Hear the second single from the forthcoming Daddy Issues album, Deep Dream, over on NPR Music. The backstory of the jangly rock track adds some additional appreciation to the listening experience. Here’s a snippet from the NPR piece:

In an email to NPR Music, the band explains the song was written from a very personal place. “As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, I spent a long time going through every reason why it had to have been my fault, until I finally started to come to grips with the fact that it wasn’t, which wasn’t until very recently,” Maxwell says. “I’m Not,” she says, is about the unique pain of feeling like your trauma is ignored, and of watching people treat an abuser as “a good and kind person [who] should be allowed to continue on with their pleasant and perfect world.” The band hopes “I’m Not” can signal solidarity to women who have had similar experiences, and ease the feelings of isolation those experiences can bring.

I never know what to expect from Brett Rosenberg’s undertaking, Quichenight. It’s got a 70′s influence with a little tongue-in-cheek humor and a, seemingly sincere, floaty chorus. Which is the real Quichenight? The melancholy choral narrator or the gruff “on the hunt” sexpot voice in the verse? The world may never know but we may find out on the forthcoming Quichenight VII.

Metal band Inferi formed in 2006 and has released three intense metal albums, with a fourth on the horizon for 2017. The Path of Apotheosis was released in 2014 and has everything you’d hope for with an album cover depicting a bladed angel fighting a trident-wielding demon – double bass drum as far as the eye can see, growling vocals, lighting fast guitar shreds and big, chunky, riffs. It also contains a great deal of melody, angelic interludes and tasteful solos. 

It’s a completely unearthed part of the Nashville music scene for me – well formed metal that draws influence from the earliest days of the genre while still adding its own unique contributions. 

Come for the band name PISSCOFFIN, stay for the lo-fi big riff rock songs. 

Gotta love a band that tags themselves “intolerable”, “putrid” and “sickening” while still keeping some melody and catchiness gurgling under the surface.

You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of the Nashville band Orchid. They released one EP in 2014 with a somewhat 90′s / Letter To Cleo vibe and haven’t done much since.

They’ve just released a new single for a track called “Wilder” that serves as a curious peek at what may be coming next from the band. It’s much further down the shoegaze rabbit hole than their previous efforts and far more interesting for it. Let’s hope it’s not another three years until we hear from them again.

Whatever circumstances led to weirdo collective Nuclear Bubble Wrap recording two They Might Be Giant covers is unknown to me but they are, clearly, huge fans as they selected two deep b-sides to pay homage to. Even if you’re no TMBG fan, it’s a nice introduction to the bands vibe. That doesn’t do it for you? Give this Ween cover a whirl instead.