The Lemon Twigs’ ‘Everything Harmony’ Wades Deep Into the Mid-1970s
On Everything Harmony the Lemon Twigs echo and even improve on their 1970s influences with such skill and spirit that they demand we take them seriously.
captured tracks
Thus Love’s ‘Memorial’ Sports Top-Flight Goth and Post-Punk Influences
Thus Love began as a fuzzy, overly goth-influenced band, but they have since polished their messy sound to a confident post-punk sheen on Memorial.
Punk Rock’s MOURN Say “This Feel Is Disgusting” and Rock Out
Barcelona's MOURN release their latest punk rock earworm, "This Feel Is Disgusting", which explores existential anxiety through joyful rocking out.
DIIV’s ‘Deceiver’ Is a Marked Change From Their Established Brand of Shoegaze
Expanding their sound and lyrical intensity, DIIV feel heavier and darker on their third album, Deceiver.
Chris Cohen Offers Up Relaxed Rock Music with Psychedelic Flourishes
Chris Cohen's self-titled third solo album is as unassuming as it gets, yet it is unequivocally quality work by an extraordinarily skilled artist. Plus there are sax solos.
Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum on Dream Pop and Pigeonholing
PopMatters speaks with Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum about moving home to Virginia, musical transitions, and how to build on the best influences from the past.
Wild Nothing Goes ’80s New Wave on ‘Indigo’
Indigo signals a throwback to Wild Nothing's previous LP Gemini while also traversing the sonic territory of '80s new wave.
Mourn Fight Label Drama with Their Most Urgent Album Yet
Sorpresa Familia doesn't merely mark the catharsis of breaking free from an oppressive label; it proves that Mourn needed to loosen the shackles to make the most fully-formed record of their career.
Chastity’s ‘Death Lust’ Is an Exorcism of Youth’s Most Dramatic Rehearsals
As Chastity, Ontario's Brandon Williams offers a bracing, brutal assessment of teenage life in his hometown on new album, Death Lust.
Molly Burch: Please Be Mine
Molly Burch makes yearning an art on her debut, only faltering when she questions herself and her love.
Chris Cohen: As If Apart
As If Apart isn’t that much different than his debut, 2012's Overgrown Path, though it lends an additional vivacity that enhances Cohen’s knack for compositional balance.
Sneaky Feelings: Send You
This 1983 debut effort by under-appreciated Flying Nun band, who were in the vanguard of the famed Dunedin Sound, is the latest to get the Captured Tracks reissue treatment.