As reported in February, Phil Elverum, of Microphones and Mount Eerie, will be releasing two albums this year. The first, Clear Moon, presents songs about “a quiet life in and around a small northwest town, usually

mr. Gnome are already following last year's excellent Madness in Miniature up strong with a new digital 7" Softly Mad, consisting of tracks "The Way" and "Still Life". The former is a

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MP3: Day Joy – Talks of Terror MP3: Day Joy – Animal Noise Michael Serrin and Peter Michael Perceval craft haunting folk music with bursts of noise-pop and rock, evidenced best by the stunning

The sparsely intimate folk of Rural Ghosts is bound to conjure up Jeff Buckley comparisons, mainly for how Erik Neilson projects his chilly yet powerful quiver over hazy acoustics ranging from high-pitched

Real Estate – Exactly Nothing Real Estate take us to balmy shores and sunny days on “Exactly Nothing”, taken from their most recent Days single, “Easy”. Its swirling array of fluttering guitars brings to mind both