-bap rap beat and the latter showcasing her sky soaring voice weaved in beautifully with art-pop atmospherics. It's a completely stunning return. read more →
Despite the newly honed vision, Singapore Dreaming still has all of Subsonic Eye's signature elements: spellbinding walls of tone, hooky riffs, zippy rhythms, and punches in the perfect place -- all led by singer Nur Wahidah's dreamlike voice, whose vaporous and velvety character always makes the layers whole. read more →
The first of five live releases from select performances across four continents, Live in THE WORLD - South America shows Elephant Gym at their peak, ripping through two of their catalog classics to an audience that hums along to what Pitchfork once called "spellbinding" instrumental composition. read more →
On latest single "Being Productive", the band continues to swim in a pool of subtle earworm melody, slowly billowing percussion, and airy guitar flourishes that scratch a specific itch in your brain. read more →
On their latest single "My iPhone Screen", quick-paced drumming bounces off of singer Nur Wahidah's cuttingly sweet melody, "philosophizing on my iPhone screen / screaming please delete / it's not part of what I am", she sings with a determined spirit, eventually shifting into a more relaxed rhythm in the songs final minute. Watch the live video and listen to the new Singapore Dreaming single: read more →
The sound of pop music from Sobs! LIVE! ♡✰ The Singapore indie pop rockers are headed back to North America for just the second time ever in support of Anamanaguchi's fall tour. Dates and info: read more →
On her third full length TIDE/TIED, Montreal artist Thanya Iyer expands on the future-folk designs of sophomore album KIND with washes of jazz-infected pop and ensemble ambience. While Iyer explored a more personal journey of self-love on KIND, she, her band, and a cohort of guest musicians embark on a new way of moving on TIDE/TIED, prizing collective care and communal healing as antidotes to the dissonances of living in a colonial, capitalistic world. read more →
Subsonic Eye are back with a new album! Singapore Dreaming's lead single "Aku Cemas" picks apart feelings of anxious inadequacy inspired by our capitalist setting before balancing the scale with a reverent climax in which singer Nur Wahidah proclaims "come get a hold of yourself / the world's not ending / you're not dying." Watch / listen: read more →
To commemorate the first anniversary of the album, Ekko Astral and Topshelf are releasing pink balloons: popped, a deluxe CD version featuring the original release's 11-song tracklist along with five bonus tracks read more →
Iyer's signature post-genre pontifications are in full bloom on her latest single "What can we grow that we can't see from here?" in which she reminds us that the groundwork for new, radical futures can be laid by our own hands. Such prescient lessons are a prominent fixture of Iyer's work—current and past—this time delivered with a thumping, controlled pop sensibility that says even when things feel stagnant and unclear, there is a way through. Watch the accompanying music video and catch her on her upcoming tour: read more →
Peel Dream Magazine are taking their genre-hopping experiment international later this spring, with tour dates in the UK and Europe—tickets and info: read more →
Out everywhere today, Hornet Disaster is a bustling record with disparate songs each vying for space like wasps in a swarm. It can inspire caution and chaos, but there's wonder, purpose, and a certain familiarity there, too. Weatherday has extended the knotted, thrashing maximalism of Come in by doubling down with the uncompromised, no-stone-unturned nature of Hornet Disaster. Where Come in was the product of an artist searching for their voice, Hornet Disaster represents the joyful abandon that comes from having found it. Catch the band on tour this spring and summer across the US, UK, and Europe! read more →