Month: February 2025

SXSW Interviews 2025: Population II

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The ATH team is still thrown off with how early SXSW is going down this year, and it seems insane that things kick off in just over a week. How is this possible?!? Well, ready or not, things are set to go down soon as we close out the long AF month of February. Hopefully some interviews and guides will help you prepare yourself and find some bands to follow around town. Today our next interview set comes by way of Montreal based band Population II. Hit the jump for full interview, show times, and tunes.

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Friday Album Streams: Daily Worker, the Men and More

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It’s an interesting Friday of album releases, with some stark contrasts over here at ATH. We’ve got some heavy vibes from the new Men record, right along some contemplative pop from Andy Bell, a bit of pastoral folk from Constant Follower…then some faves like Austin’s Daily Worker mixed up in the middle. Think you’ll find some joy by clicking play on any number of the great records hanging down below.

Daily Worker – Field Holler (No Aloha Records)

The Men – Buyer Beware (Fuzz Club)

Andy Bell – Pinball Wanderer (Sonic Cathedral)

Constant Follower – The Smile You Send Out Returns to You (Last Night in Glasgow)

 

Cats of Transnistria Share Thunder as an Arrow

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We’ve been sitting on the sidelines and watching as Finnish outfit Cats of Transnistria prepare us for their new album. Today, they offer one final glimpse before we get to immerse ourselves in the cavernous realm they’ve built. Like the cloudy video, the song greets us with a heavy kick on the drums and a shroud of distorted guitar work, gently moving into the background as the vocals break through into their own angelic expo. Once the voice begins to take control, you can hear many of the nuanced details being put into play, from synthesized beats to harrowing wails of feedback, all of it building this huge composition. It’s slowcore, but with with much more noise! They release IV on March 21st via Soliti Music.

Jetstream Pony Share The Relativity of Wrong

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When news first came our way of a new Jetstream Pony LP, the band promised a varied bit of exploration, all within the confines of the band’s sound. Through the first two singles, they’ve kept those cards close to their chest, but as you’ll see below, they’re now letting us all in. For me, this song is about the presentation; the bass lines growl at you, almost stomping on your soul, all of this being matched by a matter of fact vocal delivery. That dark indifference is pretty rad, and sets up the tune into this kind of industrial pop, but then the chorus hits and you’re completely spun around, as they pull on some nostalgic 90s alternative moves and create this dynamism that’s supremely rewarding. All this to say that Bowerbirds and Blue Things is indeed shaping up as promised…an exploration of pop from the confines of the Jetstream Pony sound. You can grab your copy from Shelflife/Spinout Nuggets on March 28th.

Autogramm Share New 7″

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As the year picks up in releases, we’d like to turn your attention towards Vancouver’s Autogramm, who share their new 7″ single with the masses today. Once you dive in, you’ll immediately appreciate the group’s frivolity coursing through things; they operate with this joy that makes their songs instantaneously fun…and in this case, a little anthemic. While there’s an obvious nod to classic punk meets synth pop vibes, they still operate in that modern indie rock territory that embraces antics, like a sharper-edged version of OKGO. On the flip side of their new 7″ is a cover of Diodes “Jenny’s In a Sleep World,” which takes the pogo-style punker and turns it into a space-aged pop tune for the masses. Love how this lot manage to make everything so sing-a-long-able! Their new 7″ is available today via Dirt Cult Records (NA) and Goodwill Records (Europe).

Sports Team Share Maybe When We’re 30

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There’s a lot of wind blowing overseas with Sports Team on the wings, and I’ll admit, I’m always interested in what the press adore over there, and how it resonates in the States. With this lot, it’s fully hit or miss, but this new single is definitely a hit, and perhaps it’s because it does sound wholly British in its presentation, though the latter half of this tune does move into that territory of every day indie rock. The entirety of the tune operates on this sort of steadied bounce, kicking through a matched vocal performance that seems to walk you through their contemplations on our investment in social media. Kind of feels lie a [better] British answer to Arcade Fire, with commentary and pop and art bred as one. Boys These Days will be out on May23rd via Distiller/Antenna Records.

Earth Moon Transit Share Faking It Not Making It Title Track

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This coming May, Norwegian outfit Earth Moon Transit will release their latest opus, Faking It, Not Making It, and today, I wanted to drop a line so you’d be equally as encouraged by what they’re building. Honestly, they’ve got a very difficult sound to pigeonhole; it feels like something that would come out of the Pacific Northwest in the early 00s, though there’s also this mathematic vibe in the structural nature, like this weird meld between Modest Mouse and Pinback…and just as you settle into the groove beneath, the track erupts into an all out rocker, only to come to an abrupt close. Just crank it up real high; they release the new LP on May 2nd.

Pynch Take You to the Supermarket

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We’re almost to the weekend, and we’ve got to get over the hump with something infectious and fun, like the brand new single from Pynch. While it’s easy to hear the group as another lot jumping into the fray of traditional rock, they incorporate this natural sense of playfulness that gets the tune to the outskirts of the genre. Not sure which I adore more: the huge melodic hook that operates as the song’s core or the rhythmic bounce that keeps the liveliness in there. But, I do know I can’t stop pressing play, as this rips through and gives me a joyousness that I hope will kick start your day with a big grin.

Snoozer Drop New AA Single

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When I first clicked play on this new AA Single from Snoozer, I instantly heard this allegiance to the college rock of old in their Arthur cover; it’s the sort that made folks like Malkmus famous. I was hooked, I was bobbing the head, tapping my toes, happy in my listening session. Then the unexpected hit and the song erupted into something altogether refreshing, at least in this presentation. Dreamier notes twists and crashed down, and while that’s not altogether new, I haven’t heard a ton of folks pairing it with a slacker rock disposition. Noisiness and nerds all in one? I’m totally in. And then, they completely change directions on the other side of the single, so you’ll have to listen through to hear the changes.

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