New Tracks

Chris Portka – “let’s go play today”

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.

June Swoon – “Blue Bayou”

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

The Pretty Flowers – “Hit Nothing”

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

Luka James – “Can’t Admit It”

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

Lawndry – “Since”

“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

junk mailing – “Dipping”

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

Vic Moon – “They’ll Never Destroy Us”

“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

Friend – ‘Trash’

Friend‘s consuming album Trash is a deliberately varied solo production, conceived over six years with each song taking shape around a distinct

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Bollard – ‘HEAT’

An eclectic rock success, Bollard‘s new album HEAT moves between post-punk steadiness, dreamy reflections, and bursts of full-bodied rock fervor. The Melbourne

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Andrew Huston – ‘SWAY’

Philadelphia-born and now Long Beach, CA-based, Andrew Huston channels the experience of starting over in unfamiliar surroundings on SWAY, his next full-length

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Utopia PKWY – ‘Debut’

Debut marks a memorable new direction for John Beckmann, the songwriter and producer behind The Mortal Prophets, who steps away from the

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