Tag: John Deering's "Strip Mall Jesus" Excavates '90s Grunge With Modern Urgency

Level Up Your Playlist with Megawet’s Pulsing “Night Transmission”

Megawet dropped their latest 3-track EP, "Night Transmission", bringing us an intricate wave of cosmic disco and psychedelic electronics. The retro-futuristic electronic funk project has a knack for building immersive instrumental broadcasts, and this latest dispatch leans heavily into analog-inspired textures and deep, groove-driven rhythms. https://open.spotify.com/album/6A30DjqATuKajilrbpZNT3?si=lF6kPCh6RVqujkPKP6ZvHQ It is a peculiar thrill to digest music communicating entirely through liquid synth motion and atmospheric sound design. On “Echo...

The Sweet Panic of Fleeting Summer on GISKE’s “August Came”

Norwegian band GISKE shared their new single "August Came" today, and the music instantly triggers that highly specific, slightly panicked realization that summer is already decaying even as you stand in the afternoon sun. https://open.spotify.com/track/6kH1Q940HqJU58unxSTO04?si=78c697a4b2cd40b1 The group consisting of former Margarets members Alex Rinde, Rune Berg, and Ronnie MAG Larsen draws heavy inspiration from their namesake, a small island where isolation is an unavoidable geographic reality....

John Deering’s “Strip Mall Jesus” Excavates ’90s Grunge With Modern Urgency

Minneapolis Veteran John Deering Emerges from Three-Decade Hiatus with Blistering Single That Confronts Hypocrisy Through Gritty, Basement-Recorded Intensity His first song, "Strip Mall Jesus," is...