Bloody Knives at When the Sun Hits

Breathless. Violent. Unrelenting. Euphoric. Bloody Knives’ I Will Cut Your Heart Out for This is all of these things and more. Their newest release manages to be denser and more aggressive than anything they’ve already put out, which may prove almost unfathomable to longtime listeners. Picking up where prior songs like “Peeling Away The Skin”… Continue reading Bloody Knives at When the Sun Hits

Great Lakes at El Planeta Amarillo

La banda americana liderada por el cantante, guitarra y compositor Ben Crum, regresa con nuevo álbum, que supone el quinto en sus veinte años de existencia. En este disco, junto a Ben Crum (guitarra y voz), encontramos a Suzanne Nienaber a la voz, David Lerner (TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS) al bajo, Kevin Shea (MOSTLY… Continue reading Great Lakes at El Planeta Amarillo

High Violets at Tiny Mix Tapes

Dang, it feels like it’s been a minute since we last heard the huge, thumbing, reverb tailed-pulse of Portland, Oregon foursome The High Violets blissfully beating inside our own woozy temples. But, come to think of it, I guess most disorientingly huge and reverb-y stained-glass cathedrals weren’t built in a day, and neither is a… Continue reading High Violets at Tiny Mix Tapes

High Violets at Four Culture

Fourculture are delighted to bring you an exclusive premiere of the third single from The High Violetsnew album, Heroes and Halos.  And even better news, it’s the best one yet. “How I Love (Everything About You)” keeps to that dreampop and shoegaze sound which is at the heart of what they do with reverb at… Continue reading High Violets at Four Culture

Eureka California at Pop! Stereo

As shambolic as the cover would seem to indicate Eureka California’s Versus is a crazy ride through the indie rock lexicon.  Sounding like a perfect smash up between Daydream Nationera Sonic Youth, Slanted and Enchanted Pavement, a bit of Superchunk and some surf guitarVersus is a noisy wrangled record of chaotic fun.  This is a… Continue reading Eureka California at Pop! Stereo

Witching Waves at Pop! Stereo

Witching Waves’ Crystal Café is a restless record of noisy guitars, sugary sweet vocals and driving rhythms.  Sounding something like the Pixies/Breeders with a bit of riot grrl, Lush and Sonic Youth thrown in for good measure Britain’s Witching Waves create a raucous distorted wall of edginess with just enough pop sensibility to make it… Continue reading Witching Waves at Pop! Stereo

Witching Waves at MPMBL

Es geht mit Sicherheit auch eine Nummer kleiner: Gerade hat sich die halbe Wissenschaftswelt wie Bolle darüber gefreut, dass man endlich die Existenz der Einsteinschen Gravitationswellen nachweisen konnte, etwas bescheidener freut sich, wer die Hexenwellen aus London für sich entdeckt: Das Londoner Trio, bestehend aus Emma Wigham (Gesang, Drums), Mark Jasper (Gitarre) und Ed Shellard… Continue reading Witching Waves at MPMBL