Off Shelf

10/13/2026

Following so many other beloved horror settings, Series 4's The Raptor Games introduces jurassic thrills to the Final Girl (Van Ryder Games) solo-gaming franchise. Returning as the credited Director of Photography, original illustrator Tyler Johnson proves that life - and art - both find a way.

Read our interview at https://offshelf.net/2026/10/13/final-girl-the-raptor-games-tyler-johnson/

10/07/2026

Punk Rock Scouting Report has music from basement hootenannies to electronic excursions with Minot, Pressure Set, Quiz Show Band, The Van Pelt, Wire Crimes, Surgeon General, and Immersion.

Punk Rock Scouting Report has music from basement hootenannies to electronic excursions with Minot, Pressure Set, Quiz Show, The Van Pelt, Warm Crimes, Surgeon General, and Immersion.

10/06/2026

Music is well served by curiosity and grounded understanding. On Transient (Infrequent Seams), Payton MacDonald explores this through duets with Billy Martin, Susie Ibarra, and Nava Dunkelman. Curiosity is easy to come by, and understanding has grounding through solid playing – but the compounding studied and practiced backgrounds of each player is staggering to consider.

Read our interview at https://offshelf.net/2026/10/06/payton-macdonald/

09/29/2026

Mind is still a little melted from a weekend of deep listening to so many great things at the third annual, Talk Low. Thanks to Ryan, the volunteers, artists, other attendees, and the city of Cincinnati. That was a real special time.

09/24/2026

Shuffling influence and illustration, The Banjo King (Twogether Studios) is a deck of classic Italian playing beautifully adorned with Appalachian art from Feral Indie Studios’ Charlie Ferguson-Avery.

Read our interview at https://offshelf.net/2026/09/24/the-banjo-kings-charlie-ferguson-avery/

09/18/2026

Far Out Sounds blips back from silence with new music from Sarah Davachi, Tyondai Braxton (Erased Tapes), Ka Baird, and more.

Far Out Sounds blips back from silence with new music from Sarah Davachi, Tyondai Braxton, Ka Baird, and more.

09/16/2026

Thousands died. Thousands more turned into something... else. You and your brother understood this. But that isn't the same thing as it finally happening. In The Time We Have, two players sit on opposite sides of a closed door at the very end of it all.

Read our interview at https://offshelf.net/2026/09/16/the-time-we-haves-elliot-davis/

09/09/2026

Head Space releases rippers from Bitchin Bajas (Drag City Records), Elephant Stone, Mastodon (Loma Vista Recordings), Ty Segall (Drag City Records), and more.

Ears of Decay releases rippers from Bitchin Bajas, Elephant Stone, Mastodon, Ty Segall, and more.

09/04/2026

This month's (Mostly) Punk Rock Scouting Report tees up new music from W**e Lips, The Get Arounds, Vista Blue, The Jayhawks, and Antietam the Band.

This month's (Mostly) Punk Rock Scouting Report tees up new music from W**e Lips, The Get Arounds, Vista Blue, The Jayhawks, and Antietam.

09/02/2026

Arriving in Berlin at the time he was meant to arrive, Lee Scratch Perry (official) connected with musicians, studio spaces, instruments, cool stickers, and electronic pioneers, Mouse on Mars. Spatial, No Problem. (Domino Recording Company) is an album that could have only have been made by those players at that point in time - which sounds obvious and mundane. At least until you hit play.

Read our interview at https://offshelf.net/2026/09/02/mouse-on-mars-jan-st-werner