[streaming] Luke De-Sciscio – Jessica

Raised in the Wiltshire countryside on the very edge of Stanton Park and later relocating to Bath where he spent two years living on a canal boat, singer/songwriter Luke De-Sciscio began writing and performing in his teenage years and has gained recognition for his candid lyricism and acrobatic vocal style. Following an intensive year spent…

[streaming] Lionlimb – Maria

Taken from “Tape Recorder”, the second full length album from Nashville’s Lionlimb, out February 23rd 2018. The album forgoes the layered production of their debut in favor of a minimal look at ensemble work. Recorded live in New York in the spring of 2017, the resulting album surprises with new instrumentation and a spacious sound…

[streaming] Umber – Before The Moment Of Winter

Track taken from “Hawk Moon Records: Volume VI” compilation, featuring Leah Kardos, Good Weather For An Airstrike, Liam J Hennessy, Andrew Tasselmeyer, Alaskan Tapes and many others, available in digital format at: https://hawkmoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hawk-moon-records-volume-vi. All proceeds made from this compilation will go to the ‘Simon Says Child Bereavement Support’. http://www.simonsays.org.uk/ Umber is the intricate, multi-instrumental world…

[streaming] BigBee of the Whitetree – Dance Wild

“Dance Wild” is a preview track from the new album by BigBee of the Whitetree, “Guidance”, to be released in early 2018. Bigbee has lived in some amazing places, coastal California, a geodesic dome in Joshua Tree National Park and most recently on the San Juan Islands, but, like a good old-fashioned hippy, the motivating…

[streaming] Matt Emery – Empire (Daigo Hanada Rework)

Original song composed by Matt Emery, from the album “Empire”, released September 15th on Injazero Records. Recomposed by Daigo Hanada. Piano & additional production by Daigo Hanada. Emery’s music is described by The 405 as “ebbing from soft whispers to an ocean of sound that would calm even the roughest of seas.” There is melancholia, jubilation, tension,…

[streaming] Red River Dialect – Kukkuripa

Taken from “Broken Stay Open Sky”, out February 2nd 2018. “Broken Stay Open Sky” is the fourth full-length album by Red River Dialect, and their first for Paradise of Bachelors. The London-based band (with Cornish roots) brings a windswept energy and daylight to a contemplative, gorgeously rendered suite of songs about inhabiting the landscape, and…

[streaming] Hannah Cameron – Just Leave Me Here

Hannah Cameron is a rare musical talent that effortlessly combines two integral elements: incredible musicianship and the ability to tell a story.Drawing on a myriad of influences, her music weaves a rich sonic tapestry upon which she unashamedly bares her most intimate musings. Joined by a band of exceptional collaborators, she presents a fresh new…

[streaming] Elsa Hasselgärde – Body Armor

Electroacoustic folkmusic from Swedish artist Elsa Hasselgärde. Currently working on an album that hopefully will be released next year, Elsa Hasselgärde finds inspiration in space, plants, flowers and trees, birds and horses, the sea and the ponds in the forrest, strong women, politics and poetry. Discover her sound world at https://soundcloud.com/hasselg-rde.

[streaming] Common Holly – Devil’s Doubt

Taken from “Playing House”, debut album by Common Holly. Born in New York and raised in Montreal, Common Holly (AKA Brigitte Naggar) puts unpredictable compositional elements into a singer-songwriter/folk framework, packaged in textured, eclectic electro-acoustic production. “Playing House” contemplates the notion that it is conscious thought and deliberate action that defines and cements maturation from…

[streaming] Will Driving West – Kids

Will Driving West is a band who’s sole purpose is to make music they love. They have no agenda. They enjoy every step of the dance. They feel blessed that some of you connect to the music they put out there. They love each other. It shows when they’re playing together on a stage. While…

[streaming] Bea Troxel – Whiskey And Wine

Taken from “The Way That It Feels”, debut album by Bea Troxel. Bea Troxel started writing songs in the tenth grade about bad haircuts. In High School she played in a band called Bea, Rita, and Maeve (named “Best High School Band of 2013” by the Nashville Scene). The trio won Studio 360’s High School…

[streaming] We Like We – I´m Not For More

Taken from the album “Next To The Entire All”, coming December 2017. We Like We is a Danish experimental sound quartet, consisting of Katrine Grarup Elbo (violin), Josefine Opsahl (cello), Sara Nigard Rosendal (percussion) and Katinka Fogh Vindelev (voice). http://welikewe.com/

[streaming] Patient Hands – At Parting

Patient Hands is the solo-project of Canadian Doukhobor composer and pop musician Alex Stooshinoff. Through music and mythos, he hopes to capture a sense of mystical experience, the starting point, and the otherwise ineffable. Originally from the Prairies, he now lives in Montreal, where he studies philosophy and electroacoustics. He is most interested in blessedness,…

[video of the week] Kramies – I Wish I Missed You

In the spring of 2017, Kramies travelled to Ireland where he started writing new songs for an upcoming album. Along with his critically acclaimed EP “The Wooden Heart”, produced by Jason Lytle (Grandaddy) & Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices), Kramies has worked and performed with known artists such as Grandaddy, Calexico, and Spiritualized. In Ireland,…

[streaming] Daniel Carlson – Just Like Nothing

Daniel Carlson is one of those artists that you can’t help but recognise as a truly creative artist and a generally decent human being. In the making of his fourth album ‘Not A Drawing’ and arguably a future classic it is worth noting the thought process behind the making of something that, in an age…

[streaming] Lost Film – Galaxy

Taken from “Broken Spectre”, the new 10″ EP by Lost Film, out now via Discos de Kirlian. Lost Film began as the minimalist pop project of Jimmy Hewitt in Easthampton, MA in 2014. Having just moved away from Boston after spending several years playing under the moniker Orca Orca, Hewitt adjusted back to small town…

[streaming] Dan Michaelson – Old Kisses

“Old Kisses” is the first track to be taken from Dan Michaelson’s forthcoming album First Light, released December 2017 through The state51 Conspiracy. Dan Michaelson will release his new solo album “First Light” through The state51 Conspiracy on 8th December. Michaelson’s first album away from his band The Coastguards since 2011’s “Sudden Fiction”, “First Light”…