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Sam Goblin currently lives in Tallahassee, FL and plays music with Mister Goblin and Deady. He hopes to never, ever, ever become a music writer.

Sam Goblin

Music

Chad Clark Describes Things As They Are

Shrunken Elvis is a Nashville-based trio born from long European drives, cold winter jam sessions, and a mutual love of genre-defying sound exploration. The group unites three seasoned musicians — Spencer Cullum, Sean Thompson, and Rich Ruth — each bringing a distinct musical background to a shared creative space that prizes intuition over ambition. Their self-titled record is out now on Western Vinyl.

Shrunken Elvis

Shrunken Elvis Trust Each Other

Pickle Darling has always existed just outside of the periphery. In a heightened time of fast music, algorithmic consumption and rapid virality, Lukas Mayo (they/them) has remained focused on the album. Their discography is a reflection of their creative evolution, and they deliberately look for ways to push sonic boundaries from release to release. Since debuting with Bigness in 2019 followed by Cosmonaut in 2021, Mayo has curated a catalog that is deeply personal and strangely tactile, where tiny, unexpected details — an off-kilter loop, a whispered aside, the warmth of an old Casio—become as crucial as melody itself. Their latest record, Bots, is out now on Father/Daughter

Pickle Darling

Bedbug and Pickle Darling Feel Like a Secret

Sandra Tervonen and Juuso Malin are the Helsinki duo Pearly Drops. Their latest record, The Voices Are Coming Back, is out now on Music Website.

Pearly Drops

Pearly Drops and illumitati Deserve a Vacation

Lathe of Heaven is a post-punk/new wave band from Brooklyn. Their latest record, Aurora, is out now on Sacred Bones. 
(Photo Credit: LJ Ripley)

Lathe of Heaven

Role Models: My Bloody Valentine Showed Lathe of Heaven How to Keep It Simple

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Ruban Nielson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra) Talks with Neil Krug on the Talkhouse Podcast

Tchotchke is Anastasia Sanchez, Eva Chambers, and Emily Tooraen. Their latest record, Playin’ Dumb, is out September 5, 2025.

Tchotchke

Welcome to Adam Green’s Chat With Tchotchke

In the darkest days of December, 2020, when NYC was being battered into a shell of itself by the pandemic, Joe Denardo (Growing, Ornament) encouraged Dan Wise (Honey, Psychic Ills, Kill Me Tomorrow) to start jamming some songs Dan had been sitting on. After a few years and different personnel, the Cool Whip sound coalesced and FLAME IN MY HEART was born.

Cool Whip

Dan Wise and Mark Ibold Eat Potato Chips at Union Pool

A version of james K was born. Comprised of bones, reactive metals and a larynx with freckled eyes that catalyzes that mix. She produces her music and makes temporary haven for indomitable lyrics — and these are in constant flux. You can check what they are here: [917 908-1173]. It&#8217;s only a part of her ultra-detailed world. A world that she abandons and then builds upon.

james K

james K and Huerco S Have a Lot of Connections

Tim Carr’s (Perfume Genius, Hand Habits) is a fixture of the singer-songwriter and session player communities in Los Angeles. He was raised in Novato, California, and at 18, Carr moved to Los Angeles to study jazz drums at California Institute of the Arts. Upon graduating, Carr pursued a scrappy career as a touring drummer with bands including The Americans and Fell Runner, in addition to producing for a handful of songwriters. In pockets away from the road, Carr’s introverted experiments with DIY production slowly shaped his debut, The Last Day of Fighting, which was widely released in 2016. 
Carr is now based in the quiet Los Angeles neighborhood of Tujunga, at the foot of the Verdugo Mountains. His self-released latest album, Pleasure Drives, sparked shortly after the move to the Crescenta Valley. Pleasure Drives is out now.

Tim Carr

Mood Board: Tim Carr’s Pleasure Drives

Ganser combines post-punk workmanship with aesthetic noise rock tendencies, inspired by cinematic visuals and imagist language. Composed of keyboardist/vocalist Nadia Garofalo, bassist/vocalist Alicia Gaines, drummer Brian Cundiff, and guitarist Charlie Landsman, equal parts Space Odyssey and Ghost World, this Chicago-based band channels anxiety’s heightened state to absurd ends.
Their debut, Odd Talk, was released in 2018 on No Trend Records to favorable coverage from The New York Times, Billboard, Stereogum, and other publications. Building on their dissociative disorder namesake, their music is sometimes frenzied (&#8220;PSY OPS&#8221;), but sometimes contemplative (&#8220;Revel&#8221;), probing on questions of anxiety, intimacy, and avoidance.
(Photo Credit: Kirsten Miccoli)

Ganser

Alicia Gaines is a songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, singer, and Graphis-awarded art director from Washington State. As part of Ganser, she has released two albums and multiple EPs serving as co-songwriter, co-producer, video co-director, and editor. After their critically acclaimed debut album, Odd Talk, Ganser&#8217;s Just Look at That Sky met 2020 with year end nods from The Quietus, Rolling Stone, Vice, Paste, Uproxx, Bandcamp, and more. “Favorite albums of 2020. They can rant and croon, elevating this thorny, driving music out of the muck and toward something resembling transcendence.” &#8211; <a href="https://uproxx.com/indie/steven-hyden-favorite-albums-of-2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://uproxx.com/indie/steven-hyden-favorite-albums-of-2020/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1645708607087000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Yl7tKrkBcvt_zBdVnUGfg">Steven Hyden’s Favorite Albums Of 2020</a>
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Alicia Gaines

Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix) Talks with Alicia Gaines (Ganser) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Steve Von Till has charted an extraordinary musical path over the last several decades, from his main duties as singer and guitarist of the boundary-breaking Neurosis, to the psychedelic music of his Harvestman project and the unique folk songs he&#8217;s released under his own name.
His latest solo release, Alone in a World of Wounds, is out now