Casual Technicians - Dark Matter Falling

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles America’s heart is effectively vestigial, the body running on delusion alone. But every now and again it…” on Sep 20th →

BLOUS3 - Goo Goo

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles “Goo Goo” is Sacramento-based noise punk with cutting phrasing and instrumental hooks concerning the crimes of Johnson…” on Aug 7th →

Alas de Liona - Violet

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Art more than anything I know allows for the contorting of bad fate to good. A negative…” on Jul 29th →

Merce Lemon - Backyard Lover

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Sometimes the magic trick isn’t a slight of hand. Though often the case, it isn’t always derived…” on Jul 27th →

Busted Head Racket - Poor no more

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Garage Synth / Egg Punk. Newcastle, Australia. I will never in my life make something that sounds…” on Jul 11th →

O.R.F. - wie schön

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles What can be learned from this? Its direct and graceful descent. Its puncture and pulse. The relaxed…” on May 22nd →

Little Oil - Hey Judas

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Coming 2nd among Twelve Songs, Little Oil’s “Hey Judas” is a psych-folk tune composed of deftly piercing…” on Mar 29th →

Valentina & los Bindis - Basta!

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles New compilation from Argentina in the wake of the December inauguration of the libertarian hatchetman and fascist…” on Mar 7th →

Balaclava - Swimming Up Up Up

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Palestine Solidarity Compilation is one of the most stacked comps of the era and for the…” on Jan 31st →

Sandy Pylos - La Modelo de Mis Fantasias

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Sandy Pylos is the psych/power pop project of Portland-based Paraguayan multi-instrumentalist Ana Belén. It is bedroom synthpop…” on Nov 20th, 2023 →

Gob Psychic - Harnessed Energy

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles In praise of unpolished polemics: there is a reasonable case to be made that half-articulated rage is…” on Nov 7th, 2023 →

The Uptights - Jasper

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Oslo’s The Uptights have created in “Jasper” a multifaceted fuck-you of a tune, some real fun experimental…” on Sep 14th, 2023 →

The Toads - Ex - KGB

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Toads include members of The Shifters, The Living Eyes and Parsnip, each has featured here or…” on Aug 5th, 2023 →

mantarochen - Porzellan

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles “Porzellan” is formidable synth wave/post-punk from the overflowing chalice of Leipzig. This is all about the multifaceted…” on Jul 15th, 2023 →

Being Dead - Muriel's Big Day Off

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles The Being Dead duo put out one of my very favorite albums of last year, Zero Percent…” on Jun 2nd, 2023 →

REIZ - Kauschiene

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Another sprouting from the top-tier Leipzig scene, REIZ are relentless in their kinetic thresh. There’s a good…” on Jun 1st, 2023 →

Paul Bergmann - We Suffer, We Live Too Well

Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles No Masters in Paradise is an exquisite set of gothic rock lamentations for “a world which dies…” on May 5th, 2023 →

Busted Head Racket - CLOWNING

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Writing on Busted Head Racket in December I accused them of crafting “delightful and difficult to kill…” on Apr 23rd, 2023 →

Mo Troper - For You To Sing

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Plainly and PainfullyFollow “5/5 golden merles Good and due praise has been delivered to Mo Troper’s new tune “For You To Sing.” The…” on Apr 19th, 2023 →