Sled Island Edition: Cassia Hardy - In Relation
Rare are the records where a whole community went into making them, rarer even are artists who they go lengths to honour that work and influence behind-the-scenes. In Relation by Cassia Hardy is one such record, stemming from a devoted songwriter who invests all of herself to making explicit what this all means by way of sticking to her ethical and political commitments.
Sled Island Edition: Chinese Medicine - The Trans Agenda
Chinese Medicine contains multitudes on The Trans Agenda. It is both a collection of stories and a statement of a band on the rise that leaves no doubt that they are one of the most vital punk bands active today.
Sled Island Edition: Water Margin - Gleaming Cursed
Explosive post-hardcore energy from the very first second, the mathematical synchronization, pounding bass, fuzzy yet focused guitar, and complicated drumwork, Water Margin’s Gleaming Cursed has all this, and more.
Sled Island Edition: Thanya Iyer - TIDE/TIED
TIDE/TIED isn’t about quick fixes or grand gestures. It’s about the slow, patient work of coming back to yourself and to each other amid a fractured world.
Sled Island Edition: Emma Goldman - all you are is we
This is a record that has quickly been picked up and brought to considerable critical acclaim, making its rounds through Brooklyn Vegan as well as being reviewed by Anthony Fantano (aka. The Needle Drop). So, I will start here: Does the album live up to the hype? ABSOLUTELY FUCKIN’ RIGHTS IT DOES.
Population II - Maintenant Jamais
After two very promising EPs, Population II’s third release, Maintenant Jamais, solidifies their standing in the Quebec prog rock canon. The trio has refined their sound to a science, delivering tight track lengths with the same punch as verbose krautrock marathons, treading the line between approachable and frenetic to great effect.
Weird Lines Weird Lines Weird Lines - Weird Lines
Weird Lines Weird Lines Weird Lines feels like we all found C.L. McLaughlin’s diary. We can flip through it and feel all that he is. His highs and lows, his softness and strength. That’s about all you can ask from a record, and I’m so glad that he and his talented friends let us read it.