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Album of the Day: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, “Youth Detention (Nail...
With his band the Glory Fires, Lee Bains III has spent the better part of the past decade confronting Southern stereotypes. In their familiar-to-some blend of classic rock, hardcore, melodic punk, and...
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Snail Mail’s Journey from High School to the Stage
Photo by Audrey Melton. It’s 8pm on a Tuesday and L.A.’s Teragram Ballroom is packed. Later that night, Girlpool will headline a sold-out show in support of their fantastic new release, Powerplant. But...
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The Merch Table Heads to the Beach: July 2017
Every month, The Merch Table brings you the best and most bonkers merchandise you can find on Bandcamp. We commend bands and labels that get a little creative and think outside the tote bag. Whether...
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Mr. Lif and Akrobatik on Near-Death Experiences and Boston’s Music Scene
Photos by Mel Taing. “I was an only child when I met Ak,” rapper Mr. Lif says of fellow Boston emcee and Perceptionists collaborator Akrobatik. “He’s my brother.” Lif and Ak’s 20-year friendship is...
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Japanese Breakfast Finds Human Intimacy on “Another Planet”
Photos by Colin Hughes Michelle Zauner first introduced the arrival of Japanese Breakfast’s sophomore LP, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, with a short, mysterious video that hinted at an intergalactic...
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Kalbells On Dropbox, Fighting Cancer, And Working With Idols
Kalbells’s new album, Ten Flowers, is a pop record hell-bent on redefining how far its structure can be pushed without giving way entirely. Its songs have a joyous, almost cartoon-like feel, the host...
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Album of the Day: Melvins, “A Walk With Love & Death”
Melvins have done many things over the course of their 34-year career from inspiring the sludge-metal, noise-rock, and grunge movements to recording a sarcastic rendition of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”...
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Discovering the World of Italian Psych Rock
Italian artists have produced innumerable contributions to culture over the past few millennia—opera comes to mind, Michelangelo and da Vinci too—but the country’s vibrant psychedelic rock scene...
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Session Victim are the Pinball Wizards of Dance Music
Photo by Schaaly. Hauke Freer and Matthias Reiling of Session Victim have had much in common since their shared teenage years searching for satisfying rave action in rural Germany. They first met in...
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The Black Opera Wants To Broaden The Scope of Hip-Hop
Across several solo and group releases, The Black Opera have demonstrated their ability to create fearless art that extends well beyond the hip-hop scene. Over tough, grinding beats, Jamall Bufford...
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Sheer Mag Place Their Faith in Love and Dissent
Photo by Marie Lin. It’s been just over 48 years since the Stonewall riots, an event identified as a turning point in the gay rights movement in America. There were subsequent raids and protests during...
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This Week’s Essential Releases: Dark Punk, Funk, Art-Synth & More
Welcome to Seven Essential Releases, our weekly roundup of the best music on Bandcamp. Each week, we’ll recommend six new albums, plus pick an older LP from the stacks that you may have missed. Eric...
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Album of the Day: Washed Out, “Mister Mellow”
It’s been nearly four years since Ernest Greene released Paracosm, his sophomore album as Washed Out. On its nine tracks, the Georgia musician—known for his hazy electro-pop—pushed himself to become a...
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Alan Lomax’s Timeless American Recordings Find a New Audience
If you’ve heard of Alan Lomax, the man who spent his life traveling around the world and documenting as much of it as he possibly could, you’ve likely heard mention of the idea of “cultural equity.”...
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For Boris, “Heavy” is a State of Being
When they began back in 1992, Japanese metal band Boris never expected that they’d still be around 25 years later. Few bands last that long, and even fewer manage to do so while maintaining the same...
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Greg Grease On Eschewing Escapism on “Down So Long”
The working title for rapper Greg Grease’s third album was So What—as in, that’s how he imagined people might react to music that didn’t serve as an escape from these dark times. But for Grease,...
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Waxahatchee: The Journeywoman Becomes The Master
Photo by Jesse Riggins. Before we arrive at the West Philadelphia home of Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, her twin sister and musician Allison Crutchfield (who is driving me), takes a detour down a...
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Album of the Day: Crumb, “Locket”
Crumb makes music that’s subtly psychedelic, as casually trippy as a micro-dose of LSD. On its recent EP, Locket, the Brooklyn quartet offers four songs that use indie rock as a gateway for more...
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Sacred Bones Turns Ten
Sacred bones founder Caleb Braaten, photo by Christian Count. When Brooklyn-based Caleb Braaten started Sacred Bones in 2007, he did it with modest goals and few expectations. But in the back of his...
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The Pop Beat of Makossa
Orchestre Eko, photo by Analog Africa. The infectious rhythm known as Makossa was once the heartbeat of Cameroon, and dominated the streets and radio stations throughout Central and West Africa....
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