Record Highlight — Kim Deal

After months of waiting, the official DEAL01 release of Kim Deal‘s solo material (Walking With A Killer b/w Dirty Hessians) is available for pre-order — pre-orders will begin shipping this week!  

Record Highlight — Alto!

  ALTO!, based in Portland, is a strongly rhythm-oriented band; dual drummers vary between synched-up pounding and subtly shifiting polyrhythms, while the guitar often functions as another percussion instrument.  ALTO! draws strong inspiration from Congotronics bands […]

Motel Glory is rock and roll with an “ex-members-of” genealogy that goes back to Clinton’s first term. They play clubs, bars, dives, houses, prisons, and forests. They want to be your friend.  The new album Weekend […]

Record Highlight — Overseas

Overseas is David Bazan, Will Johnson, Matt Kadane, and Bubba Kadane.  The self-titled debut album is a dreamy waltz of foreboding and reconciliation, a coin flipping head over tails in spotlight slow motion, landing briefly […]

Record Highlight — Big Blood

Radio Valkyrie 1905-1917 is only the second proper full-length LP by this Portland Maine-based duo, although there are vast arrays of CDRS and split releases littering their wake. After spending time with both the cosmically-shifting Cerberus […]

Record Highlight – Classixx

Classixx have been intent on their debut Hanging Gardens, whittling the LP down from hundreds of sessions to a svelte 12 songs. At once beaming, breezy and wistful, Hanging Gardens features a variety of coastal […]