EP: TIFFY – I Wanted to Know
The long-standing Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has really hit her stride on her newest EP.
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Single: Jet Lag Fuel – Initiator
In their new configuration, Jet Lag Fuel have refined their distinctive 90s-indebted rock blend and have come up with an anthemic bona fide gem.
EP: Kid Bird – Kid Bird
With an unshakable musical vision, lofty artistic ambition and a palpable sense of dedication, the future already looks very bright for this upstart Amsterdam quartet.
Album: Kitty Kant Collective – Compilation Volume 2
Kitty Kant Collective’s second compilation is an inspiring example of the beautiful things that people can create when they work together.
Single: Sam Hatmaker – Waiting Room
With a warm, warbly, analogue sound and lyrical pearls aplenty, Sam Hatmaker is pushing the boundaries of modern atypical country music.
Single: Phantom Sugar – Motorola Razr
An absolutely infectious, incredibly charming indie pop/rock bop, this nostalgic feeling tune blends slacker rock with jangly lo-fi sounds to excellent effect.
Album: Stephanie Babirak – Rotten Fruit
A celebration of artistic freedom, Rotten Fruit is an exemplary case study for sonic identity and is also — to put it plainly — quite undeniably beautiful.
Single: Psychic & Wellbeing Event – Uphill
On their second single from their forthcoming EP, the Brighton-based trio are firmly in anthemic mode.
Single: Matthew Peach – Suki (Sunshine)
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Matthew Peach’s new tune is an evolving blend of angular indie rock, post-rock growth and psychedelic soundscapes.
Single: Incandenza – Before the Fall
Full of contradiction, this feels large and anthemic but also understated and intimate. Soft and beautiful but hard-hitting and bold, Before The Fall is expertly realised.
Single: Skylights – Coloma
Full of personality and individuality from the outset, the fresh and exciting new single from the Pacific Northwest quartet is made of many things.
Single: five mango trees – rose quarter
An intriguing, inventive, captivating tapestry of sound – rose quarter is a loveable, lo-fi slacker rock anthem with a distinct sonic identity and is an undeniable victory.
Single: W. Y. Huang – Born To Lose
The new tune from W. Y. Huang is rather gorgeous: Understated and unassuming, infinitely charming and effortlessly arresting, melancholic but also joyous.
Album: Lena Fjortoft – Strange Light
Brooklyn’s Lena Fjortoft releases her long-awaited debut LP and it’s a wonderful vision expertly realised – crammed full of retro sounds, gorgeous instrumentation, distinctive honeyed vocals and classic writing.
Single: French Fry – Black Whole
Athens-based musician and songwriter is back with Black Whole – a thick, hypnotic, swirling piece, that envelopes you in sound and builds a world around you.
Single: Stevie Zita – Incognito
A jangly, dreamy indie pop anthem about overthinking about the day ahead, the new tune from Stevie Zita is imbued with his trademark sunshine and sadness.
Single: Richard Tripps – Stone Eating Animals
The charmingly quirky new single from Californian musician Richard Tripps is a ramshackle, warts-and-all slice of honest, unpolished indie rock-‘n-roll.
Single: The Blurry Stars – The Squeeze
Stylistic pivots blend seamlessly on the new single from California-based The Blurry Stars thanks to the considerable talents of frontman Sean Alan and Co.
Single: The Mooches – Skinhead
A potent amalgamation of psychedelic rock, indie, ska, classic rock, and something else entirely, this is a real chameleon of a tune.
Single: Anna Grace Odom – May to One
Described by the artist as “a confession” the new tune from Nashville songwriter Anna Grace Odom is layered, thoughtful, earnest, and extremely compelling.