[streaming] Merival – A Better Deal

Taken from “Lovers”, debut Ep by Anna Horvath, alias Merival. “Since landing in Toronto in 2012, I have been active in the music community, contributing to projects and collaborating with musicians including Ryan Hemsworth (Secret Songs), Torquil Campbell (Stars), Darren Seltmann (The Avalanches), Swim Good (Bedroomer) and fronting my old band First Rate People. All of the songs…

[streaming] Modern Studies – Ten White Horses

A recent past, a decade ago. A Belfast-born Victorian harmonium is entrusted to the care of Glasgow chamber-folk singer Emily Scott. It looks like it should sound: imposing and statuesque, ornately carved with wax-dripping candle holders, organ stops with enticing names and elaborate levers, yet the years have taken their toll. The ‘mouse-proof’ treadles are…

[streaming] Emilia Glaser – Stone

New song by indie-folk/singer-songwriter from Fall City, WA. Emilia Glaser has been writing songs since she was 12, but became more serious about her music career her sophomore year of high school. She has been working on recording more of her music. Her songs are influenced by folk and indie-rock. http://emiliaglaser.com/

[streaming] Adam Scott Glasspool – Pace Car Diver

Taken from the upcoming EP “I Welcome The Flood”. Adam Scott Glasspool first started going it alone in April 2015. After almost a decade in various bands, honing the craft of songwriting, Adam decided to step back from fuzzed up guitars and burbling synths and stripped it all down to just his guitar. The result…

[streaming] Living Hour – Seagull

Single from self-titled debut album out, on February 19th via Lefse Records. Dissolve in a dreamscape of Living Hour’s summer-fueled haze. This five-piece places a halo around your head and pushes you into the wild open imagination of real live bliss. Inspired by never-ending skies, psychedelic guitar waves and old school love songs, these songs…

[streaming] Plastic Animals – Burial Party

Track taken from the album “Picture From the Blackout”, out February 8th 2016 via Song, By Toad. To say that things around Plastic Animals tend to move slowly would be an understatement. Apparently they’ve been around in one form or another for as long as Eagleowl, who are a sort of Edinburgh byword for taking your own…

[streaming] Western Skies Motel – Whirl

“Whirl” is the first track out of “Settlers”, the new album from Western Skies Motel, out April 22nd, 2016 in a limited edition of 170 gatefold 180gram vinyl and digital formats. “Settlers” was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, lacquer cut by Roger Siebel at SAE, and physicals come with a bonus EP,…

[streaming] Port St. Willow – Ordinary Pleasure

From the album “Syncope”, out on People Teeth/Flau Records. Port St. Willow’s “Holiday” was an expansive yet personal record that was quietly self-released in early 2012, creeping its way into the ears and hearts of listeners. One of these people was ambient mastermind Brian Eno, who waxed poetic about the band in an interview with…

[streaming] Chris Bathgate – Calvary

“Calvary” is the led single of the new EP by Chris Bathgate, “Old Factory”. “Old Factory” was actually conceived, written, and partially recorded a few years ago (2012, to be exact), and its final release on February 5th, 2016 marks a return from a self-imposed exile for Chris Bathgate. After more than a decade of constant…

[streaming] Lorenzo Masotto – Chrono

“Chrono” is a track taken from the forthcoming album by Lorenzo Masotto, out in February on Preserved Sound label. It is available as part of the free/name your price digital compilation “Winter Kept Us Warm…” collecting tracks from recent and forthcoming releases of Preserved Sound. Get it here: https://preservedsound.bandcamp.com/album/winter-kept-us-warm. http://www.lorenzomasotto.com/

[streaming] Glacis – No One Can Reach Us Now, Or Never

“No One Can Reach Us Now, Or Never” will be included in “Love, If You Love Me, Lie Beside Me Now”, new release by Glacis, that follows on from three previous EPs “Lost Again on Waking“, “Music for the animation Tohu Va Vohu” and “22.16.04“. “Love, If You Love Me, Lie Beside Me Now”  will…

[streaming] Murals – Long Bridge

Formed nearly 10 years ago while in high school the band now known as Murals (Evan Blum, Jacob Weaver, Rob Monsma) have traveled a long road to their debut Full Length LP. After some dips and turns the three core members have landed back in their home town of Louisville, KY. They write record and…

[streaming] The Silent Love – Unloved

Track taken from the album “Whisper”, out Jan 5th 2016 via Beko Disques. The Silent Love is a one-man indiepop band from Jakarta, Indonesia, inspired by Brighter, The Field Mice, Blueboy, The Cure, Pure Saturday, etc. “Unloved” is also featured as the current “single of the week” of the radio show L’Attimo Fuggente. https://www.facebook.com/The-silent-love/

[streaming] Kesang Marstrand – Something To Prove You Right

Kesang Marstrand, is a native of Woodstock, New York, got her start performing her songs in pubs and cafés in Greenwhich Village. The Tibetan-Danish singer, inspired by songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Elliott Smith, honed her songwriting skills throughout her early twenties and recorded her debut album, “Bodega Rose” in the fall…

[streaming] Shannon Hayden – Starshine

Chicago-based cellist Shannon Hayden’s upcoming album sees her fully embracing the textures and thick soundscapes of the ambient world that she has been drifting toward as she continues to discover her musical voice. While performing and touring with Lily and Madeleine (Asthmatic Kitty), Hayden has continued to shape her own compositions that are very much…