“Where to Draw the Line” by Grado (the solo project of Michael Bloss) is expansive, though it may not sound that way at first. The urgent acoustic strums at the beginning resemble
New Tracks
The jangly rock from The Genius Buddha Band rides on summer-y nonchalance throughout their fleeting new single “I Don’t Mind”. The Swedish group say that the track was written and recorded in
We’ve featured Tomás Doncker projects multiple times in the past, ranging from his own singles like “The New Day” and “Spoonful” to other artists he’s worked with and/or produced, including Charlie Funk,
Houston-based hip-hop/pop duo 3Bubble (Cleon Solomon III) and J.Gray (Justin Andrew Gray) craft a familiarly inviting sound on new single “No Lie”, led by a beat that features lush backing strings, a
The Cheek of Her is London-based Helen Dooley, a singer-songwriter whose style blends the combustible orchestral-pop of Amanda Palmer with the melodically enthralling angst of PJ Harvey, two comparisons that make for
Islands are releasing their sixth and seventh albums, both on May 13th. In anticipation of that double release, which shows two albums with starkly different styles, the group has unveiled two tracks
“Chemical Disguise” is a glitzy electro-pop effort led by a seriously bouncy bass and alternating vocal approaches, which alternate from robotic nonchalance in the verses to anthemic euphoria in the effervescent chorus,
Monthly compilations finally return with April 2016’s 🙂 Stream it above or listen to it here. For the Obscure Sound write-up on any of the featured acts/tracks, simply search for the artist
New Albums
New York-based Too Much Joy celebrate a defining chapter of their legacy with Son of Sam I Am (Tommy’s Version), a sprawling,
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A heartfelt and elegantly riveting classical sound shows on From the Heart, the sixth album from Sharon Ruchman — and her first
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A stylish, eclectic success of an album from The Beatroot Road, Humanimal delivers a fearless, genre-defying journey that fuses global influences into
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Me Then You is a stirring triumph of an album from Ehson Hashemian, a Southern California-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist also noted for
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