"The second single from Amand Hammer and The Alchemist's upcoming collaborative LP, Mercy, "Calypso Gene" is yet another hard-hitting, jazz-tinged, smoky hip-hop track that manages to feel urgent despite its laid-back vibe. After billy woods and E L U C I D trade verses over spicy piano chords and shuffling percussion, Silka and Cleo Reed sing a final refrain as the track takes a psychedelic turn. It's as effective as it is wonderful on the ears."
"Featuring seven more helpings of his hooky power pop, Bad Penny is 21 minutes of pure guitar-driven fun. Halfway into the tracklist lies perhaps the catchiest tune of the bunch, "I Don't Wanna Think About the Money," which almost sounds like what a mid-2000s Rivers Cuomo song might have gone for if Pinkerton didn't flop (and, in case it wasn't clear, I mean that as a high compliment)."
"The latest from Washington D.C. punkers Ekko Astral, "horseglue," might be their most abrasive offering yet. The song is two minutes of buzzing guitars, clipping tracks, crashing cymbals, and, well, noise. Throw in the deadpan lead vocals and an abrupt-as-hell ending, and it almost seems like Ekko Astral has gone full no wave. If that's the case, they wear the genre quite well."
Amand Hammer and The Alchemist deliver a jazz-tinged, smoky hip-hop track that balances urgency with a laid-back vibe, featuring billy woods and E L U C I D trading verses and Silka and Cleo Reed providing a psychedelic closing refrain. Dazy, James Goodson's Richmond-based indie rock project, issued the Bad Penny EP with seven hooky power-pop tracks totaling 21 minutes; "I Don't Wanna Think About the Money" stands out as an especially catchy, Rivers Cuomo‑reminiscent tune. Ekko Astral's "horseglue" is a two-minute blast of buzzing guitars, clipped tracks, crashing cymbals, deadpan vocals, and an abrupt ending that evokes no-wave intensity. Additional selections include songs from Softcult and hemlocke springs among other emerging artists.
Read at Consequence
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]