Unfortunately, Carpet Burn never made it to a full-length LP, but they leave behind a final EP titled Time To Go (Spoilsport). Four tracks that were originally meant to be part of an album. Their first EP, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Carpet Burn, hinted at the potential for something…
Noise
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Review: Sex Swing – Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle, the region between Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos, serves as the inspiration for the third album by Sex Swing. On Golden Triangle (God Unknown), the natural beauty of the area and the brutality of the drug trade are sonically captured. Gentle sounds transition into hard noise rock. Feverish…
Noise
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Review: Human Impact – Gone Dark
Unsane frontman Chris Spencer and friends are behind the noise-rock project Human Impact. Following their initial releases, there’s now news about their second album Gone Dark (Ipecac). The band has a fresh rhythm section: Chris Pravdica and Phil Puleo have left, and Eric Cooper (Made Out of Babies, Bad Powers)…
Psych Rock
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New EP: Temples – Other Structures
Ten years of Sun Structures, a landmark in neo-psych that Temples delivered a decade ago. While a reissue of the album already exists, Other Structures (Fat Possum) completes the anniversary celebration. The EP includes four B-sides, all of which can easily stand alongside the tracks on the original album. These…
Psych
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Review: Nice Biscuit – SOS
A bit of peace and relaxation in chaotic times is always welcome, and Nice Biscuit delivers this perfectly. SOS (Bad Vibrations / The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Greenway) reinforces that once again. Six years have passed between their debut and this second album. In between, there was a double EP…
Post Punk
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Review: Crows – Reason Enough
Perhaps it was the change of scenery that pushed the punk out of Crows. Instead of writing their songs in a small East London studio, the British band composed them in the countryside, in a former Catholic church. This may have contributed to why Reason Enough (Bad Vibrations) sounds so…
Psych Pop
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New EP: Traum – Traum
Traum from Germany made their way to California, where they released their debut 7-inch on the local label Hypnotic Bridge, joining the ranks of bands dedicated to preserving the spirit of 1960s psych. Now they return to their homeland with a new self-titled 4-track EP. Released on Tonzonen, the songs…
Psych
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Review: Kit Sebastian – New Internationale
K. Martin and Merve Erdem, as Kit Sebastian, truly embody the concept of world music. They effortlessly blend everything with everything else, switching countries and moods in seconds, all with a remarkable ease. With New Internationale (Brainfeeder), they join Flying Lotus’s equally eclectic label, the perfect home for their third…
Experimental
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Review: Traffik Island – Ghost Notes
Australian Zak Olsen has many projects simmering on the stove. He plays guitar with ORB, runs The Frowning Clouds on the side, and recently got involved with The Judges. And then there’s his solo project, Traffik Island. Here, it’s not about hard-hitting guitar music but rather quirky pop tracks. On…
Rock
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Review: Being Dead – EELS
Falcon Bitch and Shmoofy—an odd yet immensely talented duo. Together, they form Being Dead, one of the most exciting bands around today. Their new album EELS (Bayonet) feels like a children’s birthday party with confetti, cake, and slightly tipsy parents. It’s colorful, sticky, silly, yet you end up having a…
