Swansea Sound
SWANSEA SOUND Formed during lockdown, the band recorded three singles – at their homes in Cardiff and Kent – without actually meeting each other. Corporate Indie Band appeared as a cassette on specialist label Lavender Sweep. It got a lot of airplay, and the next releases were on 7” vinyl, including Indies Of the World, which made it into the UK […]
Pouty
POUTY Forgot About Me is Rachel Gagliardi’s full-length debut under the name Pouty. The album was written and recorded throughout 2022 in Los Angeles and Philadelphia with the Superweaks’ Evan Bernard and Chris Baglivo (featuring Jarret Nathan and Cat Park). Forgot About Me’s nine tracks speak to a series of realizations about desire, self-sabotage, denial, […]
Glitterer
GLITTERER Glitterer is a band from Washington, D.C. Initially, and for some time, it was a solo project: a man and his laptop, with occasional in-studio and onstage assistance from other human beings. Four records, including two full-length albums on Anti-, were released in that one-guy period. But now Glitterer is a band: four charter […]
Ron Gallo (solo)
RON GALLO Ron Gallo with just himself and a classical guitar in a rare solo show in the beautiful side chapel of the First Unitarian Church. Intimate and reimagined versions of songs all throughout the catalog as well as first chance to hear songs from a record he is currently working on which were written […]
Downtown Boys
DOWNTOWN BOYS The United States’ myriad inequalities, hatreds and phobias are painfully evident in 2017, offering proof that the age-old dichotomy of “political bands” versus “apolitical bands” simply doesn’t exist. Either you are comfortable and unfazed by the current reigning power structures, or you choose (or have no choice but) to use your music as […]
La Luz
LA LUZ “I was in a dream, but now I can see that change is the only law.” With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns to […]
Wisp
WISP PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY
Spraynard
SPRAYNARD Started in 2009 in a West Chester, PA basement, Spraynard is the result of three friends forming a band entirely focused on having a good time. Through that lens, the band released three LPs, an EP named after their local mall, and plenty of splits, singles, and b-sides over the course of 15 years. […]
Spraynard
SPRAYNARD Started in 2009 in a West Chester, PA basement, Spraynard is the result of three friends forming a band entirely focused on having a good time. Through that lens, the band released three LPs, an EP named after their local mall, and plenty of splits, singles, and b-sides over the course of 15 years. […]
Trauma Ray
TRAUMA RAY Trauma Ray emerged in 2018 from Fort Worth, TX, blending alternative, rock and shoegaze. Over the last five years, the band released a string of EPs ([trauma ray], trauma ray and Transmissions), leading to tours in 2023 with Slow Crush and Death Bells. In October, the band released a split with Tulsa’s Downward, and kick off 2024 […]
