“5-Star Flying”, a cut from Jaz Mattu’s debut album Sanguine Man, is quick to get started. Quivering, post-punk-inspired vocals and hypnotic guitar reverberation is prominent from the get-go, reminding of a cross
New Tracks
Headphone Hair, the project of Oakland-based Ian Walters, impressed early this year with “Wanna Be Alone“. While that release showed more understated yearning, “A Little Color” packs a more pulsating and colorful
“One Hour” is a brand new track from Toronto duo The Soft Season, who struck us with the captivating “Shine On” last month. A whisper-y synth pad haunts and jungle-set synths flicker
Beginning with a rousing piano lead and percussion, “The Joker´s Curtain Call” grips early on. The vocals kick in just before the one-minute mark, reminding fondly of Jellyfish’s key-laden vein of hook-y
Borrowing Time/Fever by i2m1 i2m1, the project of Colorado-based Irene Carson, continues to show eclectic range with the engrossing track “Fever”. Whereas the previously featured “Illusion” showcased a bouncy synth-pop feel, “Fever”
wwoman is the project of Pittsburgh artist Gi Smee, who regards the project as “a pitstop on their way to what’s really important.” Within new track “FOA” and its soft atmosphere and
Buzzing rhythms, teetering electronic effects, and eerie vocal effects comprise the gripping “Three Trenches”, a new track from Los Angeles artist BSTN, aka Spencer Bastian. The aesthetic reminds of a cross between
“Likely Story” is a new track from Trevor Forrest, the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter who impressed last year with the spacey, funk-tinged “Countless Ways“. “Likely Story”, his first release this year, begins with a
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
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Fusing industrial ingenuity, post-punk intrigue, and unsettling atmospherics, Barren Mother of All is an excellently sprawling double album from Calgary-based solo project
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Slithering 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
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Combining 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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