Album: Superintendo – Beauty Routine
Shifting between genres but full of energy regardless, Superintendo make their beautiful debut on Punkerton Records.
Month: April 2026
Album: Winston Hightower – 100 Acre Wood
As someone who was there when lo-fi rock and pop started becoming a common thing
Single: Vesuvian – Fortunate Death
Can dying really be this fun? Can a blood sacrifice to ensure a good harvest really be what we’re looking for? To Vesuvian, the answer is a glowing red ‘Yes!’
Album: Frog – Frog for Sale
Laundering longing through desire, dread through humor, and profundity through crassness, Frog craft tunes that are serious without ever being self-serious.
How to Run a Cassette Label #4: How to make cassettes and how many?
If you have been reading our blog, our cassette series might not be a surprise.
Single: Paycheque – Generic Actress
On the lead single from their upcoming debut LP, Paycheque add a layer of gloss to symbolize making the best out of the bad situations that come with life in LA.
Single: GULU GULU – Visszaváró
Drawing influences from groups like My Bloody Valentine, Whirr, and Title Fight, Visszaváró is the latest release by Hungarian shoegaze band GULU GULU.
Single: Crab – Twinkle
A cacophonous noise and a shot in the arm: “Twinkle” is an audible odyssey that won’t be easily forgotten.
Single: Hockitay – Buttons
Hockitay’s second single sounds combines many influences, yet the resulting work feels — ironically — quite unlike anything else.
EP: Pagodas – Bean Burger
An assortment of styles is on display here – from wonky indie pop to slowcore to 60s garage sounds – and all are filtered through a very distinctive lens.
Album: Carsie Blanton & the Burning Hell – Everything is Great
Carsie Blanton’s new album features outrage and the outrageous. It is absurdity as a response to a diabolical but absurd world.
Single: My Best Unbeaten Brother – The All Encompassing Need To Say Goodbye
With a considered musical motif that’s present – more or less – throughout the entirety of the song – this distinctive, compelling, captivating stuff.
EP: Panthercaps – Against the Super Ego
The Berlin-based trio’s debut EP is not a hyper-compressed, heavily produced artifact: It’s a little closed in, a little naked, and it rips.
Single: Stellar Ruins – Sunless
Drenched in fuzz, this is a sonically adventurous rock n roll smorgasbord that touches on alt-rock, nu-metal, grunge, shoegaze, and more.
EP: Night Windows – Nonsense
An intimate EP that leans into themes of displacement and solitude with polished production, rich instrumentation, and a heavy dose of longing.
Single: JW Francis – Watery Road
“Watery Road” is a spark of child-like wonder—a song that feels at one with the river on which it was conceived.
EP: Runaway Ricochet – Made From Recycled Materials, Vol. 2
Five flawless performances of simple songs; even with no new songwriting, Runaway Ricochet is still such an incredible band.
Single: Opah – Stay
Denmark’s Opah tells a classic love story through their latest single “Stay.”
Single: Elizabeth and the Catapult – Responsible Friend
Channeling mid-2000s shiny pop and vulnerable lyrics, the title track from Elizabeth Ziman’s sixth album will attract new listeners to her two decades of work.
Cherub Dream Records’ “Lucky Three”: The split EP for your next California road trip
Three bands – Natasha Sandworms, Christina’s Trip, and Mox – team up to craft a soundtrack for driving down the Golden State’s winding highways.