Less Than 1,000 Followers Calls Occurrence “Masterful” and “Impressive”
According to Less Than 1,000 Followers, Occurrence‘s new LP “Slow Violence is a massive collection of twenty-two songs, showcasing all of the trio’s abilities at once. Over the course of the record, we see the band creating powerful music, with dreamy atmospheres and vocal melodies alongside crashing percussion and a somewhat industrial influence… Occurrence has a very singular and […]
World of Echo Explores A Produce’s The Clearing
World Of Echo describes The Clearing, which has just been re-released in expanded form by Independent Project Records. “The songs on which there are vocals recalls the more histrionic aspects of minimal wave and find kinship with their European brethren on Frequent Frenzy, Survival, even Mute. While I’m never one to turn my nose up at a little synthpop theatre, it’s […]
Shir Frum Shares “Shine” Video
See “Shine” by Shir Frum, the new video from the Tel Aviv-based artist’s debut album Party Pooper. She says, “When we were looking for locations for the video shoot, I knew that the desert was the only place that could truly do justice to ‘Shine.’ The stark beauty and the endless curvy landscape served as a reminder that […]
Matt Holubowski Chats With Dusty Organ
Dusty Organ writes that “The follow-up to the stunning 2020 release Weird Ones, Matt Holubowski‘s Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn is an equally compelling neo-folk album exploring the themes of spring, cycles, and life and death. (If you’d like a great entry point, I’d suggest checking out its opening single ‘End Scene’). With each release, Holubowksi continues to […]
Necessary Outlet Gives Occurrence Props For “Extraordinary Artistry”
Necessary Outlet writes that Slow Violence by Occurrence is “an opus. With 22 tracks, including instrumental interludes, this 72 minute journey is an invitation to the depths of pain, regret and longing… which showcases extraordinary artistry. The sounds and concepts explored are deeply emotional, abstract and eclectic. The instrumentation is extremely varied, giving an epic and cinematic feel to […]
The Answer Is In The Beat Features Tape Excavation
The Answer Is In The Beat has an overview of Bruce Licher‘s eclectic Tape Excavation compilation, sharing impressions of the “moments that stand out” on the disc, ” like the fun, organ-driven mysteria of Final Republic’s ‘Chase.’ Savage Republic’s ‘First Siege’ is closer to a danceable post-punk rhythm, while ‘Assembly of the Dead’ has the same energy but is more solemn […]
MAGNET Interviews Paul Givant of Rose’s Pawn Shop
MAGNET caught up with Paul Givant, who leads the LA-based roots rock outfit Rose’s Pawn Shop, while the band was at South by Southwest last month. “Songwriting wise,” Givant told the site, “I’m definitely influenced by artists outside the genre. Elliott Smith is one of my heroes—his songwriting style has weaved its way into what I do—and also Paul Simon. I do […]
New Music From Keturah
Malawian singer and songwriter Keturah, a powerful new voice for Southeast Africa, has announced that her self-titled debut album will be released on May 19 via Hen House Studios. Raised in the rural countryside, Keturah set out on foot at 14 years of age, having lost her parents, and trekked to Blantyre, Malawi’s second largest city, looking for a recording studio. […]
PopMatters Compares Fruit Bats To Gram Parsons, Rufus Wainwright, and Belle and Sebastian
PopMatters is out with a review of the new Fruit Bats album, out tomorrow via Merge and going for NACC Chart adds next week. The site says that “A River Running to Your Heart comes across as Sunday morning music. It doesn’t push you very hard after a long night out and makes you feel good. Johnson’s soft vocal […]
It’s Psychedelic Baby Premieres Occurrence’s “Heels Over Head” Video
It’s Psychedelic Baby writes that “Heels Over Head” by Occurrence is “a jubilant electro-pop anthem” and notes that “as a band, the trio has spent so much time on darker themes. A song like this feels very vulnerable and risky to them. Now that they’ve been together for over six years, each member feels like this […]
New Music From Fruit Bats
A River Running to Your Heart is Fruit Bats’ first full-length album since The Pet Parade in 2021 and follows Eric D. Johnson’s involvement in indie folk trio Bonny Light Horseman’s critically acclaimed 2022 album, Rolling Golden Holy. “Over the years there’s been a lot of geography in my music, a lot of landscapes,” Johnson says. “Sometimes the places are real, sometimes they’re […]
Juno Daily Features A Produce
Juno Daily counts Independent Project Records’ new reissue of The Clearing by A Produce among its list of best new albums from last week. “Dystopian city pop heaters like the show-stealing ‘Ashes Of Love,’” the site explains, “are interspersed with dark ambient mood pieces like ‘The Clearing’ and Coil-esque subtexts like ‘Owachamo’. An attention to detail and taste for collaboration permeates the […]
Glide Shares “Fudge” By Occurrence
Glide Magazine recently premiered “Fudge” by Occurrence. “Collected up of glitch, toned down trip-hip, and strangeness in its most pure forms, Occurrence has gelled up its finest moment yet on the electropop banger ‘Fudge.’ The band knocks on the doors of Phantogram and Glass Animals to mold an efficient concoction of wavy indie that appeals to both the […]
Matt Holubowski Flirts With Indie 88
Toronto’s Indie 88 has an acoustic performance from Matt Holubowski of his song “Flirt With Boredom” from his new LP Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn. The album, Holubowski’s most ambitious record yet, features ornate orchestrations, so it’s fun to hear this one take a different form. Enjoy the starkly-shot and raw rendition of the song right here. and get Matt […]
Shir Frum Unveils The Video For “If You Don’t Ask”
Shir Frum has released the official video for “If You Don’t Ask,” from her debut LP Party Pooper. The gorgeous second single from the album is about the most critical — and sometimes most difficult — aspect of our most intimate relationships: communication. It’s an ode to connection, to speaking your truth even when it feels silly or […]
URY Interviews Matt Holubowski
University Radio York has an interview with Matt Holubowski, whose new album Like Flowers On A Molten Lawn is at radio now from Audiogram. It begins with Holubowski’s illustrious explanation of the meaning behind the album’s title, which is related to his dreams of being on an active Guatemalan volcano. Listen to the full interview right here.
Sunny War Talks With Steve Ignorant From Crass For Talkhouse
Talkhouse Podcast is out with a conversation between Sunny War and Steve Ignorant of Crass, a band that was deeply influential to her development as an artist. The two “talk about growing up as true outsiders—he in post-war England, her in drug-friendly Los Angeles. They chat about War’s devotion to Crass, including a misspelled tattoo she got way too […]
The Rocking Magpie Recommends Rose’s Pawn Shop
The Rocking Magpie is excited about Punch-Drunk Life, the new one from Rose’s Pawn Shop. “The whole album,” the site writes, “from the songwriting, arrangements and individual musical flourishes is mature and sounds like a band at the top of their game after serving a very long apprenticeship on the front line. Even though there are musical moods […]
Lost In The Manor Features Ghost Party
Lost In The Manor recently featured “Severed Hands” by Ghost Party, writing that “the track is a gleaming pool with buoyant riffs. Its glassy aftermath of the riffs shadow the dragging gloom of the vocals. Listening to it will invariably induce a smooth trance; a resigned hibernation. The cavernous guitar progression delightfully pairs with the drum motifs […]
New Music From Shir Frum
Shir Frum (pronounced like “Sheer Froom”) spent much of her life searching for her voice; with her debut LP, Party Pooper, the newest member of the Raw Tapes family finally found it. It’s been a long journey to get here. Frum wrote her first song in first grade — a wise-beyond-her-years piece called “Heaven,” about how love here on earth […]
