Music
Soft Fangs: “Factory Floor”
New York’s Soft Fangs crafts a kind of briny, gazey folk rock.
Reverse Death: “Teapot”
Surprisingly sedate for a band with garage overtones and a name like Reverse Death.
Takuya Kuroda: “Midnight Crisp”
Takuya Kuroda plays the soundtrack to your best night out, full of friends, good drinks, and compelling sounds.
Anthony Manning: “Islets in Pink Polypropylene 1”
Soundscapes that do double duty as dystopian score and Richard D. James daydreams.
Christian Pace: “Untitled”
Boston’s Christian Pace caught some attention with his four-song EP Skunk.
John Fizer: “Sleeping Gooddess”
Pride of Tulsa John Fizer delivers clean country licks with finger-picking flair.
Rose City Band: “Chasing Rainbows”
Rose City Band is in the deep zone these past few years, cranking out reliable bluegrass gold.
Beatriz Ferreyra: “Senderos del olvido”
The latest release from Beatriz Ferreyra stretches out the noodle for two 14+ minute bangers.
H.C. McEntire: “Dovetail”
This is Research Triangle Americana, so expect a brainier balladry.
Pile: “Loops”
Moody, broody, tutti frutti. Earth’s Pile returns to the fray with the full-length All Fiction.
Sweet Petunia: “People Watching”
Boston’s Sweet Petunia fires up experimental folk with harmonies for miles.
High.: “Painbox”
High. crafts the kind of washed out emo that launches a thousand journal entries.
Sunshine Riot: “Looking at the Past”
Sunshine Riot’s new jam sounds like throwback skiffle jive before it explodes into a fiery ball of grunge.
Plastic: “No More”
Noise bath salad, served over a bed of hot coals by New York’s Plastic.
Bedridden: “Soft Soap”
Poppy, gazey, noisy, fuzzy, with a touch of emo despair on Bedridden’s “Soft Soap.”
Dead Gowns: “Renter Not A Buyer”
No one’s got the money to buy, but there’s a certain freedom in not being tied down. Right?
Clifford: “Sea of Tragedy”
Millimeter-precise death metal in bunches from Boston’s Clifford.