From 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’ […]
Read moreThis mixtape zings, man. Maybe zings is the wrong word. There’s some pretty slow mo downer jams in there. It just feels like one of those mixtapes that really works, that sticks together, that ebbs and flows in the right way. I loved making it all through this month and I hope you love hearing it. I really do hope […]
Read moreHow fucking long has this month been!? I know it’s old news that most every January can feel a bit drawn out and depressing. Blue Monday and all that. But this one was something else. Doesn’t help that my brain thinks it must only be around May 2020 still, surely. January is also a typically dry time for new music. […]
Read moreGuys. We made it. The worst year ever is in the history books. I’m not necessarily expecting things to improve quickly just because we’ve all had to buy new calendars, but i’ll take slowly and steadily for sure. It can’t get any worse, right? Right!? This month’s mixtape is shorter than usual but still packed with killer jams. If you […]
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