Hawkwind, Melvins & Pavement
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Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted | 90s Rock Revisited
April 1992. A beat-up Honda Civic cruises down a sunburned stretch of highway, a mixtape rattling in the cassette deck. Nirvana’s Nevermind is everywhere—blaring out of dorm windows, playing in the aisles of chain record stores, chewing up airtime on MTV. But tucked between the flannel and the fuzz is a weirder signal. One that doesn’t come polished or …
Dig Me Out 90s Mixtape Vol. 2
Not every great 90s track made the charts. Some lived in headphones, car stereos, or scratched-up CD booklets.
New Releases
Melvins – Thunderball
Melvins are back in their ‘83 skins—Buzz Osborne and original drummer Mike Dillard—unleashing a raw five-track blast in Thunderball, their first full-length in four years. Inspired by the explosive Bond film, this isn’t just sludge—it’s spiked with experimental noise from collaborators Void Manes and Ni Maîtres. Think early Melvins attitude meets sci-fi freakout. It’s chaotic, unpolished, and exactly how Osborne wanted it.
Hawkwind – There Is No Space For Us
The godfathers of space rock clock in at album #37 (!), but don’t mistake age for stasis. There Is No Space For Us closes a synth-driven trilogy, again featuring avant-electronic wizard Thighpaulsandra. The twist? Spaghetti Western vibes and bossa nova beats filter through the nebula. At 81, Dave Brock leads a band still chasing tomorrow—and warning us about today.
Peter Holsapple – The Face Of ’68
Former dB’s frontman Peter Holsapple doesn’t just age gracefully—he rocks through it. The Face of ’68 marks his return to full-band power-pop, flanked by Ben Folds Five’s Robert Sledge and Connells drummer Rob Ladd, with Don Dixon producing. It’s got wisdom, hooks, and heart—recorded fast, played loud, and rooted in the rock traditions Holsapple helped shape.
Tunde Adebimpe – Thee Black Boltz
TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe almost quit music. Instead, he made his boldest statement yet. Thee Black Boltz is a genre-jumping solo debut that blends drum machines, grief, and joy into something deeply personal and defiantly weird. A garage-born mixtape with glam, noise, and soul, it’s a creative rebirth signed, sealed, and delivered by Sub Pop.
Iron Lung – Adapting // Crawling
Twelve years gone, and still no chill. Iron Lung’s Adapting // Crawling is hardcore punk at its most harrowing—short, sharp, and conceptually savage. Dropping alongside their label’s 18th anniversary, it channels post-pandemic psychic decay into 64-second detonations. Mental health, institutional rot, and existential fury—every scream is earned.
Beirut – A Study of Losses
Zach Condon scored a circus show. Then he turned it into Beirut’s most ambitious album. A Study of Losses is theatrical, historical, and heartbreakingly beautiful—18 tracks inspired by lost ideas and cultures, stitched together with strings and lunar metaphors. It’s high-concept, but unmistakably Beirut: curious, melancholic, and full of wonder.
Hooverphonic – This Is My House (uit Liefde Voor Muziek) (EP)
Belgium’s trip-pop masters Hooverphonic dove into their country’s musical past for this EP of lush, cinematic covers from TV’s Liefde voor Muziek. Their haunting take on “This Is My House” transforms a ‘90s alt-rock hit into a dark lounge anthem. Velvet vocals, Arabic riffs, and noir drama—it’s Belgium through a Hooverphonic lens.
Bill Fox – Resonance
Bill Fox, the enigmatic Ohio folk-pop cult hero, breaks a 13-year silence with Resonance. No PR blitz, just 11 lo-fi gems arriving like a handwritten letter from the past. One song even name-checks the Gulf War, hinting at old cassette archives finally seeing daylight. For fans of his jangly, honest songwriting—it’s like he never left.
