[streaming] Caro Bridges – Angraecum Astroarche

Taken from “Remembrance Species 2020” compilation. “Remembrance Species is a collective based in Scotland, marking Remembrance Day for Lost Species on November 30th through imaginative creative community engagement.” This song is for Angraecum Astroarche, a type of orchid from Sao Tomé and Principe, presumed extinct in 2018. Its existence was recorded only once in scientific…

[streaming] Michael A. Muller – Blue Canyon I

In response to 2019’s “Lower River” — the solo debut of Balmorhea co-founder Michael A. Muller — Blue Canyon is a succinct, two song follow-up that speaks to the specific isolation of wilderness, the elements, and a willful stripping back of the unnecessary. Conceived just before the global pandemic of Covid-19 and released on the…

[streaming] Matt Paxton – Dance Me Home

New single by Matt Paxton, out now. Matt Paxton is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. After self-recording and releasing demos in early 2006, Paxton was invited by local producers Michael Keire and Glen Marshall, known for their work with Feist and Apostle of Hustle, to record what would become 2009’s “Back Home in the Village”. Exclaim!…

[streaming] Epilogues – The Gap

Taken from “Me” E.P., out now via  Tambourine Machine. Epilogues was born in Norwich but grew up in quiet bedrooms across the UK. Established in 2011, the brainchild of Mikey Donnelly has its foundations firmly laid with his family in York, but has settled, for now, in Leeds. Whilst the band has undergone a few…

[streaming] Lizzie Reid – Always Lovely

Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid has announced her debut EP Cubicle, out February 10 via Seven Four Seven Six Records. Reid recorded the project in March of this year with producer Oli Barton-Wood (Mellah, Nilufer Yanya, Molly Payton) and completed it just days ahead of the UK-wide lockdown. She’s also previewed the EP with a new…

[streaming] The Big Net – Cowboy

Taken from “In The Service Of Song”, out January 15th 2021 via Marbled Arm Records. Recorded for the most part in two days, “In the Service of Song” is a mission statement. The Big Net exists to serve the song. It is music that gets us through the hard times, holds us when we’re blue,…

[streaming] Docks – Barricades

Docks is a slowcore/dream pop duo based in Toulouse. The band self-released their first EP ‘Montseny’in 2018, followed by ‘Ballast EP’ (Youth Riot Records) in 2018 and ‘Terracotta Ladder’ (Hidden Bay Records) in 2019. After touring around Francea few times (with Nina Harker and Special Friend), the band returned to Xavier Nadal’s studio in Barcelona…

[streaming] His His – Matador

His His is the project of Toronto-based artist Aidan Belo. Combining delicate guitar lines with simple yet thoughtful vocals, Belo created this project as an outlet after relocating to his family’s hobby farm outside of the city, in an attempt to evoke something rural and honest. Most easily defined by the Portuguese word saudade, a…

[streaming] Strawberry Whiplash – Press 4 For Love

Taken from the two-track ‘Press 4 For Love’ single, out now on Matinée Recordings. First release in five years from Scottish pop purists Strawberry Whiplash! ‘Press 4 for Love’ is an exquisitely structured dose of perfect pop with jangling Rickenbacker guitars, stop-start rhythms, and Sandra’s sweet-as-sunshine vocals, while ‘A Rainy Day In Glasgow’—a forgotten classic…

[streaming] Real Numbers – Brighter Then

Taken from “Brighter Then”, out January 22nd 2021 via Slumberland and Meritorio Records. Following on from 2016’s “Wordless Wonder” LP and 2017’s “Frank Infatuation” single, Minneapolis’ Real Numbers are back with a brand new EP entitled “Brighter Then.” In the interim the combo has expanded to a 5-piece, adding Sophie Durbin on keyboards. “Brighter Then”…

[streaming] Grace Gillespie – The Child

Taken from the EP “After The Harvest Moon”, set for release on November 27th via Kaleidoscope. Grace Gillespie is a London-based artist and producer originally from Devon, who spent much of 2017 touring as part of the live line-up for 4AD’s Pixx. In 2019 Grace received PRS’s WMM funding and consequently released her debut EP…

[streaming] Maeve Aickin – Harriet

Maeve Aickin is a seventeen-year-old singer/songwriter based between Mumbai, India and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her debut album, “Waiting Rooms”, will be released on November 13th through Corkscrew Records. Maeve only came to music seriously two years ago when she was inspired to pick up her father’s acoustic guitar after seeing Julien Baker in concert. While she…

[streaming] Home Learning – Here, Outside, Waiting

Taken from “The Case for Final”, out December 11th via Healing Sound Propagandist. Home Learning is a long distance collaboration between Tom Schmidlin (Pagination) located in Bentonville, Arkansas and Edmund Osterman (Screener) in Covington, KY. The two use synthesizers, guitars and array of effects pedals to form a bridge between space and time, connecting overlapping ambient passages into cohesive…

[streaming] Stephen’s Shore – Brisbane Radio

Title track of the new EP by Stephen’s Shore, out January 22th 2021. Following on from 2016’s “Ocean Blue” EP and 2018’s “September Love” LP, Stockholm’s Stephen’s Shore are back with a brand new EP entitled “Brisbane Radio. Stephen’s Shore started out as a two man project by Viktor Sjödin and Erik J Undéhn in…

[streaming] Love, Burns – Gate And The Ghost

Pale Lights singer and songwriter Phil Sutton has recorded a single, as Love, Burns. It includes two songs, “Gate and The Ghost” and “It’s a Shame”. The single is available now as a digital download and as a 7″ single via Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten. Love, Burns is the solo project of Phil Sutton, of Pale…

[streaming] Elle Mary – Safe Space

New track by Elle Mary. “Not about covid but many of the sentiments may resonate with people right now. It’s a song for a loved one, about doing all you can to make them feel loved and secure. In doing that you also offer yourself that same compassion. Offer your love outwards and inwards.“ Drawn…

[streaming] Swallow Cave – Cold Moon

New single by Bristolian quartet Swallow Cave, produced by Ali Chant (who in the past has worked with PJ Harvey, Soccer Mommy, Katy J Pearson). The band, who have built a strong name for themselves on Bristol’s live scene with support slots for acts including Sasami, Porridge Radio and Lazarus Kane, have a knack for…