This week's Notable Releases include Ian MacKaye's new band Coriky, new Tigers Jaw offshoot Pay For Pain, screamo up and comers Nuvolascura, blackened death metal up and comers Ulthar, and more...
The three members of Tigers Jaw's classic lineup who left in 2013 (and have been busy in Wicca Phase and Three Man Cannon) are now all in a new band together.
Gladie (who also feature members of Three Man Cannon, Modern Baseball, and The Spirit of the Beehive) are also opening for The Menzingers at Lame-O's Philly residency this month.
'Don't Stop Now II' follows ACLU benefit covers comp Don't Stop Now and features Craig Finn + John K Samson covering Gillian Welch, Tom May of The Menzingers covering Regina Spektor, Wild Pink covering Springsteen, Chris Farren covering Joanna Newsom, Augusta Koch covering Sharon Van Etten, awakebutstillinbed covering Julien Baker, Anika Pyle covering Lucinda Williams, and more.
Gladie is Cayetana singer Augusta Koch and Three Man Cannon's Matt Schimelfenig, and their first song, ”The Problem Is Us,” is a gripping dose of atmospheric piano pop.
After NONA broke up, singer Mimi Gallagher formed the band Year of Glad and she also began fronting the band EIGHT with members of Amanda X and Three Man Cannon...
The comp features The Menzingers (covering Jason Isbell), Laura Stevenson (covering Townes Van Zandt), Jeff Rosenstock (covering Bikini Kill), Chris Farren (covering Against Me!), Augusta Koch of Cayetana (covering The Mountain Goats), Radiator Hospital (covering Fred Thomas), Restorations singer Jon Loudon (covering Bright Eyes), Cheap Girls singer Ian Graham (covering Evan Dando), and more.