New Music and Video

Reviews of new music, video, concerts and music festivals.

Handsome Ghost On Using the Home Studio to Balance Vulnerability and Experimentation

Handsome Ghost is certainly a band to watch right now. After releasing singles dating back to 2015 (and garnering well-deserved acclaim while they were at it) and working on eclectic side projects, the band is poised to release their debut album aptly titled Welcome...

Record Review: Panda Bear

Panda Bear Tomboy Baltimore, MD “Album of the year from the singer of Animal Collective” Tomboy is the vivid sound of Panda Bear, aka Animal Collective frontman Noah Lenox, who after bearing his...

Record Review: The Oxygen Ponies

The Oxygen Ponies Exit Wounds Brooklyn, NY ”Some wounds won’t ever heal” A gun-shot may technically sound like a bang, or look like a cloud of smoke surrounding a body crumpled up on the ground. In...

Record Review: New Fumes

New Fumes Bump and Assassination Dallas, TX “Psychedelic, melodic electronica with guitar” New Fumes is the moniker for the new project of Daniel Huffman, who was a guitarist for Texan groups Comet...

Vinyl of the Month: The Groggs

VINYL OF THE MONTH The Groggs 3D Santa Cruz, CA “Taking garage into the third dimension” The Groggs are a garage rock trio named after a local liquor store (The Grog Shop). Their debut 7-inch is...

Record Review: Gold-Bears

Gold-Bears Are You Falling In Love? Atlanta, GA “Noisy, jangly love songs” On the surface, noise pop could represent the aural equivalent of pushing a square peg into a round hole, an oxymoron of...