Whoosh! Just when we'd filed Ghosty to the back of the card catalog, the mellow-pop masters blow back with some of their best work yet. This week, the Lawrence-rooted fivesome released its first collection of new material since Answers, which came out in early 2008 but feels like a long time ago. Available online at ghosty.bandcamp.com, A Mystic's Robe EP offers three songs of Ghosty at their most soft-rockingest.
The songs cost $1 (or more, if you're feeling generous) apiece to download, bu
Grunge, an infectiously rockin' disease that originated with flannel-clad chimpanzees in Africa and spread through male primate ululating in the nightclubs of Seattle, is still alive and raging in the undergrounds of the USA.
Batrider, a New Zealand band that fully embraces its grunge affliction, is headlining a show tonight at the Pistol Social Club, and, holy cow, look at this nice flier!
(That probably could be a good contender for Flier of the Week, but I'll leave the choosing of that up