đź’˝ Your Day Will Come by Chanel Beads
Will reviews the new release from Chanel Beads, Your Day Will Come—an elusive and evocative debut album of fever dream pop.
💽 The Collective by Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon has made a hip hop album. The miasmic, hair-raising beats on The Collective have more in common with the youth vanguard of plugg rap than they do with Sonic Youth’s pioneering noise rock. Her corrosive guitar in dialogue with Justin Raisen’s industrial production delivers a writhing,
💽 GRIP by serpentwithfeet
Josiah Wise, better known as serpentwithfeet, has long celebrated Blackness and queer love with his angelic voice and irresistible production. His latest album GRIP centers the joys of gay nightlife with what follows after leaving the bar. The record follows the loose ark of finding love in the club, and
💽 shoelace and a knot by yungatita
After Will sent me this review I immediately went and listened to the album because I had never even heard of yungatita. And boy did it deliver. This album feels tailor made for me. I’ve written in the past of my love for Waxahatchee, Beach Bunny, Hope D, and
đź’˝ Heady Metal by Divorce
Well, we made it through another week (barely)...
I'm already hard at work on what this newsletter can become in the next season (on Jan 8th). You can see some of the new design and banners I'm playing around with in this issue, but there is
đź’˝ Excelsior by Slauson Malone 1
We've got a treat for this weekend edition: the first album review from our new music and arts critic, Will Kaplan. You'll be seeing his name on a monthly basis moving forward as he helps shed some light on lesser known indie musicians. And don'