Provo four-piece Pop Warner keenly weaves between clever youth and resistant adulthood, tethered to the former by its nostalgic, mud-stained name. The forward-facing punk present on “November Air” has skinned knees and dirtied sneakers, too, but not from football or reckless abandon, but the search...
“Cannibal Tokyo Rainbow,” the newly unveiled track from Tinkerbelles’ upcoming full length album, Confetti At The Bottom, does much to mirror its physical presentation. You see, the vinyl edition of Confetti combines its “birthday cake splatter” variant with a surprising...
Tor Johnson Records, since its beginnings in 2002, has pushed its catalog-wide obsession with atmospheric darkness to the forefront. Even when quieter or more baroque fare like that from Tyler Daniel Bean filed through its ranks, the label showcased its commitment to uncovering the hidden dynamics present...
There’s traditional, there’s experimental, and then there’s Micah Tewers‘ O Where’s My Hunny? (Imagine Winnie The Pooh In Early Adulthood), an album that consists of 141 songs. Clocking in at around 9 hours long, a project Tewers affectionately referred to as an “XLP”,...
Cleveland’s Dead Leaves breathed life into spongy indie-punk with their self-titled EP, a meditation on want and weariness, as well as a desire to be one’s best. Vultures drags the same themes that permeated that release through the dirt, mixing blood with a tenacious alt-rock swing that...
“Too Early To Tell,” the first single from Low Hums‘ forthcoming EP, NightMagicWine, is destined to bring back memories of the VHS era, with its “homemade on a Handycam” feel and patriotic undertones. That EP, set to be released on August 25th, through Union Zero, will...
