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Premiere: Waterfall Strainer – “My Friend”
Written and recorded in a Brooklyn apartment, “My Friend” is described by Waterfall Strainer as “a song about getting out of your head and enjoying the people around you.” Nick Stola’s songwriting ...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
The Lost & Found Workshop – “To Be With You”
Oozing with hypnotic textural beauty, “To Be With You” a stirring rocker from The Lost & Found Workshop, the project of Ruben Vangare. The steady rhythm section, reverbed vocals, and sporadic doses of audible ef...
Rock
Austin Bullock – “Part Of Me”
With a melodic garage-rock sound, “Part Of Me” comes via Austin Bullock, an artist Providence, Rhode Island. From Bullock’s forthcoming album Wasted 8, out on March 6th, “Part Of Me” wastes no time...
Rock
The Great Dictators – “Play Dead Together”
“Play Dead Together” is a track released today from Copenhagen-based rock trio The Great Dictators. Citing acts like Yo La Tengo, Psychedelic Furs, and Brian Eno as influences, the band shows a textured, melodic vei...
Rock
SaffeK – “When It Rains”
SaffeK’s powerful, emotive track “When It Rains” is a soulful rocker with impressively soaring vocals and ample mood. The overall rainy-day lonesome vibes remind fondly of Cousteau’s gem “Heavy Wea...
Rock
Orlon Gunner – “Mind Out the Window”
Orlon Gunner first caught my ear in 2017, with a self-titled EP touting a suave rock approach that resembled parts Cass McCombs and parts Nick Cave. The project of Canadian artist R.B. Armieri, Orlon Gunner recently released th...
Rock
Strawberry Generation – “When You Were Here And I Was Sad”
“When You Were Here And I Was Sad” is a lovely new track from Strawberry Generation. Quaintly chugging verses build toward a punchy, distorted chorus — aesthetically remind of a fun cross between Smith Western...
Rock
Cherry Slide – “Does It Matter”
Cherry Slide is the solo project of Dale Humphries, a musician originally from the UK and now based in NYC. A 2018 self-titled album showed ample promise, with tracks like “Eyes Like a Blur” meshing warming, melodic...
Rock
Gemini Cove – “Honey”
“Honey” is a lovely, hypnotic track released today from Gemini Cove. Murky guitars and nonchalant vocals build to a sonorous section past the one-minute mark, where a nocturnal guitar twang accompanies multi-layered...
Rock
Downtown Market – “Stay With Me”
Tokyo-based duo Downtown Market show a melodic guitar-based rock sound on the track “Stay With Me.” Per the band, the track was inspired by “Hesitation” by Hot Flash Heat Wave, a site favorite — so...
