I am not frequently posting songs here via Spotty, but when a...
I am not frequently posting songs here via Spotty, but when a song is as dreadfully fantastic as Wildhoney’s “Soft Bats” (and it’s not streaming on Bandcamp or other internet hideouts), exceptions may...
View ArticleHere’s a new one from the now half Melbourne, half San...
Here’s a new one from the now half Melbourne, half San Francisco Rat Columns. Their debut LP Sceptre Hole was one of my very records of 2012 and it looks like they’ve got another on the way this...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: May 2014!
Happy May, popkids! And a fine NYC POPFEST month, as well! I’d intended to get a Popfest Mix together this year, but, you know, I didn’t—there’s a massive gem from Gingerlys in this month’s sea of...
View ArticleMonday Catch-Up!
In case you were unfortunate enough to miss them last week, here a few things to catch up with and further improve this sunny Monday morning! POP YOUR PROBLEMS AWAY!!!Little Big League “Year of the...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: June 2014!
Almost two weeks later, I’m still coming down from this year’s NYC Popfest. It was easily the best one yet, and as with every year, I’m left with not only new friends, new memories, and new foot...
View ArticleA few things: 1. This is unquestionably my new personal...
A few things:1. This is unquestionably my new personal anthem.2. Do not sleep on this new Ace Bushy Striptease record because it’s brilliant, charming, hilarious, jangly, and wildly infectious.3. Only...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: July 2014!
Hey July Friends! It’s a new month and time for a new mix! This month is all about that summer feeling—you know, the one that makes you wanna flop down on it. That said, there’s no Jonathan Richman...
View ArticleThis song! This band! This whole fucking record! My god, this is...
This song! This band! This whole fucking record! My god, this is just 100% Summer, isn’t it? Just go ahead and throw a few dashes of Velocity Girl, Superchunk, and Veruca Salt (salt, HAH) into a...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: August 2014
As if this year hasn’t already been a flat-out banner year for things we like, these past few months (and the next few on the horizon) have been tremendous in the melody department. Illustrating that...
View ArticleNot a whole lot to say, because I’m sleepy and it’s...
Not a whole lot to say, because I’m sleepy and it’s late, but for my money this is probably THE best shoegazing track to see the light of day this year. And it’s here via the debut LP from...
View ArticleJust in time for Fall, the new Joyride! LP is here! It’s...
Just in time for Fall, the new Joyride! LP is here! It’s bracing and brilliantly rough around the edges—suited as perfectly for wrestling with a dog in a pile of leaves as it is for some good...
View ArticleEeeeeeee! This new Tigercats track is making my day. "Well...
Eeeeeeee! This new Tigercats track is making my day. "Well she’s the greatest kisser / and god knows I’m no Bobby Fischer"—GUH, get out of town! Too perfect, it’s just too perfect. All of this set to...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: September 2014!
Hi hi hi! It’s finally Fall! And this mix is finally here! Slightest of apologies for the more than slight delay, but it’s better now—I promise!—because the beginning of September didn’t even feel like...
View ArticlePremiere: My Favorite "Second Empire"
I’m pleased as punch today to premiere the brand new languid fever dream of a video for My Favorite’s “Second Empire”—the (reinvented) collective’s first single in nearly a decade!The a-side of a 7”...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: October 2014!
October’s here! It’s a time for warm, wooly fuzz. A time for whispered melodies. A time for dreamy reverb the size of a C-130 hangar. A time for opening a mix with Bauhaus’ wobbly guitar feedback. And...
View Articlewhat happened with the nov mix ???
I was never able to get around to wrapping up the November Mix this year with all of the other business of the season going on. The December Mix, however, is right around the corner and is already...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: December 2014!
First of all: Mounds of long-distance apologies for the outrageous radio silence that’s been taking place over here since—yikes—October! Secondly: You didn’t think I’d miss out on December, did...
View ArticleYay! A new record from The Tamborines is on the way! 'Sea of...
Yay! A new record from The Tamborines is on the way!'Sea of Murmur' will be self-released at the end of March via the band's own Beat-Mo Records. Here's a new video for old song “Indian Hill”—released...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: May 2015
So, first of all—as some comments seem to have been surmising, Skatterbrain is not in fact dead. But after four months you’d have good reason to believe so, wouldn’t you? Nope. You’re stuck with me—at...
View ArticleA Monthly Mix: October 2015!
Long time, no see, Fall pals! We’re back—for a minute!While it’s no secret that Skatterbrain has fallen into a pretty neglected state of disrepair, it’s also really no secret that I’m pretty unable to...
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