***Athens, Georgia’s Little Gold, established in 2011, is a collective of musicians with Christian DeRoeck, a founding member of Woods and Meneguar, at its center. On Public Dog, They play power pop with a lo-fi country heart, drawing from the lyrical virtuosity upon which DeRoeck and Davis built their friendship when they first met fifteen years ago. With the easygoing eloquence of a barstool storyteller, Public Dog tackles addiction, early ’90s mixtapes, lost-and-found pets (on the triumphant “Cochise”), invasive wildflowers, and misspelled tattoos (on “Born to Loose,” which echoes the hook-heavy sensibilities of Blunt Bangs, DeRoeck’s band with Black Kids’ Reggie Youngblood).According to Ryan Davis, “It’s like boiling a John Hughes movie down to only its funniest, saddest, most action-packed moments. There’s no set-up, no filler, no wind-down. Just a whirlwind of curious little details and feelings and explosions. Just the good shit.”
LP $22.25
08/07/2026
***Recorded to tape at Emandee Studio in Brooklyn, On the Knife is a deeply personal take on love and loss, and was very much shaped by CHRISTIAN DEROECK’s departure from his previous bands. Like his earlier work with WOODS, the songwriting is earnest, and of course there are a few indulgent headphone tracks as well. Now joined by stand-up drummer PATTY CONWAY, LITTLE GOLD has begun to incorporate more improvisational and psychedelic sounds into their mellow, country-rock oeuvre, and in the process are becoming a notable live act around NYC.
12" $14.50
10/02/2012