Middle Kids: New Songs for Old Problems
Sydney, Australia trio Middle Kids’ latest offering, an EP titled New Songs for Old Problems, has arrived almost exactly one year to the day…
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Solid Sound 2019 – Day 3
When it was confirmed I’d be covering Wilco’s biennial Solid Sound Festival for Surviving the Golden Age this year, I was excited. Although I…
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Palehound: Black Friday
Black Friday, the third full-length album from the Boston band Palehound, finds singer/guitarist Ellen Kempner and company delivering twelve songs that capture the tender…
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Versus: Ex Nihilo
Consisting of the three Baluyut brothers and bassist/singer Fontaine Toups, Versus was responsible for some excellent indie rock throughout the 90s, and the band…
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Empath: Active Listening: Night on Earth
Philadelphia noise-rockers Empath sound like they’re barely holding things together on their debut full-length, Active Listening: Night on Earth, and that’s exactly the charm….
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Gang of Four: Happy Now
At present, The Drums, The Shins, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are all bands currently working…
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Snapped Ankles: Stunning Luxury
Imagine a band that combines the danceable rhythms of Can, the cryptically intellectual lyricism of Mark E. Smith, and the electronic weirdness and unique…
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Sneaks: Highway Hypnosis
Those who have followed Sneaks’ career since her impressive fourteen-minute debut album, Gymnastics, up through her only slightly longer 2017 sophomore record, It’s a…
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Stephen Malkmus: Groove Denied
Stephen Malkmus fans expecting a full-on ten-song synthesizer onslaught concocted using nothing but analog sequencers, Ableton software, and a microphone may be disappointed when…
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Royal Trux: White Stuff
After an almost twenty-year hiatus between studio albums, Neil Michael Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema, the king and queen of indie sleaze rock who go…
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