V3RM0NT, the sophomore album from Maine-based band Milk St., tells a gripping and vulnerable story of growing up through psyschedelic drug trips and frustrating attempts at untangling generational trauma. It starts on a distorted spoken word track that I imagine aims to recreate the conditions of being high on mushrooms: hazy moments of self-reflection, in…
Toronto-based alternative artist rikin has always been fascinated by pre-existing media and music from bygone eras. A lifelong obsession with music led to the development of this solo project, with debut single “for tuesday” coming out at the beginning of this year and follow-up “found in love” dropping earlier this summer. rikin shares that an…
This past Friday, Minneapolis-based group NATL PARK SRVC released their latest single “Smiling,” the follow-up to last summer’s EP4. The band’s lineup includes violin, sax, and trombone in addition to the standard makeup of an indie rock group. Their ambitious take on the genre recalls the heyday of earnest, boisterous, and expansive mid-2000s indie rock….
Balance And Composure were without a doubt one of the bands that spearheaded the 2010s heyday of alt/grunge-inspired emo and post-hardcore. Labels like Run for Cover Records and No Sleep Records graced us with the cream of the crop from groups like Balance And Composure, Citizen, and Basement throughout the decade, and the 2020s are…
