We did it, guys. We made it another year. I’m so proud of you. Let’s not list the worst things that happened hey, we just don’t have the time, but the best thing is easy- we got to hear more music! A look back at my favourite albums of the year is here, and below is December’s mixtape- a little […]
Read moreI hope you find something to love. STATES OF NATURE- ‘Carry Along’ BLOC PARTY- ‘Traps’ DRUG CHURCH- ‘Million Miles of Fun’ SUNTITLE- ‘Royal Blue’ WEBBED WING- ‘For Real’ GLEUE- ‘Glow’ PARTING- ‘Jesse Eisenbird’ I FEEL FINE- ‘The Ladder’ FAILURE- ‘Headstand’ GATES- ‘If I Could’ DEADRAMONES- ‘Still Life’ PLIOCENE- ‘Estuaries’ LOST HORIZONS- ‘Florida’ (Feat. KookieLou) ALLISON LORENZEN- ‘Chalk’ (Feat. Midwife) RADIOHEAD- […]
Read moreFrom punk to pure ambient, from Scottish shoegaze to Canadian indie, and from a song about dying alone to a track about never ever quitting, I hope you find something to love. SUNSTINGER– ‘Shadows’ BLEED– ‘Silver’ GLEAN– ‘Faceless’ ANXIOUS- ‘Call from You’ TREE RIVER- ‘Lotus’ EVERY TIME I DIE– ‘Thing with Feathers’ CHURCH GIRLS- ‘Vacation’ ROPES OF NIGHT- ‘Perfect Prison’ […]
Read moreFrom returning greats to brand new bands, from an unexpected cover of a classic track, to an album of the year contender from a completely unexpected source, from punk rock, to post-hardcore, to indie, to some kind of pop, I hope you find something to love. KALI MASI– ‘Still Life’ WAYSIDE- ‘Suffer’ SUNSTROKE- ‘I Wanna Be Ignored’ UPPER WILDS- ‘Love […]
Read moreThis month went in the blink of an eye for me! Does August always do that? Maybe. Should I be Christmas shopping already? Probably. Should I stop moaning and start talking about music? Definitely. There were loads of a great releases worth slowing down to hear- from the triumphant return of Every Time I Die, to Foxing’s potential album of […]
Read moreLook, i’m not saying that fuzzy, furious, feedback-manipulating shoegaze-savvy bands sound better in the sunshine. I’m just saying that the weather has been ridiculously hot at times this month and, well, check out some of the names below. There’s more. From the return of Thrice to Pile playing piano, from Washington DC grunge to London emo, these are the songs […]
Read moreFrom French punk rock to distorted pop out of Salt Lake City, from the return of Deafheaven to a Robert Smith side-project I had never heard before, from one-woman lo-fi vibes to landslide-heavy space rock, these are the songs that have made my heart skip a beat, or maybe double time a beat, this month. I hope you find something […]
Read moreI love this part. The part where that Parannoul album finally gets added to your streaming service of choice. The return of the likes of Lakes and Bossk and, oh man, the part where Trent Reznor is singing again. The part where a member of one of heaviest bands I’ve ever seen writes one of the most quiet and personal […]
Read moreThere was lots of things to be excited about this month- the raucous returns of Drug Church and Quicksand, My Bloody Valentine’s sudden appearance on your streaming service of choice, the world returning to some version of normality! But it wouldn’t be the Moderate Rock Mixtape if it didn’t also include some killer downer jams- the last half of this […]
Read moreI hope you find something to love. HOME IS WHERE- ‘Assisted Harakiri’ FRANKIE & HIS FINGERS- ‘Just Because You Are, Doesn’t Mean You Have To’ THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD FERRIES- ‘After You’ FIDDLEHEAD- ‘Million Times’ MAN ON MAN- ‘1983’ ADIOS COMETA- ‘Franco’ ASSERTION- ‘Supervised Suffering’ THE BREEDERS- ‘The Dirt Eaters’ A.A. WILLIAMS- ‘Where Is My Mind?’ LIT. MAJOR- ‘Ghosts’ SLOPING- ‘Treading’ […]
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