Ex Pilots began as Ethan Oliva’s solo project in 2015 with the release of Findlay, a compilation of demos from 2009. By 2019, the project evolved into a full band with the release of their excellent self-titled LP, which was remastered and reissued last year on Smoking Room. Now with a solid six-member lineup, Ex…
At last, Beans has returned! Boots N Cats marks their third album, the follow-up to 2020’s All Together Now. Frontman Matt Blach, who also plays drums for the Murlocs, thought their third album should have a different approach to making music. Boots N Cats is an album built around the drums (hence the name). Blach…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 6 March 2020. The Kite String Tangle (aka Danny Harley) will be releasing his second album C()D3X on Friday 20 March; followed by a national tour taking in capital cities and some regional spots. The album contains previously released…
Until we heard it, FUZZ was a band we didn’t know that we needed. With their debut self-titled album, high school friends Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Mootheart (guitar), and Roland Cosio (bass) poured hot and heavy with their worship of the Big Muff Pi and other fuzz/distortion devices, their homework of bands such as…
Back in the mid to late 90’s there was a surge in “surf” music that not only found people really digging classics like Dick Dale and The Ventures but new groups came to the forefront like Man or Astro-man?, Los Straightjackets, Huevos Rancheros and The Mulchmen. It was a great time for the genre, then…
