Another pop odyseey out of the Idée Fixe, roster this week. The label has been rounding up some of the best Canadian psych, indie, folk, and jazz over the past few years…
Meg Baird’s first solo outing since 2015 finds the songwriter exploring some of her most tender moments, parsing out songs that stretch in the faded flickers of late afternoon sun. In the…
If you’ve been ingnoring the wealth of indie pop streaming out of the West Coast these days, then you’re mising out. Among an already prolific local scene San Francisco’s The Telephone Numbers…
A record of overcast psych-folk that begs to grace the turntable during the winter months, Be As Good To Others As They Are Not To You from Jens Unosson ought to find…
This one is an amazing curio to say the least. Often cited as an inspiration for hauntology, latter day interest in pagan folk, and ritualistic texts like Weird Walk, the series Children…
An RSTB fave from the South Hemi rises up once more this week with a new single from the inimitable Terry. The band announces their fourth album with the slightly woozy new…
One of my favorite releases from last year was the debut from London Odense Ensemble. The record brought together a few familiar names — Causa Sui’s Jakob Skøtt and Jonas Munk, Sun…
Swapping gears from the last edition of Hidden Gems, in which forces finally aligned to get one of my longtime favorites into the feature, to an entry from one of my favorite…
There’s always a ton coming out of the King Khan camp these days, and it’s hard to keep up, but worth keeping an eye on his Bandcamp for one off gems among…
Where some might rest on reputation after racking up a dozen or so albums, Eric D. Johnson looks to be making some of the most ambitious pop of his career. After a…
A killer new cut descends today from RSTB fave Bobby Lee. The Sheffield guitarist has been carving out a niche somewhere between the charcoal choogle of Michael Champman and the fogged morning…
The debut from Danny Arakaki quickly crawls out from under the heavy shadow of Garcia Peoples, establishing itself as a completely different strain with a familiar fragrance. Fans of the band’s Cosmic…
Following a number of jazz and improv combos stemming from his 2020 Bent Arcana release, (though in my opinion reaching back to his 2010 Sword and Sandals days), John Dwyer has cycled…
A longtime RSTB fave, King Tuff and Kyle Thomas have been on the site since the earliest years. From days of tracking down a handmade CD-r to the Sub Pop catalog, Kyle…
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