By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist New music from a local favorite is always exciting and a just little nerve-wracking. The Bright Light Social Hour released their newest EP Missing Something on the Austin label Modern Outsider (who host 17 other local artists including Quiet Company, Moving Panoramas and Walker Lukens) on Sept. 28. They played two release shows over that weekend and I was able to attend the second […]
By Jennifer Romero Rap Music Journalist Artist: Father Album: Awful Swim Release Date: September 21, 2018 Label: RCA Records 2018 proved to be in Father’s favor, with not only the announce of his creative partnership of his label Awful Records with RCA Records, but the release of his fourth project: Awful Swim. Awful Swim proved Fathers talent with unique flow and the entire project was mastered precisely. Overall, it sounds like Father found his […]
By Danielle Ortega Local Music Journalist Artist: Enjoy Album: Small Car Big Wheels Release Date: June 29, 2018 Bandcamp: https://enjoy2.bandcamp.com/ Despite Enjoy having released their first album Gold in 2010, I didn’t discover them until Small Car Big Wheels, their most recent album. Enjoy is the solo project of Wyatt Shears, who is also in a band called The Garden with his twin brother Fletcher. Although most of Enjoy’s albums […]
By Tanner Meadows Music Journalist Artist: Joyce Manor Album: A Million Dollars to Kill Me Release Date: September 21, 2018 Label: Epitaph Website: https://joyce-manor.com/ As word of their frenetic energy and turbulent house shows found its way out of Californian basements and onto the internet, pop-punk powerhouse Joyce Manor has continued to resonate with a young and steadily growing fanbase. In addition, every album they put out (prior to their […]
By Iliana Ramirez Music Journalist Artist: Beach Goons Album: hoodratscumbag Label: GRNDW Release Date: August 24, 2018 Website: https://losbeachgoons.bandcamp.com/ In a total of 26 minutes, Beach Goons captures their youthful, California sound on their sophomore album, hoodratscumbag. Following up from their first album, Boisad, the trio has distanced themselves from the "surf" label. The San Diego based band stays true to their Hispanic roots on this record by incorporating the […]
By Cheyenne Young Music Journalist Artist: Steven A. Clark Album: Where Neon Goes to Die Label: Secretly Canadian Release Date: September 7, 2018 As someone who doesn't often venture too far from my usual genres of music, I found myself pleasantly surprised by this album. Steven A. Clark, hasn’t released anything since putting out The Lonely Roller in 2015. Now, he is back on the scene strong with the perfect […]
By Samuel Cravey Music Journalist Artist: Black Belt Eagle Scout Album: Mother of My Children Release Date: September 14, 2018 Website: https://blackbelteaglescout.bandcamp.com/ Black Belt Eagle Scout’s debut album, Mother of My Children, is a beautifully crafted collection of indie-rock songs with undertones of a distinct pacific-northwestern sound. Black Belt Eagle Scout is the solo project of Katherine Paul, a talented multi-instrumentalist, feminist and proud queer Native American woman. Paul was […]
By Eric McKeefer Local Music Journalist After some trouble getting in the door, I was able to catch half of Lomelda, the opening band for Frankie Cosmos, at Barracuda on Saturday night. Lomelda is a three-piece group, with soft female vocals, living in the same musical vein as Frankie Cosmos; whose tender music and personal songs demand the listeners attention. Lomelda played with grace over a thick crowd until the end […]
By Hannah Wisterman Music Journalist Artist: Emma Ruth Rundle Album: On Dark Horses Release Date: September 14, 2018 Label: Sargent House Website: https://www.emmaruthrundle.com/ A piece of my heart has belonged to Emma Ruth Rundle ever since I heard 2014’s “Shadows of my Name.” The track rang of Chelsea Wolfe’s Unknown Rooms, with its hypnotic acoustic guitar and perfect tortured-girl vocals, and God, do I love a good dark folk woman. […]
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