Somewhere in the simmering underground, Footings has been working out a bruised folk, letting out three records on Sophomore Lounge and Don’t Live Like Me. They bring their latest via Sophomore Lounge…
An affecting cover here from Andrew Sa. He has been rising in Chicago’s queer country circuit, winding up a standout of The Cosmic Country Showcase that’s been in residence at The Hideout.…
Just like everyone I get caught up in the release cycles and tend to focus too often on what’s coming up rather than letting what’s already here settle into the system. It’s…
Another ripper of an episode of Crawl Out From The Fallout this month. Plenty of new gems in the lineup here with Cochemea and Don Cherry getting the show going and some…
Over the course of three albums Rose City Band has moved from a tributary one-off to some of the most affecting music in Ripley Johnson’s catalog. The band sprung onto the scene…
Just like fellow musical archeologists at Numero, it pays to keep an eye on Anthology’s digital output for releases that seem to slip out without so much as a trumpet, but that…
Blink and you’ll miss ‘em as Glenn’s Reds, Pinks and Purples keep a steady stream of singles coming on the Bandcamp before they get rounded up for releases (in most cases). There’s…
A low-key tape out of Durham, NC makes for another great addition to the bluegrass bunch for 2021. Slotting in alongside favorites from Black Twig Pickers and Russell Hoke, the duo springboard…
A fun one today from Fortitude Valley, the alias of Laura Kovic (Tigercats) a Brisbane songwriter relocated to the UK. With the help of friends RSTB faves Martha and Night Flowers, Kovic…
Always excited to see a new Doug Tuttle on the dock and he follows up a solid single for Six Tonnes De Chair Records with an EP for Italian label Wild Honey.…
Another crack opens in the door to Sonny & the Sunsets’ next album, a country rambler that calls back to his excellent Longtime Companion. Fittingly the new single focuses on loneliness, and…
A real gem out of San Francisco today, “She Buys Herself Flowers” is the first single off of The Umbrellas debut LP for Slumberland. Practically built to be released by the label,…
Taking a quarantine solo slant off from his work with Sunfruits, Melbourne’s Winter McQuinn has put together a psych-pop gem that’s indebted to the Syd/Spence psych continuum, but shaves off the shaky…
One of the great unheralded treasures of 2018 was Scott Hirsch’s Lost Time Behind The Moon. The record distilled a dusted Americana, funneling JJ Cale’s dry ice delivery and dark sunshine through…
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