Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Sick band! The legend Lizzie Manno turned me onto them a few years ago. Excited that there's new music! 020
Reposted by Tom AvisStereogum @stereogum.com · 24/02/2026Swapmeet sign to @w1nspear.bsky.social, share new single "I Know!"stereogum.comSwapmeet Sign To Winspear, Share New Single "I Know!": ListenWinspear have put out some of our favorite indie rock records of the past couple of years, and now, the label have welcomed their first non-US artist to their roster. Swapmeet — Venus O’Broin (guitar,... 032
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 21/02/2026As Pelle Almqvist said in an interview a couple albums back "an apex predator never evolves." 120
Reposted by Tom Avisjosh terry @joshterry.bsky.social · 28/10/2025the toronto blue jays are america's team 318730
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Asher White is so good at interviews! www.hearingthings.co/asher-whites... 082
Reposted by Tom AvisBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 12/08/2025New & Notable: The latest record from No Joy is a triumphant work of dreamy 90s alt rock with a black metal touch courtesy of co-producer Fire-Toolz.nojoy.bandcamp.comBugland, by No Joy8 track album 0228
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 10/07/2025New Grumpy is very good! www.stereogum.com/2314785/grum...stereogum.comGrumpy Announces 'Piebald' EP: Hear "Crush"It’s Grumpy time. Heaven Schmitt’s idiosyncratic indie project caught our attention last year by releasing the wonderfully weird Bayonet debut Wolfed and collaborating with country superstar Zach Brya... 020
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Wishy x Momma 4ever! floodmagazine.com/198233/wishy...floodmagazine.comWishy Take Us Behind the Scenes of Their Recent Tour with MommaThe recap of their recently wrapped set of North American dates also includes appearances by Allegra Krieger, Lily Seabird, Robber Robber, and more. 020
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 23/06/2025He’s so fucking annoying, but his lakers/manscaping spokesman period was undeniably elite! 010
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 20/06/2025See! Matt gets it! www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-n... 020
Reposted by Tom AvisStereogum @stereogum.com · 17/06/2025Asher White announces debut album '8 Tips For Full Catastrophe Living' — hear her extremely fun "Beers With My Name On Them"stereogum.comAsher White Announces Debut Album '8 Tips For Full Catastrophe Living': Hear "Beers With My Name On Them"After releasing her zany tune “Kratom Headache Girls Night” and signing to Joyful Noise in April, Asher White is back to announce her 16th album 8 Tips For Full Catastrophe Living. The extremely fun s... 052
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Asher White LP announce day! She's so good! pitchfork.com/news/asher-w...pitchfork.comAsher White Announces New Album, Shares New Song“Beers With My Name on Them” leads 8 Tips for Catastrophe Living, White’s debut LP on Joyful Noise 000
Reposted by Tom AvisPolaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Dorothea Paas ‘Think Of Mist’ has been nominated for the #Polaris2025 #PolarisAlbumLongList — Dorothea Paas ‘Think Of Mist’ est en nomination sur la #Polaris2025 #PolarisAlbumLongList See 10 Album Long Listers live – 25% off tickets, link in bio ↑. 053
Reposted by Tom AvisPolaris Music Prize @polarismusicprize.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Population II ‘Maintenant Jamais’ has been nominated for the #Polaris2025 #PolarisAlbumLongList — Population II ‘Maintenant Jamais’ est en nomination sur la #Polaris2025 #PolarisAlbumLongList See 10 Album Long Listers live – 25% off tickets, link in bio ↑. 052
Reposted by Tom AvisBigTakeoverMag @bigtakeover.com · 05/06/2025For the first time since Salem 66’s breakup over 30 years ago, their music is now available in a new compilation. It’s time to reexamine this unique Boston band.bigtakeover.comSalem 66 - A Return to the Primrose Path 131
Reposted by Tom AvisIt Says Here @itsaysherepodcast.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Back again with a new episode! This week, @robertham.bsky.social speaks with the genre bending Canadian artist Quinton Barnes about their new album BLACK NOISE, and explores the history of Boston band Salem 66 with founding members Beth Kaplan & Judy Grunwald. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comIt Says Here - Episode 026 w/ Quinton Barnes & Salem 66Podcast Episode · It Says Here · 06/06/2025 · 1h 6m 142
Reposted by Tom AvisEric R. Danton @erdanton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Wrote for @bostonglobe.com about the excellent, overlooked band Salem 66, which was part of the vibrant Boston underground-rock scene in the '80s. Online now, in print Sunday: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/30/a...bostonglobe.comFor the first time, fans can stream the music of influential indie rock group Salem 66 - The Boston GlobeThe all-female group was part of Boston's vibrant rock scene in the '80s alongside Pixies and Mission of Burma, and is releasing a compilation album. 1164
Reposted by Tom AvisPopMatters @popmatters.com · 04/06/2025Indianapolis indie poppers Wishy are building on the success of their debut with an EP and more new songs on the way. 'Planet Popstar' is out now via @w1nspear.bsky.social. INTERVIEW ⬇️tinyurl.comWishy Discuss the Buzz Orbiting 'Planet Popstar' » PopMattersIndianapolis indie poppers Wishy are building on the success of their debut with an EP and more new songs on the way. They chat with PopMatters about it. 042
Reposted by Tom AvisScott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com · 02/06/2025📌 The 50 Best Albums Of 2025 So Farstereogum.comThe 50 Best Albums Of 2025 So FarI don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did no... 4353
Reposted by Tom AvisBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 29/05/2025A new compilation illuminates Salem 66's forward-thinking rock, gloomy, hard-edged music that foreshadowed the sound of Sleater-Kinney and Sebadoh.daily.bandcamp.comSalem 66, Lost Queens of College RockA new compilation sheds light on the forward-thinking music of one of college rock's great lost groups. 0254
Reposted by Tom AvisHand Drawn Dracula @handdrawndracula.bsky.social · 27/05/2025🐌🐌🐌 No Joy "Bugland" is one of Pitchfork's "Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2025" 🌞 Pre-Order Album: orcd.co/buglandalbum @nojoy.bsky.social @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/features/lis...pitchfork.comThe 37 Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2025New releases to look forward to in the coming months, from Lorde, Young Thug, Haim, Little Simz, and more. 172
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No joy x Fire-Toolz! New LP! pitchfork.com/news/no-joy-...pitchfork.comNo Joy Announces New Album Bugland, Shares VideoJasamine White-Gluz produced her follow-up to 2020’s Motherhood with Chicago experimental artist Fire-Toolz 020
Reposted by Tom AvisHand Drawn Dracula @handdrawndracula.bsky.social · 14/05/2025🐞🐌 No Joy's first new album in 5 years. Bugland. Out August 8the via Hand Drawn Dracula (ROW) and Sonic Cathedral (EU/UK). New single & video Bugland out now. Produced by No Joy & Fire-Toolz @nojoy.bsky.social BUGLAND: orcd.co/buglandalbum 083
Reposted by Tom AvisTreble @treblezine.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No Joy has announced new album 'Bugland,' produced by Fire-Toolz www.treblezine.com/no-joy-annou...treblezine.comNo Joy announces Fire-Toolz-produced album, Bugland - TrebleHear the title track 0163
Reposted by Tom AvisThe Needle Drop News @theneedledropnews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No Joy teams with Fire-Toolz for new album 'Bugland'theneedledrop.comNo Joy teams with Fire-Toolz for new album 'Bugland'Jasamine White-Gluz returns with her first No Joy album in 5 years, out August 8. 063
Reposted by Tom AvisBrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No Joy announce new Fire-Toolz produced album 'Bugland,' share title track www.brooklynvegan.com/no-joy-annou...brooklynvegan.comNo Joy announce new Fire-Toolz produced album 'Bugland,' share title track"Our production styles melded so well together," says No Joy's Jasamine White-Gluz of working with Fire-Toolz, "we decided we should make a whole album." 0164
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Checked out this album because of your review. It’s good as hell! Cool surprise from these guys! 110
Reposted by Tom AvisWharf Cat Records @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Thanks to Quinn Moreland for this thoughtful review of Paco Cathcart’s ‘Down on Them’ in @pitchfork.com!pitchfork.comPaco Cathcart: Down on ThemRead Quinn Moreland’s review of the album. 093
Reposted by Tom AvisStereogum @stereogum.com · 07/05/2025Dougie Poole shares previously unreleased stunner "Heaven Sent An Angel & We Got Stoned" from new live album 'At Tubby's'stereogum.comDougie Poole Shares Previously Unreleased Stunner "Heaven Sent An Angel & We Got Stoned" From New Live AlbumWe haven’t heard much from NYC country singer Dougie Poole since 2023’s great The Rainbow Wheel Of Death, but he’s been out there touring, and now he has an album to show for it. At Tubby’s, Poole’s n... 051
Reposted by Tom AvisStereogum @stereogum.com · 07/05/2025Hear Montreal post-punk trio Cola's new single 'Mendicant"stereogum.comCola Share New Single "Mendicant": ListenCola is the trio of ex-members of the broken-up Montreal post-punk band Ought, and things have been awfully hectic for those guys lately. Cola released their sophomore album The Gloss last year, and f... 0103
Reposted by Tom AvisStereogum @stereogum.com · 07/05/2025Hear the New Orleans duo Lawn return with the anthemic new single "Sports Gun"stereogum.comLawn Return With New Single "Sports Gun": ListenIt’s been a little while since we’ve heard from Lawn, the New Orleans duo of Mac Folger and Rui De Magalhaes. After the release of their 2022 EP Bigger Sprout De Magalhaes moved to Chicago and release... 091
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Really nice piece from @tatianatenreyro.bsky.social about the new Brutus VIII single! www.pastemagazine.com/music/brutus...pastemagazine.comBrutus VIII Opens Up in "My Eating Disorder"Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films. 000
Reposted by Tom AvisWharf Cat Records @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Thanks to @pitchfork.com for including Paco Cathcart’s new LP in their best of the week list!pitchfork.com11 Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to NowStream new releases from Jenny Hval; Model/Actriz; Car Seat Headrest; Yung Lean; Anthony Naples; Boldy James & Real Bad Man; Blondshell; Mei Semones; Paco Cathcart; Loscil; and Rainy Miller 041
Reposted by Tom AvisWharf Cat Records @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Paco Cathcart's new LP is on this @pastemagazine.bsky.social best new albums list!pastemagazine.comBest New Albums: This Week's Records to StreamThe new albums from Why Bonnie and Enumclaw should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession. 041
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Really excited about this record! Elle's been one of the most interesting people in Canadian music for a long time, and this record feels like her most refined expression of what makes her great. FFO: Cindy Lee, Sparks, Todd Rundgren 011
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I think I may have been the first non-New York resident to do so! A great honor! 080
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Evan is the man and completing one of these cards feels incredible! 1120
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Wishyleaks! www.reddit.com/r/indieheads...reddit.com[ORIGINAL] Wishy - “Planet Popstar”EP 000
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Grumpy in The New York Times!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/a... 010
Reposted by Tom AvisHearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Pristine loops, scuzzy beats, inspirational R&B, jaunty new-age sampledelia—this 30-track compilation is an adventurous rap fan’s dreamhearingthings.coThe Good Kind of Y2K RevivalismPlus inflatable igloos, radio cosplay, Gangster Doodles, and more 072
Reposted by Tom AvisPaste Magazine @pastemagazine.bsky.social · 16/04/2025What holds Grumpy together is not sound or structure or even romance, but a sort of mutual gravitational pull, held taut no matter what by a shared love of both music and each other. www.pastemagazine.com/music/grumpy...pastemagazine.comGrumpy: The Best of What’s NextPaste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films. 071
Tom Avis @hivemindtom.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Grumpy have a new track out with Claire Rousay and Pink Must! It is very good! 020
