And the Award for Best Tape Label Goes to….
Its no secret that things were particularly bleak for Grammys this year – low ratings and accusations of being out-of-touch embarrassment included. While its highly unlikely that there will be …
Tour Dates – No Age / Lightning Bolt
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”15″]Heads up: L.A. noise pop pill-pushers No Age just put out their latest album Snares Like a Haircut — their first full-length since 2013’s An Object — last Friday, …
2017 on Video – Boston to NYC
We’re picking 8 live videos shot by us and our associates/guest contributors in New England and NYC throughout the last year – don’t forget to join 350 of our subscribers! …
Mark E Smith / The Fall Special – A Tribute
Words: Scott Creney The obituary this week says he was 60 when he died, though if you ask me the bastard didn’t look a day over 80. But then Mark …
Best New Music From Boston and New England of 2017 – Songs 1-10
Allysen Callery – First Amongst the Flowers [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”15″]British Isles influenced Folk played on a finger-picked guitar, billed in Europe as “Ghost Folk”.[/perfectpullquote] [perfectpullquote …
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Music Recommendations for January 2018
Collecting new music from our followers – see this Twitter thread for more details Brandon Locher – Air Notes Video for a track from upcoming EP1 by New York-based …
Retrospective 2017 Label Mixes Roundup – Field Hymns, Shadowtrash Tape Group, Strategic Tape Reserve
2017 output by 3 great labels – collected in one post! Featured in this roundup are Field Hymns Records (US), Shadowtrash Tape Group (US) and Strategic Tape Reserve (Germany). …
Music Recommendations for January 15, 2018
Josh Sinton – Krasa (Irabbagast, 2017) – recommended by Eric McDowell Yo La Tengo – Double Dare (Matador/City Slang, 1993) – recommended by Noisecrumbs Prana Crafter / The Modern Folk – Springtime …
Listen: Strategic Tape Reserve 2017 Mix
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]The Strategic Tape Reserve, headquartered in Cologne, West Germany, is a fully independent organization dedicated to the dissemination and responsible management of ferric …
Review – Suicide Wraith – Suicide is The Path of Ghosts
I am writing as I listen, I travel with the album. It’s clear that this particular doom has brains from the outset. Starts with a riff like early 4AD processing …
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