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Sublime Frequencies - Don’t Worry It’s Just a Snakebite (What Has Happened to This Generation?)
The TonearmFollow “My discovery of West Virginia Snake Handler Revival "They Shall Take Up Serpents" was not because I was jonesing for…” 15 hrs ago →
Patricia Brennan - Antlia
The TonearmFollow “The streets of Patricia Brennan's hometown, the Port of Veracruz, exposed the budding musician to Mexican marimba music and Afro-Cuban…” yesterday →
My Violence - Isabella Rossellini
The TonearmFollow “Musically, there's an element of early Beach House, a vocal nod to Nico, and homages to both sixties pop and…” 2 days ago →
Jeremy Rose - The Great Wave Off Kanagawa
The TonearmFollow “There is something about Infinity II that I cannot disassociate with the Earth's slide into the colder months. This is…” 3 days ago →
Kramer - Whispers for the Dead
The TonearmFollow “Kramer—when you hear the name, get it right. We're talking about the musician who was one of the central figures…” 5 days ago →
Sessa - Vale a Pena
The TonearmFollow “I'm reminded of the movement and fluidity of sound and creation when I think of Sessa's third LP, Pequena Vertigem…” last week →
Free Country (IV), feat. Hank Roberts, J… - Past Time
The TonearmFollow “Drummer Phil Haynes formed the string band Free Country in 1997 with cellist Hank Roberts, guitarist Jim Yanda, and bassist…” last week →
Kirin McElwain - Closer
The TonearmFollow “Kirin McElwain's music acts as an interesting bridge between worlds: classical and modern, lyrical and instrumental. While established as a…” last week →
Faetooth - White Noise
The TonearmFollow “The American doom metal trio Faetooth released their second album, Labyrinthine, last September on The Flenser. The work marks a…” last week →
Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt - Advance
The TonearmFollow “The picture slowly comes into view: a gently phasing sustained note, laden with overtones and harmonics; then percussive, jangly strings…” last week →
Bryan Senti - La Marea
The TonearmFollow “After fifteen years of intense violin training, Bryan Senti walked away from the instrument and its associated performance anxiety at…” on Jan 2nd →
Lia Kohl - Voting Line, Downtown Chicago
The TonearmFollow “There is a listless burnout that maybe others experience at this time of year. The kind where you no longer…” on Dec 31st, 2025 →
Weston Olencki - Foggy Mountain Breakdown // Ground Speed
The TonearmFollow “To experience Weston Olencki's Broadsides is to hear the results of a unique process—an occupation with singular instruments, southern musical…” on Dec 29th, 2025 →
Prewn - Easy
The TonearmFollow “There's something very nineties about the title track/first single from Prewn's latest, and second album, System. It could be the…” on Dec 24th, 2025 →
Just Mustard - ENDLESS DEATHLESS
The TonearmFollow “Just Mustard's third LP, We Were Just Here, is an album that induces wonder in many ways, and I'll name…” on Dec 22nd, 2025 →
Constant Smiles - Leave It at Why
The TonearmFollow “Early in our conversation—and all over his band Constant Smiles's album Moonflowers—Ben Jones references the incremental, stealthy transformations of things…” on Dec 19th, 2025 →
Craig Taborn, Nels Cline, Marcus Gilmore - Unreal Light
The TonearmFollow “Guitarist Nels Cline began his musical wanderings in teenage psychedelic rock with his twin brother, drummer Alex Cline, absorbing Hendrix's…” on Dec 18th, 2025 →
JMMR - Courage Wolf 148 BPM
The TonearmFollow “Jordan McLean's Musical Resistance presents a chaotic collage of uptempo slices of ‘electrobeat’ on their debut record, Resistance is Fertile.…” on Dec 17th, 2025 →
Yves Jarvis - Silver KG
The TonearmFollow “In a music landscape where polished studios and large creative teams often shape the final product, Montreal's Yves Jarvis—born Jean-Sébastien…” on Dec 15th, 2025 →
Alta Vista - Interstate 80
The TonearmFollow “In a very real instance of "one man's trash," the Chicago-based trio Alta Vista came together over a box of…” on Dec 12th, 2025 →