Blog: Latest Disgrace

In our Now Hear This column, we highlight up-and-coming bands that you should be paying attention to. It's pretty straightforward: we do the thinking, you do the listening. Deal? You're welcome. It would be easy to dismiss Brooklyn trio Dead Stars as another '90s throwback picking at the bones of the past. After all, the band does strike many of the familiar touchstones—the hypnotic fuzzed-out guitars, the discordant wails of feedback, the tongue-in-cheek, world-weary slacker vibe. And, yet, spend just a few moments listening to the textured space rock psychedelia of "Break [...]

• Dead Stars - The Tide