Amoeba Music

One of my top-ten favorite albums. Recently re-released on LP. I'm not a huge shoegaze guy, but this thing is monumental.

The kind of album that I would of been in love with in almost every stage of my life. A darkwave synth album full of all the goth sadness and dance pop that I love. Timeless and perfect and everything I love. 

I love when a new band takes all my favorite genres of the 90s and mashes them up together. It is like they were raised inside my brain. Shoegaze and grunge mixed with Twee pop to create a super catchy and fun swirly album.

An absolutely gorgeous album from my new favorite artist. I love it more and more after every listen. Emotionally complex pop that somehow sounds like nothing you have ever heard before but also comfortably familiar.

A compilation of beautiful & spooky synth pop from your new favorite Scandinavian dark wave band. Cinematic and dramatic and easy to fall in love with after your first listen.

Natasha Khan's latest album is described as an ode to her daughter and their closeness. It is filled with lush synth melodies and vocal flourishes. It's epic nostalgia but there's a sense of urgency.

45 years into their career, Redd Kross seem to finally be getting their due. A new career spanning documentary and book are on the way, but first is this self-titled double album. Without feeling too self-referential, the band are able to make subtle nods to their younger selves while just ripping through 18 garage-y power pop tracks with as much energy as they've ever had. I guess when you start your band at 15 and 11, you can still sound vital 45 years later.

Matt Pike put out a varied, very pandemic era solo album but is now back with his long running band and this time around seems happy to chug away in classic High On Fire style. Nothing too fancy here, just more riffs to blow your hair back. Sometimes less is more and this one never lets its foot off the gas.

One of my new favorite bands signed to one of my favorite labels, Dais Records. Hazy and beautiful stuff from these guys. Excited to see where they are headed.

Heavier than ever. So psyched they are back. This new stuff made me revisit all of the old albums and it all still sounds amazing. There's no one like Yow.

Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is the debut album from Kara Jackson, named National Youth Poet Laureate in 2019. The lyrics are ultra relatable, as rooted in love and compassion as they are in confusion about the nature of existence and what we’ve all signed up for as members of society. Jackson’s compositions take elements from indie, blues, and even some twangy Hawaiian-sounding guitar to create a sound that’s completely unique and utterly compelling. Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is meditative, moving, and meandering, mirroring the way thoughts float through our heads and we float through (or sink in) the currents of life.