“Fuzzy Pop and Etc.”
Riding the psychotic Americana rails: Dino DiMuro delivers a raw, note-chasing Beefheart resurrection on Old Fart At Play, while Beatle Bones 'n Smokin' Stones and Mirror Man dress the Captain's bones in bold new clothes. I Ya Toyah reaches through the invisible wall with the haunting, charity-driven WHITE WALLS, and Unquiet Nights conjures stirring synths and fret wizardry on Last Days of Rome. Chalice Sect closes their first chapter with pulsating EBM-charged darkwave on Finis Initii, while Avery Friedman glistens on her return single ahead of her first UK/EU tour.
“Dirty guitar tones over pounding rhythms and hooks throughout, the album delivers the goods, wrapped in something akin to a punch in the face.”
“A haunting portrait of heartbreak and rebirth, “Strange Things” captures T’Von’s journey from pain to clarity.”
“A chirpy cover version of indie rock legend Ben Kweller's song 'Problems', recorded with kind permission from BK himself.”
“'The Dredges' blurs the lines between groove-rock, post-rock, indietronica, and neo-psychedelia across ten boundary-pushing instrumental tracks that whisper, flow, and explode”