Kelley Stoltz is an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and DIY innovator whose career stretches back to the late 1990s, when he began self-recording lush, psych‑tinged pop and garage rock in his San Francisco home studio.
…He’s a master craftsman and Beatles-esque sonic architect who never gets lost in the weeds. His songs bounce and groove with garage band light-hearted-ness. And he’s been at it forever, longer, even than Taylor Swift, without any discernable drop in quality. All of which brings us to If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now. This 19th full-length is as good as anything from his stellar Sub Pop run (Below the Branches, Circular Sounds, To Dreamers). If it’s not quite as stunning as Antique Glow, well, hardly anything is;…
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Cherry Red previously anthologized shoegaze and dream pop with the expansive multi-disc sets 
…At the BBC: The Complete Recordings 1979-1981 covers The Selecter’s glory years, from the first of two John Peel sessions in October 1979 (coinciding with their first-on-the-bill slot on the legendary first 2Tone tour, supporting Madness and The Specials) to an April 1981 performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test, recorded months before singer Pauline Black effectively called time on the band by leaving to pursue a solo career and acting ambitions (they’d officially split the year after). The 30-track set marks the first time that all the beloved 2Tone act’s BBC recordings have been released in one place. The eight live tracks taken from a December 1979 show in Paris supporting The Specials were released on 1992’s BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert CD…
After 10 releases that have garnered Montreal’s Rishi Dhir and his band 
Two decades into their career, a lot has changed for 
Exactly 30 years after 
On the Boston stop of the 1995 tour promoting their second album Blonder and Blonder, the Muffs stopped off at Fort Apache studio to play a set that was broadcast on WFNX, the area’s alternative station. The band sounds energized and full of punk vim and vigor, even though the daytime session was like putting in an extra shift at work. Guitarist Kim Shattuck, in particular, is on fire, attacking her instrument like it was a six-stringed monster that needed immediate subduing. She crashes and slashes through a set of songs mostly derived from the album they were touring, and her singing is even more fiery. On record she mostly kept her howls and screams in check but on-stage she lets loose, favoring pure emotional release over melody. The band follows her…
…completely remastered and include a replica of Horse Feathers’ original six-song demo CD.
Most people will know Laurie Vincent as one half of punk duo 
How do you celebrate your 10th anniversary as a rock ‘n’ roll band in 2026? For Toronto psychedelic garage rockers 
Emerging from Baltimore’s incredibly energetic hardcore scene, TURNSTILE have always displayed a penchant for eclecticism. Last year’s album NEVER ENOUGH epitomised their magpie-like eye for glittering sonics, exploding their hardcore palette into something that could be blissfully melodic and crushingly intense all within the same song. Very much an international breakout moment, the band toast 12 months of NEVER ENOUGH with VERSIONS, a staggering broad selection of re-workings which serves to illustrate the ongoing impact of the parent record.
…box set includes alternative versions as well as an unreleased live show from Rennes, rough mixes and radio sessions from the era. Plus ‘Twenty-Seven Points’ (that was also released in 1995), an album that consists of live recordings made in various locations between 1991 and 1995, but also contains interludes and two previously unheard studio tracks.
Montreal-via-Bowen Island, BC’s Lauren Spear bookends her sophomore album as