A serenely memorable track, “Come Alive” finds Alice Austin embracing renewal alongside an airy alt-pop instrumentation, mirroring a story of two once-wounded people rediscovering each other. The Los Angeles-based songwriter turns a
New Tracks
Canadian singer-songwriter Camryn balances vulnerability and dynamic alt-rock on her self-recorded single “Ghost.” Drawing inspiration from the textures of shoegaze and alternative, the track pairs textured guitar distortion with moving vocals. Her
Seoul-based Korean-American artist Rosalyn Song blends eurobeat, dance-pop, and hard-rocking guitars on “Ultraviolet,” the title track from her debut multimedia project, Psytechnography. Driven by hectic rhythms, vibrant synths, and soaring vocals, the
Danish composer Nils Lassen channels the warm stillness of midday summer on “Somersault,” the dream-pop second single from his upcoming album Rain Steam Speed. Evoking the understated, spacious textures of Slowdive and
Inspired by Bob Gramsma’s land art monument Riff, PD#18245, Dutch artist Anne Vanschothorst collaborates with producer Thijs de Melker on the ambient single “RIFF.” The track transforms acoustic harp recordings into a
Pittsburgh roots-rock outfit The Dead End Streets unveil a powerful recovery of self-worth on newly released single "Fool." Driven by warming organs, brassy blares, and bluesy guitars, the track showcases Matt Aquiline’s
Dan Strauss captures the bitter isolation of deep winter with his excellent folk single, “January Wolf Moon.” Strauss wrote the track during this frigid past winter, echoed in the chilly acoustic strums
Colorado-based rockers cadzo delivers a high-energy, genre-blurring drive on their single "Windfall." Melding '00s indie, Britpop, and New Wave, the self-produced track balances brisk jangly guitars and colorful keys with spacey synths,
New Albums
Weaving delicate finger-picked guitars with sweeping orchestral power, Held Here Together showcases Janie Price’s project, Bird, at her most expansive. The release
MoreFusing industrial ingenuity, post-punk intrigue, and unsettling atmospherics, Barren Mother of All is an excellently sprawling double album from Calgary-based solo project
MoreSlithering through psychedelic noir and angular post-punk, Ain’t No Fool is an adventurous 15-track effort from NYC-based The Mortal Prophets. The project
MoreCombining folk intimacy and heavy themes with lushly memorable arrangements, Freeze is a poignant seven-movement social-justice song cycle by Adrielle Bow Belle.
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