June 15, 2025

Wet Leg: "Catch These Fists" & "CPR" live on Dutch Radio

Watch indie band Wet Leg perform Catch These Fists and CPR for a 3voor12 Session on Dutch radio. Both tracks are singles from their forthcoming album moisturizer, due for release on July 11 via Domino (vinyl, cassette, CD, digital).

Words about music (791): Nick Beggs

Nick Beggs
I think it’s important to be sympathetic to the ensemble but when I play I want to dominate my sector. The bass should make your body do what your mind is unsure about. Most producers don’t know how to mix bass. Turn it up. Louder. That’s the way it should be in most cases. I’m rarely happy about the level of the bass on most things I hear.

Nick Beggs

June 14, 2025

Elephant Stone: in-studio performance @ KEXP radio

Watch the video of the in-studio performance by Canadian psychedelic raga band Elephant Stone on The Afternoon Show @ KEXP radio in Seattle, recorded on January 28, 2025.

Exploding Skull: Coyote

photo: Scott Townsend

Brooklyn based guitarist Peter Joseph (OOF, Pelvi$$, Rathaus) moves at a snail's pace on Coyote, the new album by his Exploding Skull project. Inspired by Zen medidation the compositions flow languidly, with a bit of feedback and crackling static noises working a double shift as seasoning and lo-fi percussion.

Sometimes bending the notes so far that they are about to break or go out of tune, he plays a game of tension and release. Metal heads will love it as a come down album, and avant-garde and noise affiocianodas will appreciate the exploration of the outer regions of ambient and use of drones. Joseph can make his guitar sound like a totally alien instrument. His determined pushing of the boundaries opens up a unique sonic palette, enabling him to create textures and chord progressions that sound fresh and adventurous.

Jeffrey Halford & The Healers: tour dates

Roots trio Jeffrey Halford & The Healers will be playing a string of shows in California. Europe is next, with gigs in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. They named it the Kerosene 25th anniversary tour. That album will reissued on August 29 on vinyl.