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Photo by Brittne Lunniss Los Angeles' Origami Ghosts are being described as "Sonic Youth adjacent alt-rock," and I both agree with and argue with that description. Their latest single, "Heaven's Gate," is a propulsive indie rock song although it sounds much more folk-ish than anything Sonic Youth ever released, particularly with how flute heavy the song is. That being said, Origami Ghosts are certainly not a folk band. "Heaven's Gate" is far too heavy with distorted guitars for that genre. It's oddly punk and alt-rock, in its own little way. Turns out the song is about Scesniak's (vocals/guitar) near death experience following a stroke, which might explain the sense of panic in the track. Scesniak says of his band's latest single: “I believe when you take your first breath, that’s when the soul moves in. And when we die, the spirit moves on. Your energy field moves on to a different place, another journey, different work to do. That...

New Haven, CT's Hellrazor are representing their 90's influences quite well. First, "Globbed" just sounds like a song title from the 90's. When you listen to the song, it has all of the noise and edge of bands like Nirvana and Hum, along with the more catchy side of the whole classic indie rock canon like Guided By Voices, and maybe a little Liz Phair thrown in. Plus, the song has a bonkers side that would make Butthole Surfers and Ween proud. It's like Hellrazor mashed up all the best parts of 90's indie rock and came out with "Globbed." You can listen to "Globbed" below. Heaven's Gate is due out August 2 and can be pre-ordered over at Bandcamp . For more on Hellrazor, check out the band's website . Heaven's Gate by Hellrazor

New Haven, CT based Hellrazor started off as a songwriting and cassette recording project back in 2006. Michael Falcone (Speedy Ortiz, Ovlov) posted demos on MySpace and passed around CDRs and cassettes to friends. Now a full fledged band with bassist Kate Meizner and drummer Michael Henss, the band is set to release a new album this summer. "Jello Stars" is their new single, and if you have a certain fondness for the kind of heavy but tuneful alt-rock that came out of Massachusetts in the 90's, this one is going to appeal to you. The song is heavy with that post grunge sound that still has a foot in grunge. But, it's insanely poppy at the same time. It's reminding me a lot of a mixture of bands like Dinosaur Jr, The Lemonheads, Tugboat Annie, and with maybe just a little early emo thrown in there. This is a massive song that a lot of us are going to get really into. Hellrazor says of their new song: "We've played "Jello Stars" in our live set s...