Velocity Girl – “Sorry Again” @ The Black Cat, Washington D.C. – September 2023

Velocity Girl continued their slow and steady reunion today with their second archival release, an expanded and remastered version of their 1994 album ¡Simpatico!. Unlike the 2024 reissue of their debut Copacetic which was gussied up enough to earn the title UltraCopacetic, the new release only gets the Remastered and Expanded parenthetically and comes with […]

Good Day Father – “Sonic Amadea”

If it wasn’t clear, the timing of Monday’s post wasn’t random as yesterday marked the official first release of Good Day Father, a new project from Catherine Wheel guitarist Brian Futter featuring vocals from Belly frontwoman Tanya Donelly. So not quite “Judy Staring At The Sun” part two, but certainly very adjacent. “Sonic Amadea” is […]

Be Forest – “Gemini”

Though they didn’t seem to make much of a splash in their three-album run, Italian outfit Be Forest are one of my go-tos when I’m in the mood for some icy yet lush post-punk beyond the usual suspects. Specifically, their last album, 2019’s Knockturne, which just knows where to set the flangers and reverbs to […]