Maya Ongaku has released one of the year’s best albums, a low-key record full of soft winds and quiet contemplation. In my review a while back I noted, “The album warms, like…
The upcoming James & The Giants record is shaping up into a real essential for 2023 and a new single this week helps firm up those suspicions. Album opener “I Wanna Go…
Last year’s inaugural Deep In The Valley Fest brought together a cross-section of musical genres with a common thread of experimentation and exploration. The roster exemplified the current crop of Cosmic American…
Pedal steel player Rick Pedrosa’s The Far Sound has been a favorite around here. His new album for Centripetal Force is steeped in ambient country, Italian Library Soundtracks, psych-folk smolder, and kosmiche…
Accompanying the mix today from The Far Sound is a new single, one last peek into the darkness before the album is released tomorrow. Highlighting the pedal steel work on the album,…
Anna St. Louis’ new album is standing tall on the anticipated list around here and a new single is just what I need to cool off this early summer heat. “Morning” rises…
Catching up from last week, I’d missed this gem from the upcoming new album by The Natvral. The band is the new(er) outing from Kip Berman of The Pains of Being Pure…
RSTB is back after a little vacation around the holiday weekend and just in time for the return of longtime favorites Gunn-Truscinski Duo. This time the duo add in another familiar name,…
Some good news from the Heavy Lidders camp this week, the band has a new, limited cassette up for grabs this week. The tape, Spacious Minds, will make its way out from…
It’s great to see RSTB fave Leah Senior back with a new record this year. The Australian songwriter makes a move from Flightless to Poison City Records for the upcoming The Music…
I’ve been talking up the singles from Swiss-American outfit Sweat for the better part of the year, but this is a release best experienced as a whole rather than piecemeal. The Pittsburgh…
Immediately one of my favorites of the year, the debut from Maya Ongaku is imbued with the relaxed nature of the band’s island environs. Hailing from the surrounding community of Enoshima just…
The catalog of Perpetual Doom is always packed with surprises and this low-key release upcoming from perennial fave Lee Baggett and Japanese songwriter Blind Dead Timmy boasts some real gems among its…
These days Glenn Donaldson’s name tends to conjure up indie pop jangles more than psychedelic ripples, but don’t let the smooth taste fool ya, Glenn’s always been rooted in the itchier side…
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