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Levitation Room Announce Their Third Studio Album 'Strange Weather' Photo Levitation Room Announce Their Third Studio Album 'Strange Weather'
by Michael Major - November 08, 2023

LEVITATION ROOM announces their third studio album 'Strange Weather' and releases the single 'Heaven.' So far off of Strange Weather, Levitation Room has released the singles and videos for “Scene for an Exit” and “Cool It, Baby.”...

VIDEO AGE Releases New Album 'AWAY FROM THE CASTLE' Photo VIDEO AGE Releases New Album 'AWAY FROM THE CASTLE'
by Blair Ingenthron - October 28, 2023

VIDEO AGE has released their new album 'Away From The Castle'. Check out the latest release from the band and catch them on their headline tour....

VIDEO AGE Share New Single 'Is It Really Over?' & Announce US Tour Photo VIDEO AGE Share New Single 'Is It Really Over?' & Announce US Tour
by Michael Major - October 18, 2023

Across four albums, longtime friends and songwriting partners Ross Farbe and Ray Micarelli have gleefully worn their influences on their sleeve, but for their latest LP, they’ve thrown nostalgia out the window, embracing their own unique sense of musicality for an album that feels like Video Age dis...

Hooveriii Release New Album 'Pointe' While Touring With Mudhoney Photo 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' Photo 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...

SPEEDY ORTIZ Announces 'Major Arcana' 10th Anniversary Edition Photo SPEEDY ORTIZ Announces 'Major Arcana' 10th Anniversary Edition
by Michael Major - September 28, 2023

Ten years ago, Speedy Ortiz released their debut full-length album Major Arcana. The breakthrough album launched the band from its lo-fi origins as Sadie Dupuis’ home recording project. Along with tracks remastered by The Lodge’s Emily Lazar and Chris Allgood, showcasing album engineer Justin Pizzof...

ATO Records' Garage-Punks CIVIC Announce 'New Vietnam & Singles' LP Photo ATO Records' Garage-Punks CIVIC Announce 'New Vietnam & Singles' LP
by Michael Major - September 27, 2023

CIVIC have reimagined the reckless intensity of proto-punk for an era of endless uncertainty. Hailed by Sterogum as “an unholy lo-fi pile-up of garage rock, punk, and ’90s-style noise-rock,” the band recently unleashed their acclaimed, blistering new single “Hourglass”. They have announced the New V...

Hooveriii Share New Single 'The Ship That I Sail' Photo 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...

Video: SPEEDY ORTIZ Releases NPR Tiny Desk Concert Ahead of New Album Out Tomorrow! Photo Video: SPEEDY ORTIZ Releases NPR Tiny Desk Concert Ahead of New Album Out Tomorrow!
by Michael Major - August 31, 2023

Ten years ago, Speedy Ortiz released their debut full-length album Major Arcana. The breakthrough album earned them critical acclaim, festival slots at Pitchfork, Primavera and Bonnaroo, tours with The Breeders and Stephen Malkmus, and an invite to perform at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert. Watch the video...

OSEES Share New LP 'Intercepted Message' Photo OSEES Share New LP 'Intercepted Message'
by Michael Major - August 18, 2023

The ever prolific and constantly frenetic OSEES finally share their brand new LP, Intercepted Message, via In The Red. Earlier this year, the record was preceded by a handful of singles — 'Intercepted Message,'  'Goon,' and 'Stunner' — which were received with widespread praise....

Hooveriii Announce New Album & Share 'The Tall Grass' Photo 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...

SPEEDY ORTIZ Shares New Single & Alex Ross Perry-Directed Video ft. Josh Gondelman, T Photo SPEEDY ORTIZ Shares New Single & Alex Ross Perry-Directed Video ft. Josh Gondelman, Ted Leo & More
by Michael Major - August 01, 2023

The video features Josh Gondelman and Emily Panic; to musicians Ted Leo, Spencer Peppet (the Ophelias), Nicola Leel (Doe/Customer), Kate Meizner (Jobber), Zoë Brecher (Sad13/Bruce Springsteen); authors Rax King, Amy Rose Spiegel and merritt k; New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein; fellow Uni...

Altin Gün Share Remixes of 'Kalk Gidelim' & 'Su Sızıyor' Photo Altin Gün Share Remixes of 'Kalk Gidelim' & 'Su Sızıyor'
by Michael Major - July 11, 2023

'Kalk Gidelim' (remixed by the band’s percussionist Chris Bruining) is a cumbia-driven remix, inspired by Argentina's cumbia villera movement, while 'Su Sızıyor' (remixed by Bruining in tandem with Altin Gün bassist Jasper Verhulst) is a digidub-style remix with lots of King Tubby-inspired reverbs a...

Ron Gallo Debuts 'BIG TRUCK ENERGY' Photo Ron Gallo Debuts 'BIG TRUCK ENERGY'
by Michael Major - February 27, 2023

Lead by delicate strings and a post-punk attitude, this never rings more true than on latest single “BIG TRUCK ENERGY” released. Perhaps Gallo’s most direct and potentially uncomfortable song, it speaks to a variety of political, social and environmental issues we've all become pretty familiar with ...

Ron Gallo Unveils 'YUCCA VALLEY MARSHALLS' Single Photo Ron Gallo Unveils 'YUCCA VALLEY MARSHALLS' Single
by Michael Major - December 15, 2022

Ron Gallo has released 'YUCCA VALLEY MARSHALLS' the latest single off his blistering, brand new studio album, FOREGROUND MUSIC. With the new song, Gallo reflects on a solo west coast trip. After roaming around Los Angeles by himself, he found that LA can be the loneliest place on the planet if you a...

Ron Gallo Announces New Album 'FOREGROUND MUSIC' Photo Ron Gallo Announces New Album 'FOREGROUND MUSIC'
by Michael Major - November 15, 2022

Over the course of 11 songs, Gallo displays what Ann Powers once called “literate electricity.” It moves from fuzz to lounge jazz to freaky pop to post-punk and back again to rollicking, truly FUN rock music, all the while taking aim at any and everything....

Frankie and the Witch Fingers Announce Winter 2023 Headline U.S. Tour Dates Photo Frankie and the Witch Fingers Announce Winter 2023 Headline U.S. Tour Dates
by Michael Major - November 07, 2022

Los Angeles psych-rock juggernauts Frankie and the Witch Fingers have announced a run of Winter 2023 headline tour dates, which will take them all over California and the Pacific Northwest. These new shows will pick up in the new year, shortly after their first headline tour of Australia which begin...

Quinton Griggs Unveils New Single 'Anything Goes' Photo Quinton Griggs Unveils New Single 'Anything Goes'
by Michael Major - September 23, 2022

'Anything Goes” is already a crowd favorite, having made waves at Quinton’s live performances, including a recent show at LA’s School Night. Now, Quinton is gearing up for ‘The Almost Famous Tour’ with Beauty School Dropout. Hitting cities such as New York, Austin, and Chicago, catch his incendiary ...

Acid Dad Share New Single 'Get Me High' Photo Acid Dad Share New Single 'Get Me High'
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022

Brooklyn psychedelic rock band Acid Dad are excited to share new track 'Get Me High' via Greenway Records / The Reverberation Appreciation Society. The track and its accompanying video, featuring intensely psychedelic images by longtime Acid Dad collaborator Webb Hunt, are available now....

The Black Angels Share 'Empires Falling' Photo The Black Angels Share 'Empires Falling'
by Michael Major - September 13, 2022

Austin’s psych-rock legends The Black Angels will release their brand new album Wilderness of Mirrors via Partisan Records, with acclaim spanning NPR All Songs Considered, SPIN, and more. They have shared the electrifying final single from the collection, “Empires Falling,” alongside an official mus...

Street Sects Reemerge with Explosive New Single 'X Amount' Photo Street Sects Reemerge with Explosive New Single 'X Amount'
by Michael Major - September 06, 2022

The group — featuring vocalist Leo Ashline and multi-instrumentalist Shaun Ringsmuth— have unleashed a new single that will annihilate listeners’ senses. Written shortly after the band ended their year-long hiatus, “X Amount” is an attempt to translate some of the energy of Street Sects live show in...

AUTOMATIC Announce North American Headline Tour Photo AUTOMATIC Announce North American Headline Tour
by Michael Major - August 15, 2022

The band will cross the states for a NYC performance at Rough Trade’s Indieplaza Festival, before heading back to Los Angeles to open for Bauhaus at The Greek Theatre. From there they hit Desert Daze and carry on to headline Brooklyn’s Market Hotel, Chicago’s Empty Bottle followed by Toronto, Montre...

VIDEO: The Murlocs Debut 'Compos Mentis' Video Photo VIDEO: The Murlocs Debut 'Compos Mentis' Video
by Michael Major - August 10, 2022

Self-produced by the band in the early stages of the pandemic, Rapscallion was recorded remotely in the home studios of Kenny-Smith (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Callum Shortal (guitar), Matt Blach (drums), Cook Craig (bass), and Tim Karmouche (keys). Watch the new music video ahead of the new album ...

The Black Angels Debut 'Without A Trace' Photo The Black Angels Debut 'Without A Trace'
by Michael Major - August 09, 2022

The new song follows acclaimed lead single/video “El Jardín,'' which features Austin Amelio from The Walking Dead and stars his son Lev, and experimental single “Firefly”, a ‘60s French pop homage which features Thievery Corporation’s LouLou Ghelichkani. Listen to the new single now! Plus, check out...

Frankie and the Witch Fingers Announce Fall 2022 Headline U.S. Tour Dates Photo Frankie and the Witch Fingers Announce Fall 2022 Headline U.S. Tour Dates
by Michael Major - August 09, 2022

Frankie and the Witch Fingers have announced an extensive run of fall 2022 headline tour dates. These new shows will pick up after the band returns from a staggering European tour, which will see them perform as direct support for the likes of Ty Segall in London and Bordeaux and more. Check out the...











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