Onelinedrawing
RAINBOWMACHINE
Iodine (2026)
I grew up listening to the acoustic side of onelinedrawing. Those stripped-down Jonah Matranga songs had a way of making everything else disappear, often needing little more than a guitar, a voice, and an honest melody to completely pull you in. That's still the version of onelinedrawing that immediately comes to mind for me, so with Matranga having been relatively quiet for a while, I was genuinely excited to hear what RAINBOWMACHINE would sound like. Then "This Is A Warning" comes out swinging. It's loud. It's rocking. It's ridiculously catchy. And it is definitely not the quiet acoustic onelinedrawing record I might have expected. That opening immediately establishes that RAINBOWMACHINE isn't interested in recreating the past. Produced by Jay Maas, the album takes the intimacy at the heart of Matranga's songwriting and surrounds it with layers of guitars, synths, distortion, and some genuinely huge production. At times it's punk. Elsewhere it moves through indie rock, emo, alternative rock, and atmospheric territory without sounding like Matranga is deliberately trying to check off genres. For longtime listeners, there are also some wonderfully familiar electronic touches scattered throughout. They immediately reminded me of the strange noises Matranga used to pull from his little … Read more
Professor and the Madman
Dreamworld
FullerTone Records (2026)
ALBUM HIGHLIGHTS – “Brand New World”, “12 Strings and Tambourines”, “Adams Street”, “Temple of Madness” It’s rare to find these … Read more
Generacion Suicida
Hombre Nuevo
Vitriol (2026)
On the tail end of Autogramm’s 2018 tour of Mexico (what little I remember of that week now is a … Read more
Real Numbers
Was It Always This Way
Slumberland Records (2026)
I feel like this may be the first 12", 10-song release in my collection from Real Numbers, a dreampop meets … Read more
