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Aquarium Drunkard
5 months ago
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2025 Midyear Review
aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/06/30/aquarium-drunkard-2025-midyear-review
As always, unruly and unranked. Let it blurb.
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Jennifer Kelly
5 months ago
“Little Mazarn works in the intersection between nature and magic, bending quiet, lightly harmonized melodies into luminous shapes,” writes Jennifer Kelly.
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Little Mazarn — Mustang Island (Dear Life)
Little Mazarn - Mustang Island Little Mazarn works in the intersection between nature and magic, bending quiet, lightly harmonized melodies into luminous shapes, while describing ordinary things in a....
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Rosy Overdrive
5 months ago
New blog post! Wrote about a new compilation from The Feelies
@barnonerecords.bsky.social
, plus new records from Whitney's Playland
@dandyboyrecords.bsky.social
@meritoriorec.bsky.social
, Michael Robert Chadwick
@anxietyblanket.bsky.social
, and Little Mazarn
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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Pressing Concerns: The Feelies, Whitney’s Playland, Michael Robert Chadwick, Little Mazarn
Happy Juneteeth, everybody! Perhaps because of the holiday, it appears like this Friday (6/20) is a bit of a light week in terms of new music, but since there were enough upcoming releases I wanted…
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2025/06/19/pressing-concerns-the-feelies-whitneys-playland-michael-robert-chadwick-little-mazarn/
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LaurieK
5 months ago
Lovely review of Little Mazarn's 'Mustang Island' from
@jenpkelly.bsky.social
w/Dusted- out tomorrow on
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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LaurieK
5 months ago
Out this Friday 6/20! Austin trio Little Mazarn's beautiful new album 'Mustang Island' via
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LaurieK
5 months ago
Florry is "sounding bigger and better than ever, pushing the bygone giants of the genre...through a modern DIY perspective and coming out both perfectly ragged and more refined at the same time."
@bensalmon.bsky.social
@bandcamp.com
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The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, May 2025
Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-country/the-best-country-music-on-bandcamp-may-2025
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LaurieK
6 months ago
Florry "rips through a set of free-spirited barnstormers with such ease and joy that even its tales of raw feelings and perpetual malaise feel uplifting." 8/10 for 'Sounds Like..." ⚡️
@pitchfork.com
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Florry: Sounds Like...
Read Shaad D’Souza’s review of the album.
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/florry-sounds-like/
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LaurieK
6 months ago
'Sounds Like...' "...is a glorious romp through lush Americana soundscapes." KEXP's
@chris-sanley.bsky.social
on Florry's latest album! Out now via
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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New Music Reviews (5/26)
https://www.kexp.org/read/2025/5/26/new-music-reviews-526/
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Mario Santana
6 months ago
terrific live set from
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
coming at ya next Saturday with Chris on
@wfmu.bsky.social
📡
#folk
#chamber
#experimental
#philly
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www.wfmu.org/playlists/C7
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Post-Trash
6 months ago
check out our latest "Out This Week" feature with
@stereolabgroop.bsky.social
, BRNDA, Florry (
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
), Moontype (
@orindal.bsky.social
), Ossuary, Science Man (
@swimmingfaith.bsky.social
), Boldy James + Your Boy Posca, and more!
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Out This Week | Post-Trash Highlights — POST-TRASH
A weekly post highlighting but a few of our favorite new releases in splendid alphabetical order, brief and (hopefully) informative. There’s a lot of great music out every week and these are but some ...
https://post-trash.com/news/2025/5/23/out-this-week-post-trash-highlights
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Rosy Overdrive
6 months ago
New blog post! Wrote about the deluxe reissue of Headphones' only album
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@pedrothelion.bsky.social
, plus new records from Florry
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
, Forty Winks
@craftedsounds.bsky.social
, and Wipes:
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Pressing Concerns: Headphones, Florry, Forty Winks, Wipes
Wake up, it’s the Thursday Pressing Concerns! Four records that are coming out tomorrow, May 19th! New albums from Florry and Wipes, a new EP from Forty Winks, and a deluxe reissue of a twent…
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2025/05/22/pressing-concerns-headphones-florry-forty-winks-wipes/
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Steven Hyden
6 months ago
Interviewed Francie Medosch from Florry, who are putting out a great rock 'n' roll record just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
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LaurieK
6 months ago
"'Sounds Like…' is a blissed out mess that showcases Medosch’s step forward as a songwriter, but with zero loss of energy" 8/10
@undertheradar.bsky.social
on the new LP from Florry, out this Friday on
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
!
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/soun...
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Sounds Like…
Someone forgot to tell the house band it was last call and lights out a few hours ago. And thankfully so. Each song on Florry’s latest, Sounds Like…, plays out bleary eyed and bled through.
https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/sounds_like_florry
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Post-Trash
6 months ago
Florry's "Sounds Like..." reviewed by Myles Tiessen. Out this Friday, May 23rd, via
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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Florry - "Sounds Like…" | Album Review — POST-TRASH
With principal songwriter and singer Francie Medosch now based in Vermont, Florry approaches their new album Sounds Like… with the same easygoing, effortless feel as all great country rockers do. …
https://post-trash.com/news/2025/5/19/florry-sounds-like-album-review
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Rosy Overdrive
6 months ago
From two years ago: Wrote about records from Michael Cormier-O’Leary
@milkocromlom.bsky.social
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
, Gueersh, BIKE, and Alien Eyelid
@talltexanrecords.bsky.social
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Pressing Concerns: Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Gueersh, BIKE, Alien Eyelid
It’s a Monday, and we’ve got four more great new albums to talk about on Pressing Concerns. Today deals with new records from Michael Cormier-O’Leary, Gueersh, BIKE, and Alien Eye…
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2023/05/08/pressing-concerns-michael-cormier-oleary-gueersh-bike-alien-eyelid/
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LaurieK
6 months ago
Incredible review of Florry's upcoming new LP over at
@aquariumdrunkard.com
🖤 (thanks
@jenpkelly.bsky.social
!)
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LaurieK
7 months ago
In her
@rainbowrodeo.bsky.social
interview, Medosch reveals the neuroses inherent in her songs' characters and the ways Florry approaches their commitment to live music:
rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-fl...
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INTERVIEW: Florry Is In It For the Ride
Philly DIY band Florry proudly carry on the ramshackle warmth endemic to the scene. In our interview, bandleader Francie Medosch tells us how the band approaches live music.
https://rainbowrodeomag.com/interview-florry-is-i/
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LaurieK
7 months ago
"Irresistible slacker anthem from Philly’s Florry. “First it was a movie, then it was a book” explores a landscape similar to Kurt Vile & MJ Lenderman, with a hint of free-spirited Southern groove and endless late-night, country-rock jam spirit."
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https://tidal.com/magazine/article/playlisters-a-listers-vol-1/1-96468
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7 months ago
Jumped into repping the ATX scene with Little Mazarn's expansive new tune for
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austintownhall.com/2025/04/15/l...
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Little Mazarn Announces Mustang Island
Since their earliest EP back in 2016, Little Mazarn has felt like a great secret within the confines of the Austin music scene+ADs they are the artists+ACYAIw-8217+ADs artists+ADs they are a band with...
https://austintownhall.com/2025/04/15/little-mazarn-announces-mustang-island/
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Rosy Overdrive
7 months ago
From a year ago: Wrote about records from Mythical Motors
@repeatingcloud.com
@mythicalmotors.bsky.social
, Bill Baird
@perpetualdoom.bsky.social
@blondebill.bsky.social
, Hour
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
, and Trummors
@ejrc.bsky.social
@trummors.bsky.social
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Pressing Concerns: Mythical Motors, Bill Baird, Hour, Trummors
Hey there! We’re starting up a stacked week with a Pressing Concerns featuring four albums that came out last week: new LPs from Mythical Motors, Bill Baird, Hour, and Trummors. If you like p…
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2024/04/15/pressing-concerns-mythical-motors-bill-baird-hour-trummors/
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Riot Act Media
7 months ago
"First it was a movie, then it was a book" ..."surges along through waves of pedal-steel-fried Southern guitar rock, breaking away from the jam session occasionally for some revved-up Francie Medosch vocals."
@stereogum.bsky.social
shares the latest from Florry!
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Under the Radar Magazine
7 months ago
Philadelphia alt-country band Florry are releasing a new album, "Sounds Like…," on May 23 on Dear Life (
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
). This week they have shared the album’s latest single, the expansive 7-minute long “First it was a movie, then it was a book.”
www.undertheradarmag.com/news/florry_...
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LaurieK
7 months ago
"This is everything I want rock music to sound like in 2025."
@pastemagazine.bsky.social
on the new single "First it was a movie, then it was a book" from @florrymusicband!
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n...
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Best New Songs (April 10, 2025)
Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-new-songs/best-new-songs-april-10-2025
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Jennifer Kelly
8 months ago
“The North Carolina-based Fust flexes its country rock muscles in this third full-length, its hangdog tales delivered in sweeping, twangy crescendos,” writes Jennifer Kelly.
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Fust — Big Ugly (Dear Life)
Photo by Graham Tolbert Fust - Spangled The North Carolina-based Fust flexes its country rock muscles in this third full-length, its hangdog tales delivered in sweeping, twangy crescendos. The band,.....
https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/779818077502259200/fust-big-ugly-dear-life
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Riot Act Media
8 months ago
Florry's "Hey Baby" included in this most excellent Viking's Choice mixtape from
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LaurieK
8 months ago
"a splendid, gutsy tune" from Florry, "Hey Baby," is out now!
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@ourculture.bsky.social
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Raven Sings The Blues
8 months ago
Lead by the parched but potent vocals of Francie Medosch and a rather blistering solo from John Murray, Florry picks right up where the sunburnt charms of The Holey Bible left off. Wrapped around regrets, the cut laments, but never leaves you wanting.
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LaurieK
8 months ago
Florry releases "rollicking first single “Hey Baby”"off their upcoming new album 'Sounds Like...', out 5/23 on
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
!
@uproxx.bsky.social
@joshkurp.bsky.social
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Florry’s New Album ’Sounds Like...’ Is Influenced By ’Jackass’ Theme
It’s the group’s first album since 2023’s ’The Holey Bible’
https://uproxx.com/indie/florry-sounds-like-album/
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Under the Radar Magazine
8 months ago
We spoke to the North Carolina-based alt-country band Fust about their new album, "Big Ugly," which is out today on Dear Life (
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/f...
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Post-Trash
8 months ago
Fust spoke with Post-Trash’s Giliann Karon about their new album “Big Ugly” (out today via
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
), evolving southern identity, adding nuance to existing musical themes, and jamming with your friends.
post-trash.com/news/2025/3/...
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Fust | Feature Interview — POST-TRASH
On Big Ugly , released by artist-run Dear Life Records, Fust preserves the nuanced grittiness of Southern life while challenging dominant narratives. Post-Trash caught up with Fust lead Aaron Dowdy ...
https://post-trash.com/news/2025/3/4/fust-feature-interview
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Brian Burns
8 months ago
Got to chat with Fust about their new record "Big Ugly" which is out tomorrow on
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
and absolutely rules.
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On their new record, Durham's Fust explores the world of Big Ugly
Brian Burns chats with Aaron Dowdy of the Durham band Fust about their new record "Big Ugly."
https://www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2025-03-06/durham-fust-aaron-dowdy-big-ugly
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ben seretan
8 months ago
changed up the format of my weekly newsletter to allow talking to other folks - - today I just sent out a really nice conversation with Michael Cormier-O'Leary, a great songwriter, key part of the
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
constellation, and bandleader of the great DIY chamber ensemble Hour
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Under the Radar Magazine
8 months ago
Durham, North Carolina's Americana band Fust are releasing a new album, "Big Ugly," this Friday via Dear Life (
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
). Here's our review of it. Mark Moody writes that the band "comes up aces on a near dozen alt-country stunners."
www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/big_...
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The Mirage Fades As It Unfolded
9 months ago
‘Subminiature’ by
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
(via
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
) is a stark delight of neo-classical compositions both outwardly moving and inwardly subtle. Woodwinds glide along clean electric guitars and charmingly skittering percussion. A bold, inviting collection of live recordings.
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@hourdayweek.bsky.social
opens for
@eikoishibashi.bsky.social
on April 3rd in Philly!
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thanks to
@ingalls1969.bsky.social
for the great Subminiature review!
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Thanks to
@thepitch.bsky.social
for interviewing
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
ahead of True False film festival
www.thepitchkc.com/philadelphia...
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Philadelphia's Hour bring their DIY chamber music to True/False this weekend
Hour. // photo credit Charlie Boss The True/False Film Fest takes place in Columbia, beginning Thursday, February 27 and ending Sunday, March 2. On Saturday, March 1, a stripped-down, four-piece versi...
https://www.thepitchkc.com/philadelphias-hour-bring-their-diy-chamber-music-to-true-false-this-weekend/
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Thanks to Aly for writing about Subminiature by
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Rosy Overdrive
9 months ago
New blog post! Wrote about new records from Patches, Or Does It Explode
@shawn-bass.bsky.social
, Future Living
@chafehensley.bsky.social
@nmarkowski.bsky.social
, and Hour
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
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Pressing Concerns: Patches, …or Does It Explode?, Future Living, Hour
Wow, there’s a bunch of good records in this Tuesday Pressing Concerns. The (unfortunately) final EP from Patches, a live album from Hour, and new studio albums from …or Does It Explode…
https://rosyoverdrive.com/2025/02/18/pressing-concerns-patches-or-does-it-explode-future-living-hour/
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Julian Booker
9 months ago
3. Hour-"A the Bar Where You Literally Saved Me from Fatal Heartbreak"
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Hallmark live from PhilaMOCA is available to listen to wherever you listen to music. Watch the entire live performance here:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6L...
Hour tour starts two weeks from today. Check out the touring and go to a show near you
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@hourdayweek.bsky.social
and
@jasoncalhoun.bsky.social
both play True/False Film Fest this year
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Stereogum
10 months ago
Watch MJ Lenderman's Tiny Desk Concert:
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MJ Lenderman Plays 'Manning Fireworks' Highlights For His Tiny Desk Concert: Watch
It was only 10 months ago that Wednesday played their Tiny Desk concert supporting their great album Rat Saw God. Now that band’s guitarist MJ Lenderman has returned to NPR’s office for a Tiny Desk co...
https://www.stereogum.com/2294713/watch-mj-lenderman-play-manning-fireworks-highlights-for-his-tiny-desk-concert/news/
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Don’t miss
@hourdayweek.bsky.social
on tour next month!
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Record Crates United
10 months ago
One of the finest examples of songwriting that I’ve heard over the last year is Anne Malin’s Strange Power! Tender, personal and oftentimes raw as life, this is a record that never stops impressing me:
annemalin.bandcamp.com/album/strang...
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Strange Power!, by Anne Malin
10 track album
https://annemalin.bandcamp.com/album/strange-power
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Small Albums
10 months ago
our PICK OF THE DAY IS Fust's new track "Spangled" on
@dearliferecs.bsky.social
read our review/listen⬇️
www.smallalbums.com/pick-of-the-...
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Ease the Work included in this beautiful document. Buy it here:
ko-fi.com/s/b633941ed8
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