Inner Magic – “Underground”

As much as I was recently reflecting on the end of Chromatics, I would be remiss to not point out that there has actually been quite a bit of worthy post-Chromatics music from the various former members. In 2022, both guitarist Adam Miller and singer/guitarist Ruth Radelet put out records – an eponymous full-length for […]

deary – “Alfie”

When it rains, it pours, and the deluge of new singles in the last little while made it so that even an epic new track from deary didn’t even get a listen until this morning as I write this, fully five days after it was released. A tribute to guitarist Ben Easton’s dog – presumably […]

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 […]

Daughter – “Not Enough”

I was going to say “London’s Daughter” but considering that the three members are now scattered across the globe, the geographic qualifier seems misplaced. I believe the logistics, amongst other factors, were why the band didn’t tour or play live (almost) at all for their last record, 2023’s Stereo Mind Game, which means if you […]