· details

AM Gold • AM Gold

• released 2024-06-28

An unusual release blending all manner of genres from the last 50 years, which ends up sounding like a very approachable prog rock. Creative arrangements and surprising turns of style keep this an engaging listen.

Archives

Approximately Relevant

View Archives »
Liily &bull; <i>TV or Not TV</i>

Liily • TV or Not TV

Jagged thunder aplenty, as this band tears through a set of impressively constructed symphonies of hostility. If you like the sort of music that makes you headbang, give this a listen but make a chiropractor appointment first.

The Green Goblyn Project • <i>Salvage</i>

The Green Goblyn Project • Salvage

On Halloween I fell asleep to this horror-punk platter playing, and dreamt of whirling in a mosh pit in a toxic swamp, catching elbows and knees from zombie alligators and bouncing off leaking radioactive waste barrels. I woke up covered in bruises.

Wine Lips • <i>TV Dinner</i>

Wine Lips • TV Dinner

Like the whoomp from pouring too much firestarter on and throwing the match in, this band is in your face, exciting and a bit scary at the same time, with its snarling guitars, sneering vocals, and the heft of every possible item in the garage.

Meridian Brothers + Mexican Institute of Sound • <i>Ruido Tovar</i>

Meridian Brothers + Mexican Institute of Sound • Ruido Tovar

Camilo Lara teams up with some influences from the southern hemisphere to bring about this collection of decidedly cumbia-inflected tracks. The sounds lean heavily towards the casiotoned but are expertly counterbalanced with orchestral decorations.