American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey today brings us another helping of noir-pop with her new album, Chemtrails Over The Country Club . It is her seventh studio album following 2019’s Norman Fucking Rockwell!, which was great but really sad. I hope that this album doesn’t have the same affect on Continue Reading
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Cherry In Tacoma
Benjamin Francis Leftwich has today announced details for his fourth studio album, To Carry a Whale. The album will be released June 18th via Dirty Hit and you can pre-save it now on Apple Music. It was recorded across a four month period last year, part of which was recorded Continue Reading
iogi – everything’s worth it (Video)
Tel Aviv-based artist, iogi, today shares the title track, “everything’s worth it” from his forthcoming album. everything’s worth it will be released on April 9th via Raw Tapes Records (co-founded by Stones Throw’s Rejoicer). iogi describes the songs as, “a natural continuation of the songs from the first album (‘the Continue Reading
Eden Rain – Wake Up, You’re Stuck (Video)
Eden Rain’s debut single and video, “Wake Up, You’re Stuck”, is something special. It’s a wonderful, sparse, poetic, piano led introspective track. “To me the song feels like a fight or flight situation,” she explains. “Do I stay being eaten alive or attempt to save myself from all the things Continue Reading
Caoilfhionn Rose – Fireflies (Video)
Singer-songwriter Caoilfhionn Rose (pronounced Keelin) today announces her new album Truly and shares it’s lead single “Flourish”. The album will be her first in three years and follow her 2018 debut, Awaken. It was co-produced by The Durutti Column’s Kier Stewart, following Rose’s collaboration with them on their album Chronicle Continue Reading
Fifi Rong – Another Me (Video)
Avant-pop artist, Fifi Rong shares the video for her rather tranquil new single, “Another Me”. She spoke about the video and explained the rather poetic meaning behind it. “It visually portrays the elusive nature of the character surrounding the key message: ‘you won’t find another me’,” she says. “The undertone Continue Reading
Mesadorm – Numb (Sam Brookes Cover)
Mesadorm’s new track is a cover of their friend and Folk artist, Sam Brookes’ “Numb”. They chose to cover his 2013 single having been friends with him for a long while. Mesadorm’s drummer, Daisy Palmer even appeared on Sam’s latest album Black Feathers. “Sam’s original of “Numb” is stunning,” Mesadorm Continue Reading
Shrink – SHRINK EP
Shrink is the project of 22 year old Sam Breathwick who is also known as the producer, Vasser. He has just released his self titled debut EP which includes the singles “Drowning”, “Cut You Loose” and “Eraser”. “I wrote the majority of this EP about and from the perspective of Continue Reading
Luwten – Call Me In / Full Well
Luwten is the artist moniker of Amsterdam-based producer and singer Tessa Douwten. The name comes from the Dutch word which means ‘place without wind’. She makes abstract pop music that blends organic instrumentation with field recordings and sampling. She has just released stripped back versions of two of her new Continue Reading
SYML – STAY CLOSE (Video)
SYML is the solo project of singer, songwriter and producer Brian Fennell. He started the project after leaving the Seattle indie-rock band, Barcelona. SYML is Welsh for ‘simple’ and is pronounced “sim-muhl”. He has just announced that his new EP, DIM, will be released on April 16th via Nettwerk Records. Continue Reading