New Album Takes the Lemon Twigs Into Pop’s Golden Years
The Lemon Twigs’ A Dream Is All We Know displays scholarly mastery of the complex techniques their forbears invented. The sheer musicality is prodigious.
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Molly Burch’ ‘Daydreamer’ Makes One a Daydream Believer
Molly Burch’s Daydreamer succeeds because of its multilevel approach. She has an enchanting voice that can be touching and stoic simultaneously.
The Lemon Twigs’ ‘Everything Harmony’ Wades Deep Into the Mid-1970s
On Everything Harmony the Lemon Twigs echo and even improve on their 1970s influences with such skill and spirit that they demand we take them seriously.
Thus Love’s ‘Memorial’ Sports Top-Flight Goth and Post-Punk Influences
Thus Love began as a fuzzy, overly goth-influenced band, but they have since polished their messy sound to a confident post-punk sheen on Memorial.
Punk Rock’s MOURN Say “This Feel Is Disgusting” and Rock Out
Barcelona's MOURN release their latest punk rock earworm, "This Feel Is Disgusting", which explores existential anxiety through joyful rocking out.
DIIV’s ‘Deceiver’ Is a Marked Change of Their Shoegaze Brand
Embracing their grungier influences, Deceiver marks a significant departure from DIIV’s previously established brand of shoegaze.
Chris Cohen Offers Up Relaxed Rock Music with Psychedelic Flourishes
Chris Cohen's self-titled third solo album is as unassuming as it gets, yet it is unequivocally quality work by an extraordinarily skilled artist. Plus there are sax solos.
Wild Nothing’s Jack Tatum on Dream Pop and Pigeonholing
PopMatters speaks with Wild Nothing's Jack Tatum about moving home to Virginia, musical transitions, and how to build on the best influences from the past.
Wild Nothing Goes ’80s New Wave on ‘Indigo’
Indigo signals a throwback to Wild Nothing's previous LP Gemini while also traversing the sonic territory of '80s new wave.
Mourn Fight Label Drama with Their Most Urgent Album Yet
Sorpresa Familia doesn't merely mark the catharsis of breaking free from an oppressive label; it proves that Mourn needed to loosen the shackles to make the most fully-formed record of their career.
Chastity’s ‘Death Lust’ Is an Exorcism of Youth’s Most Dramatic Rehearsals
As Chastity, Ontario's Brandon Williams offers a bracing, brutal assessment of teenage life in his hometown on new album, Death Lust.
Molly Burch: Please Be Mine
Molly Burch makes yearning an art on her debut, only faltering when she questions herself and her love.