“Hallucination Healer” is a spacey and hypnotic slice of dream-pop from Oakland-based group Garlands, which was founded by Lisa Light (The Lovemakers, El Elle) and Mikael Johnston (Mephisto Odyssey, Dresden & Johnston).
New Tracks
I was excited to premiere Eye Endless’ “Beautiful Mess” this past spring, as it introduced me and others to Marcus Bowers’ infectious genre-traversing project. It was followed up by the more majestic
“This Is War” is a just-released track from Night Drifting, who has already impressed with “Just Because” and “Language of Losing“. “Just Because” touted an understated beauty with glistening gentle keys and serene
Section is the moniker of writer/producer Danny Belgrad, a 21-year-old studying philosophy at Yale University who crafts hazy, ethereal indie-pop laced with dreamy synths and somber melodies. On his inviting new track
London-based Gypsy Cabs have a great track to lift you out of the Monday blues, entitled “Blue Skies”. With a summer-y and twangy chorus featuring carefree ooh-ing back vocals and a sharp
Anthony Polcino creates solo material under the alias Antoine Diligent, where he churns out colorful psychedelic-friendly tracks like “Television Eyes”, off his debut album Futurisms. A native of New Jersey and presently
“Corsica” soars from the get-go, with a sonorous lead sporadically accompanied by backing female vocals. The trickling guitars and clanging long piano notes intertwine fluidly, the clean verses centering around the central
Utah Valley singer/songwriter Kyle Benson fronts the project Company Vacation, whose track “Will I Go to Hell” reminds fondly of Sufjan Stevens in the creaking acoustics, gentle piano flourishes, and enjoyably frail
New Albums
A stellar new EP from Chicago dream-pop act Snowcuffs, Sweet Gravity envelops across both bursting guitar charisma and lush synth beauty. Showing
MorePol Sembrano consumes with a self-titled synth-pop success of an album, seamlessly balancing hooky immediacy and emotional depth. The Seattle-based Filipino-American artist
MoreBorough 6 serves as a hauntingly inventive ode to the sixth borough, where Matthew Mirliani explores a vast landscape of ambient, atonal
MoreEdinburgh-based composer and pianist Ryoka Hagiwara debuts with ICHI, a solo piano album navigating fleeting memory and fragile identity through a striking
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