The young Chicago phenoms Lifeguard release their official debut 'Ripped And Torn' this Friday. It's our Album Of The Week:

Coming June 6: Lifeguard - 'Ripped and Torn'
Available on ltd. white vinyl, black LP and CD. Silkscreen jacket edition ltd. to 150 available via lifeguard.band
Fig 2: Grace Bader Conrad
Pre-order: lifeguard.mat-r.co/rippedandtorn
"It Will Get Worse": youtube.com/watch?v=Fcay...

Nothing gives me hope for society, for order amid chaos, for the perseverance of human kindness like a trip to the NY DMV.

Darkside level up on 'Nothing,' our Album Of The Week

Sensor Ghost is a no-wave art-punk trio from DC featuring Mike Andre, Amanda Huron, and Sam Lavine. Their spiky sound channels the freaked-out energy of DC punk. Their debut LP, Irritation on Demand, recorded with Ian MacKaye & Don Zientara, is now up for pre-order. Listen on Bandcamp!

coming March 14
Circuit des Yeux - 'Halo On The Inside'

presave / preorder : cdy.mat-r.co/halo

fig 2 photo : Dana Trippe

Huey Lewis really expects a lot from his drug in “I Want a New Drug.”

2025 will mark 30 years of driving (or being driven) around Salt Lake City at night listening to Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine.

For the nerds and nostalgians, I've assembled a gallery of all the Arthur Magazine covers, with links to PDFs for 18 out of the 35 issues. (PDFs for the remaining issues should be available in Spring, 2025.) Happy reading, and enjoy all the vintage ads!

arthurmag.com/read-the-mag...

John Zorn :: A Dreamers Christmas

aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/12/16/john-zorn-a-dreamers-christmas

When Zorn’s combo applied their considerable skills to classic holiday fare, they managed to make one of the greatest and grooviest Christmas albums of all time.

🎄🎶 Santa came early to SLC / he brought my baby RSV 🎶🎅🎄

I would like to take a vacation from the word “vibe.”

What year was the hard cutoff for funky record scratching on indie rock records?

I would like somebody to start a tribute-type band that performs an imagined post-“Adventure” Television album — plays the songs that didn’t come out (“Kingdom Come”) and the tracks that wound up on the first TV solo album (“Breakin in My Heart”) as an alternate history-style “third” record.

Reviewed the stellar new album from Max D & Matt Papich's duo Lifted, via @brianfoote.bsky.social's great Peak Oil. One of the vibiest records I've heard this year, ft. Dustin Wong, Jeremy Hyman, Mezey, Motion Graphics, Earthen Sea, Jordan GCZ, and Tim Kinsella

pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Coming January 17, 2025: A 2xLP / 2xCD repress of ‘Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo.’ Back in print for the first time in over 20 years, the compilation assembles more than two hours of hard to find and unreleased YLT music from 1988 – 1995. Pre-order: ylt.mat-r.co/geniusloveylt

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