WAVVES –YOU’RE WELCOME You’re Welcome is one of the better albums I’ve heard so far this year, too. With a lot of psychedelic bands coming out from the ether lately, it’s nice to know that punk still works and can still sound new. Wavves fans might not be in love with every track on the…
THE GROWLERS – CITY CLUB It still feels like new music, doesn’t it? Each new record from The Growlers has something gripping enough that makes it as exciting as a debut. The Growlers swooned us back in 2013 with “One Million Lovers” and Gilded Pleasures, those “Humdrum Blues” with Hung At Heart, and then, within the more…
Violent Soho: Finding a Way Out of This Thing It’s been an emotional ride for Australia’s Violent Soho. The troupe—Luke Boerdam, James Tidswell, Luke Henery and Michael Richards out of Brisbane, Queensland—has gone from trying to grab the attention of America in 2010 to moving back in with mom and dad and applying to McDonald’s to recording a gold-selling album…
Fidlar: Honest, Clean, Original If you have listened to FIDLAR’s albums, Fidlar and Too, you see what they represent: at first you’re in the heat of the party, burning in the prime of your youth. But then, before you know it, you’re nursing your hangover in rehab. For their frontman, Zac Carper, these two albums have been exactly that. Around…