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(Saustex Media)   http://www.saustexmedia.com/     The delightfully lewd, crude and lascivious Hickoids have returned from the corn crib of oblivion with their first release s more...

 (Saustex Media)            www.saustexmedia.com/   The Hickoids have been knockin' around Austin and San Antonio for over 25 years, crank more...

(Arts & Crafts)   www.arts-crafts.ca   Toronto's The Hidden Cameras, an art collective led by the elusive songwriter, Joel Gibb, set the bar high with their first proper full l more...

(Relapse)   www.relapse.com     From the mid-‘80s through the early ‘90s, it seemed that all the cool alternative musicians were part of a giant, collective family more...

(Rainbow Quartz)   www.rainbowquartz.com   Soft, swirling guitar pop wafts out of this fourth full-length, and only occasionally gains force, as the Montrealean psych rock outfit mak more...

(self-released)   www.thehighirons.com   A little over a year ago in this space we reviewed You May Already Be A Winner by Brooklyn twangers Katy Mae, praising the band's collective s more...

(E1 Music)     www.e1music.us     When an album marks a pronounced step backward for a group, that album is usually doomed to be dismissed as a lesser piece of work. Unl more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   The keys to cracking the code of the bewitching puzzle box that is High Places' gorgeous, self-titled debut album come in the fourth song, " more...

(Thrill Jockey)   www.thrilljockey.com   High Places dials down the eccentricity in their second full-length, finding a very sweet spot where experimental freak folk meets top 40 di more...

(Dirtnap)   www.dirtnaprecs.com   I've never been to Denton, TX and probably couldn't locate it on a map without help but it sure seems like an awful lot of good bands call the place more...