Osees: Abomination Revealed At Last (2025)

Another year, another batch of releases from John Dwyer under various names and organizations. But he’s most known for the garage/psych/kitchen rock juggernaut Osees, a killer band who changes styles almost as often as they do band names. But the latest name seems to have stuck, being in place for six years. The style, for better or worse, has also stayed largely the same: a mix of harsh bursts of punk that after a while all roll into each other, making Abomination Revealed At Last an album I gave one or two listens before shrugging it aside. Maybe it’s the times, but coming back to it I can still see my issues, but I also see many little things that bring the songs to life in a way I ignored, to my detriment.

ChrisDecember 11, 2025Leave a comment

Star Period Star: Twilight Saving Time (2025)

I can’t remember for the life of me where or how I discovered Star Period Star. Or how I wound up with the CD of their fifth studio album, Twilight Saving Time. Maybe it was Sea of Tranquility reviewing it on their YouTube channel; maybe it was elsewhere. And maybe it was a case of the difference in price between the digital download and the CD justified retaking the plunge and grabbing a CD. Whatever the reason, grab it I did, listened once, and promptly forgot about it in the rushing onslaught of releases and reissues. This morning I brewed some piping hot coffee and did some dedicated listening. Good stuff, modern and poppy with hints of ’70s vintage and ’80s neo prog that despite some small reservations works as a fun diversion from the same old bands doing the same old thing.

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Deerhoof: Noble And Godlike In Ruin (2025)

Is there a good place to start with Deerhoof? I always confused them with Deerhunter, a band I discovered around the same time, but my only experience with the San Francisco quartet was their 2007 release Friend Opportunity, an album I barely remember except as “weird.” Almost 20 years later I made the impromptu decision to try again. Enter Noble And Godlike In Ruin, their latest critically acclaimed record in a delightful light green vinyl. It’s still weird, but in a way the intervening 18 years of listening have prepared me. Still, there’s a part of me that feels unequipped to explain why now I can find a lot to enjoy in its anarchic chaos.

ChrisNovember 27, 2025Leave a comment

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Julie: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024)

I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way…especially if you’re teaching them by way of Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine. That’s what I hear when I listen to julie, a trio out of Los Angeles who have taken the gospels according to Moore and Shields to heart, and crafted in My Anti-Aircraft Friend a fun and vibrant debut full-length that works for what it is: a catchy and frazzled indie rock gem, slightly flawed and wearing its influences in each facet of its cut, but sincere and earnest in how it goes about it.

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Golomb: The Beat Goes On (2025)

At this point I can’t remember what turned me on to Golomb, the trio out of Columbus, OH that somehow manages to sound like Kevin Shields was behind the boards for The Beat Goes On, the band’s sophomore LP. It’s a new release, although you’d be more than forgiven for thinking this came out alongside albums by The Breeders and Velocity Girl in the 90s; it has that exact vibe: loose and grungy with fuzz, doubled vocals, and a real knack to carve out sweet melodic hooks underneath the shoegaze heavy distortions. It’s not without a few missteps, but even those missteps add to the album’s overall charm.

ChrisNovember 7, 2025Leave a comment

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Thee Oh Sees: Floating Coffin (2013)

Around the same time I discovered Ty Segall I discovered John Dwyer. Like Segall most of his output centers on explorations of psych and garage filtered through different lenses, and like Segall he’s prolific, with multiple projects releasing per year. But unlike Segall, there’s an abrasive, punk sensibility that permeates his best music, particularly with Thee Oh Sees (sometimes OCS, for a while Oh Sees, for now simply Osees) which – surprise no surprise – is my favorite sonic output of his vision. What is a surprise is how little of his output I’ve covered on the site, so let’s rectify that by going back to the earliest album I currently own, 2013’s Floating Coffin, which showcases a level of dynamics missing from the band most recent records.

ChrisJuly 3, 2025July 1, 2025Leave a comment

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Tag: indie rock

Osees: Abomination Revealed At Last (2025)

Star Period Star: Twilight Saving Time (2025)

Deerhoof: Noble And Godlike In Ruin (2025)

Julie: My Anti-Aircraft Friend (2024)

Golomb: The Beat Goes On (2025)

Thee Oh Sees: Floating Coffin (2013)