Despite their laconic air, Mapache certainly don’t waste any time between albums. After last year’s double disc outing, Roscoe’s Dream, they retreated to Panoramic House to bask in the beauty of the…
Following on the ambitious, expansive Island of Noise from last year, Jack Cooper returns again to Modern Nature. He’s assembled a cadre of collaborators who share his vision of “rhythms and instrumentation…
The second single out of Mike Donovan (Sic Alps) new solo album finds the songwriter in a wistful mood. “Whistledown” is a swollen-heart ode, draped in delicate touches. With sweetly swung strums,…
The records of Aussie songwriter Leah Senior have picked at the curled edges of the current folk wave that culls from the Canyon Country years. She, more than many of her peers,…
A second single slips easy and low out of the upcoming Hot Apple Band debut, and details on that record get a bit clearer today with the announcement of So Long, Noodle…
Bill MacKay connects with labelmate Cooper Crain (CAVE, Bitchin’ Bajas) for a new project of deep inner journeys and cosmic creep. As BCMC, the pair explores rivulets of eerie calm, disquieting temperaments,…
Last week saw the surprise release of a proper debut from West Coast collective Taper’s Choice. The band, long a live favorite, and unabashed adopters of the jam band moniker, have been…
Black Editions is still going strong to document the works of the great P.S.F. label through carefully executed reissues. The label, admittedly, wouldn’t have been what it was had it not been…
Got a second single sliding out of the debut from The Small Intestines today. The Melbourne group features members of Chook Race, and while they share a bit of the band’s jangles,…
Blossoming out of their spare, but stinging debut from 2021, Big Fall, Philly’s Florry nails the right mix of vulnerable and raucous on their latest album, The Holey Bible. The debut, while…
A soaring new cut from Oakland’s Skyway Man is unleashed this week, and it washes over the listener in reverberating waves. The band’s been vacillating between cosmic country and a towering vision…
August picks up another packed month of new music for Crawl Out From The Fallout. Book-ending a nice set of ’70s favorites are new singles from Canadian folk outfit Maybel, Golden Brown,…
With the addition of backing band Southern Star, harpist and songwriter Mikaela Davis embraces deeper rivulets of ‘70s pop and folk. Her second album pushes away from the indie inclinations of her…
Following quite quickly on the just released score to the BBC series The Gallows Pole, Swedish psych hydra Goat return with a new album proper for their longtime home at Rocket Recordings.…
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