Jack Cooper, of Ultimate Painting and Mazes, will release his first solo album, titled Sandgrown, on August 25 via Trouble in Mind. He made the record on his own using a 4-track portastudio, inspired ...

Pete Astor was in NYC earlier this year playing NYC Popfest with his old band The Loft. That band (and his other ’80s band, The Weather Prophets) worked in a jangly, post-VU style that still sounds ...

If you’re familiar with the 1960s visual art concept “Drop Art,” then the band name Ultimate Painting ought to serve as a bit of a tell as to what sort of music the group makes. “The Ultimate Painting ...