[streaming] Jetstream Pony – Self-Destruct Reality

“Self-Destruct Reality” is the title track of the new 5 track EP, released 13th July on limited 12“ vinyl by Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten of Augsburg in Germany. It follows on from last year’s sold out debut 7″ single “Like You Less/Had Enough”, which received great reviews and radio play around the world, including BBC 6…

[streaming] Midwife – Angel

Taken from “Prayer Hands”, out July 29th via Antiquated Future Records. Written, performed, and recorded by Madeline Johnston December 2016 – August 2017 Additional Instrumentation by Tucker Theodore Midwife is Madeline Johnston. Known for her minimal ambient work as Sister Grotto, Midwife finds Johnston and collaborator Tucker Theodore creating powerful anthems of dislocation and loss…

[streaming] Calming River – Haunted pt. I

Alternative, melodic and beautiful are just some of the words used to describe the music of Calming River, the pseudonym of British born songwriter, Joshua Malcolm. Calming River’s previous releases have been widely appreciated by folk circles, a feature in the Unsigned Guide and have received numerous radio plays across Europe and the UK. Calming River…

[streaming] Donna Blue – Holiday

“Holiday” is the third single by Dutch vintage pop band Donna Blue. It’s a mellow song that will leave you longing for a holiday. The accompanying video feels like an intimate glimpse into a dream, transporting you someplace where time slows down and you are free to bask in the golden sun, dip your toes…

[streaming] Lorna – Through The Tall Grass

Nottingham based dreampop band Lorna return with the shimmering summery dream pop in “Through The Tall Grass”, the lead single ahead of their sixth record “Constellations”, due for release in September on CD and digital (via Words On Music) and on limited coloured vinyl through UK independent label Reckless Yes. Mixing analogue, electronic instrumentation with…

[streaming] The Knights Project – Stars Fell

Taken from “The Shoreham Sessions”, out July 1st via Woodland Recordings. The Knights Project is a folk supergroup led by Lucy Day, turned duo, with intricate guitar and cittern parts and folk story telling that aims to be both sweet and dark. The Knights Project have performed at festivals including Playgroup, Nozstock and Folk East,…

[streaming] Robin Bacior – Modern Confusion

Taken from “Light It Moved Me”, out August 31st via Spirit House Records. Robin Bacior’s voice speaks of a much older soul. Her songs reveal honest pictures with instrumentation as a medium to illuminate her lyrics. Born and raised in California, Bacior took great influence from California folk traditions and brought them with her to…

[streaming] Smokescreens – Used To Yesterday

Smokescreens began as a love letter to the Flying Nun scene of the 1980’s and it’s outlying bands. Chris Rosi and Corey Cunningham had become friends when the pair toured together in their bands Plateaus and Terry Malts in 2011. By 2015 both had moved to Los Angeles where they began the band in earnest…

[streaming] Chaouche – Pictures Of Trees

Singer/musician/producer Aisha Chaouche is set to release debut album “Safe”, a deeply emotional document of heartbreaking and spine tingling hymns that have helped bring peace to traumatic events experienced earlier in her life. Her delicate piano playing features prominently and is bolstered by balanced production of her own massed vocals, programmed drums, sub-bass, cello, violin…

[streaming] Angelo De Augustine – Carcassonne

“Carcassonne” is the a-side of the new 7″ single by Angelo De Augustine, out June 29th. Angelo De Augustine writes and records music in Thousand Oaks, California — a suburb north of Los Angeles, where he grew up. His self-released debut album, “Spirals of Silence”, and 3-song EP follow-up, “How Past Begins”, earned praise from…

[streaming] Rosali – Lie To Me

Philadelphia-based musician Rosali (Long Hots, Wandering Shade) wrote the songs for her second album, Trouble Anyway, seeking empowerment by sharing openly on love, power, aging, suffering, confusion, self-doubt, and anger. The result is a full-bodied record that is at once sweeping and intimate– a vulnerable and powerful exploration of emotional narratives. Trouble Anyway showcases Rosali’s…

[streaming] The Catenary Wires – Was That Love?

Taken from “Was That Love? / What About The Rings?” 7″ by the Catenary Wires, out now in the WIAIWYA 7777777 singles club. The Catenary Wires are Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey. They formed in 2014 and their debut mini-album “Red Red Skies” was released on 1 June 2015 on Elefant Records. It was released…

[streaming] The Smittens – Cats For Cats

First track out of “City Rock Dove”, the new album by The Smittens, out August 3rd via Fiak Recordings. The Smittens are a 6-piece indiepop band that make upbeat and introspective tunes, tinged with vulnerability and optimism. While sonically the elements of multi-layered harmonies, countermelodies and ba-ba-ba singalong hooks still play a large part in…

[streaming] Some Gorgeous Accident – Evergreen Days

Melotron Recordings is excited to announce the physical release of a 22 minutes long cd by Some Gorgeous Accident aiming from “somewhere near the Pacific”. The cd EP is called “Heaven Sent” and it is now released officially. An excellent/must hear for fans of the modern shoegaze sound with lush dreamy melodies and vocals. *Some…

[streaming] Mutual Benefit – New History

“New History” appears on the album “Thunder Follows The Light”, out 21 September 2018 through Transgressive Records. Following his last outing, 2016’s acclaimed “Skip A Sinking Stone“, Lee marks his return with a patient and prismatic collection of songs accrued over the past two years. Lee — who grew up in Ohio and is currently…

[streaming] Puzzle Muteson – Your Garden

New single by Puzzle Muteson and first track since the latest album “Theatrics” (2014). Puzzle Muteson is the alter ego of an enigmatic songwriter from the Isle of Wight, rendering his music in a tremulous tenor over a finely spun web of fingerpicked guitar. After obsessively listening to Puzzle Muteson’s own raw tapes,producer-arranger duo Valgeir…

[streaming] Nu Nog Even Niet – Kaper op de kust

Nu Nog Even Niet is a ‘poetry meets music’ project by Chantal Acda & Lotte Dodion. “#1 & #2” will be released June 9th via Oscarson. Some kind words about these beautiful project from the artists: Lotte: Do you know that saying ‘life happens when you’re busy make other plans’? Precisely that happened. I was…

[streaming] Kin Hana – Generations

From the debut album “Au Sable.” Out July 13th on Black Meadow. Aaron Carroll Hodges is a musician, a composer, and a former Army Brat. Since his arrival in New York, he has created a body of work that straddles the line between dark folk, krautrock, and ambient hum — an amalgam of The Knife,…