Humdrum’s (a new project from Chicago’s Loren Vanderbilt III) debut LP, Every Heaven, is ten perfectly crafted pop songs that are full of meaning and instantly transport listeners back to a time when bands like The Cure, (IRS-era) R.E.M., New Order, and Modern English (that’s right! tell me you don’t hear a little “I Melt With You” in Humdrum’s “Eternal Blue”) were ruling the (good) airwaves. Check out “Superbloom” and “Eternal Blue” (below) to hear for yourself.
Every Heaven is out today on Slumberland Records. You can get it from us at 3hive Record Lounge as well. I cannot recommend this album highly enough. Enjoy.
Cincinnati band The Serfs are about to head out on a European/UK tour, but before they do, they decided to drop a steamy new 7″ with two incredible, dark wave, dance-club-days-of-yore bangers, “Paid In Full” and “Regen” (spin them below).
The 7-incher is available now on Trouble In Mind’s Bandcamp page; get it before it’s gone or get the digital files; either way, put these super-rad songs in your earholes. PS: Grab a hold of something when you press play because you’re going to want to start shaking stuff. Enjoy.
2024 EU/UK TOUR DATES:
29.10.2024 CZ Prague @ Underdogs 30.10.2024 DE Dresden @ Heartbreak 31.10.2024 AT Wien @ Das Lot 01.11.2024 AT Linz @ Kapu 03.11.2024 IT Bologna @ Freakout 04.11.2024 CH Biel @ Gurzelen Club Social 05.11.2024 CH Geneve @ L’Usine 06.11.2024 FR Lyon @ Sonic 08.11.2024 ES Barcelona @ Upload 09.11.2024 FR Toulouse @ Skatepark Le Petit 10.11.2024 FR Bordeaux @ La Maison d’Allez les filles 12.11.2024 FR Paris @ L’Olympic Café 13.11.2024 UK London @ Boston Music Room 14.11.2024 UK Bristol @ Dust 15.11.2024 UK Liverpool @ Rough Trade 16.11.2024 UK Glasgow @ Stereo 17.11.2024 UK Manchester @ The Peer Hat 19.11.2024 BE Antwerp @ JC Bouckenborgh 20.11.2024 BE Kortrijk @ Wilde Westen 21.11.2024 DE Koln @ Privat 22.11.2024 DE Frankfurt @ Mousonturm 23.11.2024 DE Berlin @ Neu Zukunft
Slippers is the new project of Los Angeles-based artist and musician Madeline BB. Her debut LP, So You Like Slippers?, is ten charmingly (thanks Sam) snappy, jangly, twee-as-fu** power-pop tunes that only get better with each and every spin. Check out “XTC 1000” and “The Bus” (below) for a sample.
So You Like Slippers? is out now via Lame-O Records. You should get it! I love Slippers the band, I hate slippers the slippers. Enjoy.
Sasha Bolof’s new album, Tabitha, is 10 tracks of fuzzed-out, warm, guitar-driven tunes based on the lives of ten fictional (or are they) characters. It’s like a dream-pop / shoegaze / post-punk / art-rock hodgepodge, but unlike the definition of a hodgepodge, Sasha blends these styles seamlessly, like they all belong together.
Check out “June,” “Jane,” and “Michelle” (below) for a sample of how rad this album is. It’s the perfect album to close the summer with.
Teenage Tom Petties’ set out to “make a 90’s-era power-pop record” on their third album in as many years (and only 9 months after their sophomore release, Hotbox Daydreams, and second self-titled album). I say they achieved that goal (and then some), as much of the guitar work and vocal harmonies throughout the record remind me a lot of 90’s-era Flaming Lips and Fountains of Wayne.
TTP is highly addictive, like Pringles. It’s a head-bobber from start to finish, that’s for sure, featuring eleven melodic, power-pop bangers. Check out “Tuff Top” and “Dumb Enough” (below) for a taste.
Oakland band What’s Important are releasing their latest album, bloodsoaked castle, today. Their PR refers to their sound as “mutant pop,” and their Bandcamp page calls it “castle pop.” I don’t know what either of those genres / sub-genres mean. What I do know is that bloodsoaked castle contains some glitchy, pop punk meets electro pop goodness. Check out “i think about it a lot” (below) for a taste.
Glasgow band Nightshift are back with their latest album, Homosapien. It’s eleven tracks of melodic, slowed-down (to a near slowcore pace) post-punk. The added instrumentation, like accordion, melodica, violin, and trombone, is highly effective and gives Nightshift’s sound a new level of depth. Check out “Sure Look” (below) for a taste.
Homosapien is out on Friday (07/26) via Trouble In Mind Records. Judging from the singles it should be a good one. Enjoy.
Golomb is a power trio out of Columbus, Ohio. They are a brother-and-sister, husband-and-wife band. A band I meant to write about back in 2022 when they self-released their incredible self-titled album.
Golomb makes great noise, and it’s evident as ever on their new EP Love (out on Friday). Each track slowly builds into a bit of a frenzied end, a fabulous and effective recipe. Especially on middle track “Dare To Cry”.
You can listen to “Take My Life” from the new EP below; it’s the most upfront and in-your-face track on the EP. I love it.
Love is out tomorrow (06/14). You can get it from their Bandcamp page. Please do. Share Golomb with your friends. Add them to your playlists. Play them on your radio shows. Enjoy.
Pioneering electronic musician and producer Prefuse 73 — aka Guillermo Scott Herren — is following up his latest album, New Strategies for Modern Crime Vol. 1 (released in March), with New Strategies for Modern CrimeVol. 2, which is set to be released at the end of June via Lex Records.
His latest single, “Vast Wildlife Poison,” (below) is a groovy, bass-heavy, jazz-tinged three-and-a-half minutes that could be plugged into any 1960’s French spy movie. Enjoy.
Oakland’s Christina’s Trip calls their sound “distortion pop,” which is about as accurate a description as possible. Their latest single “My Friend” (below) is a fuzzy, bedroom-pop-leaning track that would sound at home on an Elephant 6 compilation (I stole the comparison from Joe) and totally drives the “distortion pop” description home.
Their debut LP, Forever After, comes out in July via Cherub Dream Records, and based on their two available singles, this is definitely on the list of albums not to miss. Enjoy.
