After starting out at LostAtSea.net, Peter Lindblad took over as editor at Goldmine magazine, where he authored the fourth edition of Goldmine Records & Prices. He has also written for various music and entertainment publications, including Elmore magazine, and contributed to books such as Harvey Kubernik’s Canyon of Dreams and Woodstock: Peace, Music & Memories. Currently, he works as a reporter for weekly newspapers in Wisconsin.
On this, their second proper album for Tapate Records, Comet Gain unleash a glorious, often anthemic and highly literate, indie-pop outpouring of empathy for those living on the fringes of society. It harkens back to ’60s guitar-pop and British R&B rave-ups, with stopovers in the ’80s and ’90s, whisked away on big dreams and even bigger hooks.
It’s not only rock ‘n roll for Ezra Furman, as the wide-ranging Goodbye Small Head explores chamber-pop and orchestral arrangements, stylish synth-pop and deep indie-folk expressions on her latest album. An audacious and compelling listen, from stem to stern, the LP is going to leave a mark.
After the pandemic lockdown, Holy Wave wondered what kind of world awaited them on the other side. Survival was top of mind for the Austin, Texas, shoegazing/dream pop drifters, as they recorded 2023’s Five of Cups and toured in early 2022, before swimming even deeper in their liquid, darkly intoxicating sounds while conjuring material for Studio 22 Singles and B-Sides, with “Cowprint” and “Chaparrel” floating and spinning freely in hazy pop epiphanies.