Mixtape 169 :: TV Dinner
For quite some time, the Mommyheads have delivered the sort of complex pop and lyrical insight that fills in the cracks and gaps in your musical thinking with new ideas and sounds.
For quite some time, the Mommyheads have delivered the sort of complex pop and lyrical insight that fills in the cracks and gaps in your musical thinking with new ideas and sounds.
If the name didn’t give it away, there is a very distinct beach slash surf feeling to San Diego’s Wavves and their sun-glittered sounds.
It’s easy to suspect Ray LaMontagne came from a recently unearthed time capsule documenting the folkie scene of half a century ago.
The world of Khruangbin is made up of velvet sunsets, shimmering dunes, and cool river rocks. There’s also a guitar, some drums, and a bass. And lately, vocals.
Dune Rats (Dine Alone Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Before Today (4AD Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Small Black EP (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Black Tambourine (Slumberland). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Psychic Chasms (Lefse Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Summer of Hate (Fat Possum). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Wavvves (Fat Possum). Review by Matthew Moyer.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.