mexican summer

  • The dancey California indie rock band Soft Pack will follow up their 2010 self-titled album with a new LP this fall entitled Strapped, which may or may not correlate with the band’s rather humorous name. “Saratoga” is the first track to debut from the record, and although it finds

  • 2012

    No Joy is an alternative rock and shoegaze outfit hailing from Montreal. “Junior” has a steady groove that continuously builds in intensity throughout without losing any momentum. The song is sung very softly and is very dreamlike in nature, this in combination with the rock styled jam the two play

  • everyone

    Set to drop on Mexican Summer in January of 2012, here’s a track from the forthcoming self-titled Lilacs & Champagne album. This project consists of Alex Hall and Emil Amos, who will be familiar to all the Grails fans out there. If the internationally astute psych rock that paints

  • 80s

    MP3 Coming out July 5th on Mexican Summer, Part Time’s debut album, What Would You Say?. Fronted by singer-songwriter David Speck, this release should lovingly seduce the ear drums of anybody who is into the nostalgic hip swaying of Ariel Pink or John Maus. Dig on a video for

  • lo-fi

    MP3 It’s some fuzzy rock ‘n’ roll from the forthcoming Purling Hiss 12”, Lounge Lizards. Look for it in June via Mexican Summer. This’ll be the project’s fourth LP, and it’s packed with six songs that are sure to be as fuzzy as this one. “The

  • Some jangly and dream-inducing pop from Puro Instinct on the single “Stilyagi.” Even Ariel Pink hops in on this track and helps out with a little background vocals and production. The track is from the project’s forthcoming album, Headbangers in Ecstasy, which is due for release on Mexican Summer.