• A squeezebox from Austin is worth two kills

    Sad Accordions – The colors and the kill

  • 3 from Louisville

    Interstates – Arrival without departure

  • Superstar Destroyer Records strikes back!

    After giving away Nowhere Again’s EP a few days ago, the good people of Superstar Destroyer are offering today (and today only) three slices of good music for your listening pleasure.

  • Gig previews!

    Busy week this one!

  • Agony Aunt Sock – 10

    Jonny’ll fix it … or he’ll fix you is Sloucher’s own “Agony Aunt” section. These are true cases, but the identities of those involved were changed to protect them. Feel free to send your troubles our way. This week, we talk about a top actor who has been doing some dubious acting choices as of…

  • Wake up to Fuzzy Light’s new video

    ‘Slowing time’ from Fuzzy Lights  is such a great song from their 2010 album,  Twin Feathers. Who are they? Well, it’s an ensemble, mainly from Cambridge but completely eager to go nomadic and indulge in touring. Funny enough, they do tour the UK in June, with dates in Glossop, London, Leeds, Cardiff and more. Complete…

  • Flying crane (from the hood)

    The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles – Let’s begin now

  • An abstract cataclysm

    Implodes – Black Earth

  • Wake up to… The Shipping News (slightly remixed)

    I love The Shipping News. They’ve done one of the most visceral, punchier albums I’ve heard recently, the brutal One less heartless to fear ( review). Besides having a bassist with a magic knack for doing killer basslines (proof – Bad Eve), they also are from the fabled Louisville, Kentucky, a town so laidback it…

  • Synth is Golden

    Review: Pulseprogramming –Charade is Gold Chicago’s Pulseprogramming, the brainchild of vocalist/producer Marc Hellner, are a multimedia studio-based collective that have been releasing material for over a decade. New album ‘Charade is Gold’ is a beautiful slice of subtle synth-pop which delicately mixes dreamy shoegaze with analogue loops, undulating bass, deep monotone male vocals and uplifting,…