Sharing the sharing.
Portland, Oregon’s 4-piece, garage rock stompers, The Reverberations’ debut EP, Lost In Time, is 3 solid tracks of fuzzy, 60’s era, garage-rock-psychedelic goodness. Stream their fuzzy, psych-pop title track below.
Lost In Time is being co-released by Hidden Volume Records and Spain’s KOTJ Records and is available now from both their Bandcamp pages. Go and snag yourself a copy, you won’t be disappointed.
Here is our September mixtape – 15 fall approved tracks for your listening pleasure.
Penalty Kick – Bleachers
DRINKS – Hermits on Holiday
Lazy Knuckles – Polygot
Golden Rules – Don’t Be
Klaus Johann Grobe – Aufstand
Quantum Keys – Grow
EZTV – There Goes My Girl
Monster Rally & RUMTUM – Tundra
Lasso – Listzenwotha
Painted Palms – Tracers
Flower Festival – I’m A Waste of Time
Owen – Anchor
The Shallow End Divers – Dead Man’s Ladder
PEACERS – Kick On The Plane
Double Date With Death – Ride
Thayer Sarrano’s dark, Hope Sandoval meets Victoria Legrand-like vocals are quite intoxicating on her newest release Shaky. Check out her haunting, country-psych-gaze single “Crease” below for a taste.
Shaky is out now on Guildwater Group Records and available to buy digitally or on CD from Thayer Sarrano’s Bandcamp page.
Thayer Sarrano – Crease from Shaky (2015)
We shared Virginia’s New Boss a while ago from their split release with Borrowed Beams of Light. I really enjoyed their side of the split and was thrilled to find their newest release Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 in my mailbox.
Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 is a fun, poppy-as-hell 13 tracks that will make you want to (as the title suggests) boogie. Check out the synth-driven pop goodness of “Since You Been Gone” (below) for a taste. Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 is available now on cassette from Funny / Not Funny Records. I highly recommend it.
New Boss – Since You Been Gone from Twee Boogie Vol. 1 & 2 (2015)
London-based multi-instrumentalist/producer Shawn Lee and Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter AM have collaborated again to release their stellar third release Outlines. Outlines is a groovetastic blend of toe tapping, head bobbing, synth-heavy pop and funk. Get a taste of their grooviness below in the stream of album opener “Persuasion”.
Outlines is available to buy in all formats from their Bandcamp page. It’s a good one.
I have been a huge fan of Los Angeles’ (by way of Indiana) indie pop band Triptides since I stumbled across their Bandcamp page a few years ago. But for whatever reason, I have never shared them on the site. Shame on me!
Their latest release, Azur, is ten songs deep of shimmery, hazy, psych-pop gold. A perfect soundtrack for lounging around with your favorite beverage on a warm summer night. “Hideout” (below) is a great example of the Triptides sunny, surf-pop sound. Azur is available now on vinyl via Requiem Pour Un Twister or on cassette via Lolipop Records. Enjoy.
Triptides – Hideout from Azur (2015)
Here is our August mixtape – 15 tracks sure to cure your end of summer blues.
1. Damaged Bug – What Cheer
2. Ohioan – Pissing At Will
3. Munroe – Bonnie
4. O-Face – Yolanda
5. Literature – O.J.
6. Maybird – Big Sun Explosion
7. Magic Shoppe – Trip Inside This House
8. Friends of Cesar Romero – The Hold
9. Bellwire – Let It Shine
10. Obits – Pine On
11. Negative Scanner – Criticism
12. The Tortured – Government Quarantine
13. Adolescents – Amoeba
14. Big Baby – Hey Wait
15. Minutemen – Cohesion
My first introduction to Virginia’s The Seeers came by way of the Windian Records Subscription Series #3. The Seeers’ contribution is probably the best of the series, so I was stoked when their new cassette release Early Songs arrived in my mailbox a couple weeks ago.
The Seeers play a swirling brand of reverb-laden psych rock with generous amounts of distorted guitars, and killer vocal melodies. Check out the earworm “Glacier” (below), it’s sure to bore it’s way into your brain and not leave for days.
Early Songs is available on cassette from Funny / Not Funny Records. It’s a must have for your collection. Enjoy.
The Seeers – Glacier from Early Songs (2015)
Washington D.C.’s Dot Dash is a supergroup of indie and punk rock veterans from bands like Minor Threat, Julie Ocean, Youth Brigade and Swervedriver.
Check out opening track, “The Winter of Discontent” (below), from their newest LP, Earthquakes & Tidal Waves – it’s late 80’s Replacements meets Jawbreaker indie rock vibe is sure to make any fan of the genre sit up and take notice.
Earthquakes & Tidal Waves is available now via Canadian label The Beautiful Music. Enjoy.
Dot Dash – The Winter of Discontent from Earthquakes & Tidal Waves (2015)
One of my favorite albums from last year is Lubec’s debut THE THRALL. So when Eddie (Lubec’s singer/guitarist) reached out to me about his new band Wet Trident I was all ears.
Wet Trident’s debut, Power Fails and Other Foreign Delights, does not disappoint. It’s chock full of angular guitars, vocal melodies and pounding drums – all candy for the ears. Check out “Miserably Visible” below, it’s sure to make any fans of Superchunk sit up and take notice.
Power Fails and Other Foreign Delights is out now and available digitally and on cassette (via Like Young Records) from Wet Trident’s Bandcamp page. Enjoy.
Wet Trident – Miserably Visible from Power Fails and Other Foreign Delights (2015)