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Video: The Melvins Releases Mini-Documentary Ahead of New Album
by Josh Sharpe - April 18, 2024 The Melvins’ new album, Tarantula Heart arrives on Friday, April 19 and in celebration, the band has shared a mini-documentary about the creation of the album: “The Making of Tarantula Heart”. “The way we approached Tarantula Heart was different than any other Melvins’ album,” Buzz Osborne explaine...
Hooveriii Release New Album 'Pointe' While Touring With Mudhoney
by Michael Major - October 13, 2023 Los Angeles-based Hooveriii released their new album Pointe, via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Levitation. They teased the LP via “Dreaming,” “The Tall Grass,” and “The Ship That I Sail,” a song that teems with fuzzed-out guitar wizardry. Plus, check out tour dates with Mudhoney!...
Hooveriii Release Single 'Dreaming' Off Forthcoming New Album 'Pointe'
by Michael Major - October 04, 2023 Hooveriii releases new single 'Dreaming' off upcoming album 'Pointe'. Featuring vocals by the band's Alice Wallace “Dreaming” is an epic future-folk experimentation, and also the album's closer. Hooveriii will be playing songs off the new album as well as fan favorites as they hit the road on tour a...
Rising Teenage Punk Powerhouse HotWax Announce New EP 'Invite me, kindly'
by Michael Major - September 19, 2023 Mixed by Alan Moulder (Foo Fighters, Wet Leg, Arctic Monkeys), Invite me, kindly encapsulates the three-piece’s ability to harness the firepower of grunge pioneers, matched with great songwriting and musicianship. Their imaginative brilliance to stake out a new landscape in guitar music can be heard...
Hooveriii Share New Single 'The Ship That I Sail'
by Michael Major - September 06, 2023 Hooveriii (Hoover 3) will release their new LP Pointe via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Levitation. The album was inspired by ‘60s psychedelic act Pisces to Phil Lynott’s solo releases and pioneering electronic acts like Tangerine Dream and the end result is a collection of songs that are...
Hooveriii Announce New Album & Share 'The Tall Grass'
by Michael Major - August 02, 2023 On Friday and Saturday, August 4 & 5, Hooveriii will be previewing some of the tracks on Pointe and playing old fan favorites during their set at this year’s Pickathon Festival in Happy Valley. On October 12 they will kick off their first tour in support of the new album as the direct support for Mu...
LA Grunge-Pop Band STARRY EYES Drops Latest Single 'Over Oceans'
by Michael Major - April 11, 2023 LA grunge-pop band ‘STARRY EYES’ are back with their latest single ‘Over Oceans’, the second single to come from their debut EP ‘Ciao Bella’. The self-produced EP was mixed by Phil Ek (Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes and Mudhoney) and mastered by Multi Grammy-award-winning engineer Greg Calbi (Adele, Ra...
LA's Hooveriii to Tour the U.S. with Mudhoney
by Michael Major - March 08, 2023 Psych-rock band Hooveriii have been confirmed as the direct support for Mudhoney on their forthcoming tour of the U.S. The dates kick off October 13 in Spokane, WA and conclude with a 2-night stand in Seattle, WA on November 18 and 19. Along the way the tour hits Chicago, New York City, and Dallas,...
GONERFEST Returns For Year 20 With Initial Lineup
by Michael Major - February 13, 2023 Highlights include a number of acts coming from overseas, including performances by UK artists Chubby & the Gang and Vivron Vavron, Australian bands CIVIC, Dippers, 1-800-Mikey, TV Repairmann, Vintage Crop and C.O.F.F.I.N., Denmark’s The Courettes, Japan’s The Smog, and Lewsberg from the Netherlands...
LA's Hooveriii Announce East Coast Tour
by Michael Major - January 24, 2023 Hooveriii have announced a February tour of the U.S. in support of their newest album A Round of Applause (The Reverberation Appreciation Society). The dates kick off at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right on February 10 and conclude on February 18 in Troy, NY. Along the way they will make stops in Washing...
The Smugglers Reissue 'In the Hall of Fame' on Vinyl
by Michael Major - October 06, 2022 Formed when most of the members were still in High School in West Vancouver BC Canada, The Smugglers came of age during the grunge explosion, and came into their own in the pop-punk heyday of the mid-1990s while on Mint Records in their native land, and Lookout Records in the USA....
LA's Hooveriii Release New Album 'A Round Of Applause'
by Stephi Wild - July 29, 2022 Psych-rock band Hooveriii (pronounced 'Hoover Three') released their new album A Round of Applause via The Reverberation Appreciation Society. LISTEN/BUY HERE....
The Melvins Announce 'The Five Legged Tour'
by Michael Major - May 31, 2022 The Melvins, who set sail for “The Electric Roach Tour” on June 14, have announced the next wave of dates in what’s proving to be a gargantuan slate of 2022 shows, with “The Five Legged Tour” offering U.S. fans an additional 43 opportunities to take in one of the seminal band’s live performances....
Corvair Share 'Oceansided' Official Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 25, 2021 The video for 'Oceansided,' which was directed, shot and edited by the band, debuted today at PopMatters and can also be shared at YouTube. ...
Corvair Share 'Unsubtle Lake' Video
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 Corvair, the Portland-based “super duo” comprised of Brian Naubert (Ruston Mire, Tube Top, Pop Sickle, The Service Providers) and Heather Larimer (Eux Autres) will release their self-titled, debut album on February 19 via Paper Walls in the U.S....
Corvair Share New Holiday Single 'Flannel Pajamas'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 18, 2020 Portland-based indie rock band Corvair is excited to bring holiday the holiday spirit with their latest single 'Flannel Pajamas' streaming now at SoundCloud or Bandcamp. On the single the husband and wife duo of Brian Naubert and Heather Larimer have created the perfect Christmas song for the strang...
Corvair Share New Single 'Sailor Down'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - December 03, 2020 Portland-based indie rock band Corvair will release their self-titled, debut album on Paper Walls in the US and WIAIWYA in the UK (pre-order)....
Corvair Share New Single 'Sunday Runner'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 12, 2020 Portland-based indie rock band Corvair, comprised of husband / wife duo Brian Naubert and Heather Larimer, are pleased to present 'Sunday Runner,' the first single to be lifted from their self-titled, debut album out February 19, 2021....
Bloods Share New Single 'I Hate It' with The Grey Estates
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 25, 2020 Sydney trio Bloods have just revealed the second single to be lifted from their forthcoming Seattle EP, out May 15 via Share It Music (pre-order). Titled, 'I Hate It,' the track stands alongside a deliriously fun video clip which premiered today at The Grey Estates and is guaranteed to inject some d...
Porcupine and Steve Albini Share Documentary on Re-Recording the 2015 'Carrier Wave' LP
by Abigail Charpentier - November 20, 2019 Minneapolis-based indie rock trio, Porcupine, just shared a documentary that details the re-recording of their 2015 album, Carrier Wave, with legendary record engineer and record producer, Steve Alibi. ...
Mutts' 'Stuck Together' LP Out Today
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 25, 2019 Mutts are very pleased to announce that their new LP Stuck Together is now available worldwide....
Summer Cannibals Announce Fall Tour With Remo Drive
by Tori Hartshorn - August 05, 2019 Summer Cannibals have announced a slew of fall tour dates with Remo Drive following their highly acclaimed fourth album Can't Tell Me Noreleased earlier this year via Tiny Engines. The band is currently in the midst of a massive headlining tour in support of the new record and will kick off the fall...
Dirtnap Records Announces New LP from the Hussy
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 18, 2019 Dirtnap Records is proud to announce the release of Looming, the new full-length LP from the Hussy....
Sunday State Announces 'Mono' EP
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 10, 2019 Sunday State has announced their debut EP and unveiled a new track. The band will celebrate the release of their EP titled 'Mono' with a release show on May 10th at Portland ORE's The Fixin' To. ...
Dead Bars Announce New Album and First Single
by Tori Hartshorn - March 12, 2019 Seattle punk lifers Dead Bars are back - and they want you to join them at the bar with their sophomore album 'Regulars' (out May 3rd on A-F Records in the North America, Eager Beaver Records in Japan, No Reason Records in Italy, and All In Vinyl in the UK). You can listen to the first single now (s... |