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The Catburgers - I've Got a Friend
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The Catburgers, a band formed in Edinburgh in 1985, were inspired by a Television Personalities concert and nearly made a…” 13 hrs ago →
Pete Fij - Complicated
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “By Stan Cierlitsky It's quite surprising that Pete Fij (AKA Pete Fijalkowski) is releasing his debut album more than 30…” 23 hrs ago →
Shudder To Think - Who Sent You?
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Jaded old punk heads may be shocked not only by the return of legends Shudder to Think, but also that…” yesterday →
Penelope Isles - I Loved You, Robert Pattinson
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “It's been half a decade since the last one from these siblngs!? As you know, the last Penelope Isles record…” 3 days ago →
Protomartyr - Sounds We Cannot Hear
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Has it really been six years since I've reviewed a Protomartyr record? Reflecting on how bored I was with that…” 4 days ago →
Half Tiger - Consequences
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “New group Half Tiger are making music that sounds like the stuff I have always held in high regard. Combining…” 5 days ago →
Inland Years - Around we go
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The music of Ryan Daniels as Inland Years deserves as much attention as contemporaries The War on Drugs, Kevin Morby,…” last week →
Slow Pulp - Better Man
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “It's been too long since I've reviewed a Slow Pulp record. The Wisconsin outfit's brand of indie owes huge debts…” last week →
Railcard - Unstable Neighbour
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Following single and EP releases, indie super-group Railcard are here this week with their debut full-length album. Two Steps at…” last week →
Frankie Rose - Return To Dust
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “With each record released under her name, Frankie Rose moves farther away from the fuzzy pop of Vivian Girls. And…” last week →
This is Lorelei - Billy Came Back
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “By Stan Cierlitsky Has anyone else out there tried dipping their toe in this new country sound? And when I…” on Sep 10th →
The Tubs - Who's Gonna Love You Now?
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “A listen to the title cut of the new album from The Tubs, Hard Life, reveals just how far this…” on Sep 9th →
Crying Laughing - Geese Six
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The music of Baltimore's Crying Laughing is influenced by both free jazz and post-rock. The tunes on the collective's new…” on Sep 8th →
Purple Pilgrims - Innocence Lost
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “This new track from New Zealand's Purple Pilgrims is dream-pop of the best kind. And while Clementine and Valentine Nixon…” on Sep 8th →
Sharp Pins - Live Without Her Love
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Kai Slater is an artist worth watching. I started to feel that way with Lifeguard, but really got with the…” on Sep 5th →
Vanishing Muffins - Hollow
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “The forms of shoegaze and dream-pop seem to have linked up the world via the indie form. Italian collective We…” on Sep 4th →
Arab Strap - You You You
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “By Stan Cierlitsky Damn! Arab Strap have been at it for 30 years. Half-Told Tales is their third album since…” on Sep 3rd →
Windy & Carl with Optigan Conservatory - Alvin Loving
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I've only recently fallen under the spell of Windy & Carl. I was aware of their music thanks to hip…” on Sep 2nd →
Ty Segall - Running to Nowhere
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “Ty Segall never runs out of juice does he? With fairly consistent results, the guy's back with a new record.…” on Aug 29th →
Velocity Girl - I Know Exactly What You Mean
A Pessimist Is Never DisappointedFollow “I think I mentioned in my entry in Tim Hinely's wonderful Where The Wild Gigs Were, Vol. 2 about how…” on Aug 27th →