The final song on Chris Portka's album trash, out on August 1st, "let's go play today" crafts a hypnotic sound with its caressing acoustics, dazed vocals, and cascading percussive effect.
New Tracks
“(Did I Say) Goodbye Too Soon” is a rousing rocker from The Backroom Rumors, an ascending band from Houston’s DIY scene. The first track from the act’s upcoming album, it’s described as
A House With Windows Open by June Swoon Los Angeles-based act June Swoon compels with the track “Blue Bayou,” casting a haunting glow with a seductively slow-burning structure that traverses from creaky
Los Angeles-based quartet The Pretty Flowers impress with a shimmering rock sound on new single “Hit Nothing.” The track takes inspiration from daydreaming about existing in a different era — in this
A catching new single from Brooklyn-based artist Luka James, “Can’t Admit It” blends surf-y vocal harmonizing with punk-pop influence for an infectious, summer-set sound. The “wanna feel it but you can’t admit
“Since” is a smoothed-out pop success from Lawndry, a project that “formed on a floating house” in Nashville. The breezy, gentle vocals and textured brass components compel amidst twangy guitar touches and
Engaging with a hazy, twangy lushness, “Dipping” is a recent single from junk mailing. The project formed “in the back of a Volkswagen Vanagon while traveling through the USA,” with that adventurous
“They’ll Never Destroy Us” is a latest single from Vic Moon, a newly formed duo comprising Anna Schulze and Ryan Marshall. Both accomplished solo artists, their project grips here with a driving
New Albums
Australian singer-songwriter Oliver Downes brings wry observations and heartfelt chamber-pop songwriting to While The Sun Shines, an album contemplating family life, personal
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A gripping post-rock success, WORLD-ENDING FIRE is the self-titled debut album from the collaboration of Canadian guitarist and producer Paul MacLean and
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Billy Stuart‘s excellent Sink With Me is a debut solo EP that finds the Sacramento-based guitarist moving from years in Northern California’s
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Boston-raised, Lyon, France-based artist Nathan Meunier channels the emotional disorientation of leaving home into A Godforsaken Place Will Once Again Recover, his
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