Holland-based singer/songwriter Baer Traa (pronounced as Bear Trà) produces a soulful sound, helpfully inspired by soul singers like Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers, in addition to songwriters like James Taylor and Jackson
New Tracks
“California Love” is a shimmering track from Swedish psych-rockers Black Light White Light, who previously impressed with the captivating “King Kong” last month. Bright, psych-friendly guitars kick things off, as hypnotic vocals
Released on Monday, “State I’m In” is a new single blending shoegaze-y sentiments with post-rock rhythms and indie-rock, a success on all fronts for The Faded North, who hail from Britain though
Jail by Novagolde Madison, Wisconsin trio Novagolde get to the thick of it right away on new track “Jail”, its beginning fading into a suave and catchy vein of rock alongside vocals
Paris-based quartet Pampa Folks first grabbed me with the track “Blind Silhouettes” in December, touting a mixture of a melodic lushness and Spaghetti-western guitars. Pampa Folks’ continue their versatile sound on new
Formed in 2010, Stranger Things is the project of longtime friends Gabriel Wingård and Anna Falk, from Stockholm, Sweden. Their debut EP, Where You Go, released in 2012. This spring, the duo
Miki Montebello’s debut album Blanco Tigre shows a consuming vein of pop with infleunces from R&B and folk. The release touts a nice degree of stylistic variation and knack for both hooks
After having impressed with the Twin Peaks-inspired EP The Black Lodge late last year, That Gum U Like is back with a new track in “Biography”. The husband-and-wife duo continue their murky,
New Albums
A consuming new EP from Chloe Dunn, Blossom showcases a sound steeped in dynamic allure — ranging from singer-songwriter and folk to
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Hamtramck, Michigan-based artist MARA WANNA consumes across her new album, how dreadful — navigating grief and growth with inventive, hook-driven artistry. Blending
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Impressing in both its superb original songwriting and covers of Christmas classics, What Stops Time is an alluring new EP from Shiny
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Pittsburgh-based project Erro, led by multi-instrumentalist Nikki Stagel, impresses again with Shadowland, a new album that fuses shimmering pop-rock textures, ethereal dreaminess,
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