The Reds, Pinks & Purples invoke a very particular moment of the post-C86/Sarah Records outpost of “college rock” before grunge became the de facto form of “alt rock”. This is pop music like they don’t really make it anymore: Catchy, gloomy, literate, jangly, artsy, occasionally frivolous… like some half-remembered video from the Dave Kendall-era of 120 Minutes. Snuffy Spiderlegs
This Calgary group makes goth-y post-punk attired in the brightly colorful arrangements of bleep-boop synthesized psychedelia. Bandcamp... New & Notable Feb 3, 2024
A split cassette archives the recordings of two youthful Massachusetts bands, whose sounds range from math rock to dream pop to punk. Ba...ndcamp New & Notable Feb 2, 2018
Berlin-based singer/songwriter Tara Nome Doyle excels at quietly moving piano-based ballads, devastating but never overwrought. Bandcamp... New & Notable Apr 16, 2025