Jack Probst

1 week ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Jack Probst

Working at a record store taught me a tragic truth; no matter how much you love your favorite albums, they’ll never be as popular as they deserve to be. Each month at Merry-Go-Round Magazine, I dust off some long-overlooked records, revisit my pretentious past, and explore how this music forever etched itself into my history. Eventually, all your memories get marked down and thrown into The Bargain Bin.

3 weeks ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Jack Probst |Wes Anderson

Genre: RockFavorite Tracks: “Sara,” “Lucky Superstar,” “Other Things”On her lush sophomore album, Chicago artist Pictoria Vark (neè Victoria Park) steps up production on her new album to create a bold and dynamic collection of songs. If her debut, THE PARTS I DREAD, was born out of isolation during lockdown, NOTHING STICKS shows growth within her already unique, bass-centric songwriting. I always wanted to learn the bass. My uncle played bass in a band, and I idolized his Gen X slacker vibe.

3 weeks ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Jack Probst |Wes Anderson

It’s our Bandcamp Pick of the Week, featuring Nicole Grace’s whimsically folksy solo outing MINERAL FORK!Nicole Grace – MINERAL FORKGenre: Country, FolkFavorite Tracks: “REDBUD,” “DEAD DEER”St. Louis-based musician Nicole Bonura had a prolific 2024. Her band Hot Joy released one of my favorite EPs of 2024, opened for Phantogram on their stop through St. Louis, and then, over the summer, Bonura quietly dropped her first solo EP under the moniker Nicole Grace.

1 month ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | CJ Simonson |Jack Probst

It’s our Bandcamp Picks of the Week, featuring LAKE’s undeniably shiny indie pop explosion BUCOLIC GONE and some fear’s cripplingly human slowcore self-titled debut! LAKE – BUCOLIC GONEGenre: Indie Rock, Sunshine Pop, Adult ContemporaryFavorite Tracks: “Blue Horizon,” “Wonderful Sunshine,” “Love is Deeper”When I was small, my grandma would build a nest for me every afternoon.

2 months ago | merrygoroundmagazine.com | Jack Probst |Wes Anderson

Working at a record store taught me a tragic truth; no matter how much you love your favorite albums, they’ll never be as popular as they deserve to be. Each month at Merry-Go-Round Magazine, I dust off some long-overlooked records, revisit my pretentious past, and explore how this music forever etched itself into my history. Eventually, all your memories get marked down and thrown into The Bargain Bin. *deep breath*I put on the new Yo La Tengo to relax.