Squirrel Flower - Reelin Back in the middle of May, as this blog celebrated its 16th anniversary, we pulled some beautiful songs together for a special mixtape, all selected by artists we've been lucky enough to cross paths with over the years. For her choice, Squirrel Flower's
Between the turn of the new year and the end of the season, I took two trips out to the west coast, spending a few days in a cottage that belongs to a friend of a friend. The home's owner had spent their childhood holidays there, before inheriting
Elanor Moss – Sarah Waiting in the Car In the complicated tangle of our lives, it's rarely either just light or shade. All of the elements that we build ourselves up from – that make us who we are – drift, flicker, and snap between the two. The dark informs the
Hi friends, I missed this one by a few days, but what a lovely month of music that was. Here are some songs that landed and rested with me, all carefully mixed together and gift-wrapped for you, as always. I hope you found some blue skies, I hope you
Time's the revelator, as Gillian Welch once sang. Over a decade ago, we covered a beautiful record on the blog called Joey, by the New York-based singer and songwriter TJ Douglas. Recorded and released in their mid-twenties, the album marked the first time TJ had begun
In this increasingly digitalised, inauthentic society, we're often clamouring for human things; glimpses, moments that remind us we are fallible and imperfect. These things aren't always physical, there is plenty of humanity in the abstract, in intangible things that distract, inspire, enchant. On her new album
If last week was one for anniversaries, this week is for returns, with a small handful of artists sharing their first new music in a while; a mix of subtle glows and early summer hues. Shared today, 'Obviously' is the first new music in a couple of years
Over the past year or so, as GoldFlakePaint has found its footing as something looser, something more unmoored and occasional, it's been the monthly mixes and radio shows that have kept things ticking along. They might not always come with words attached, or additional context, but they'
It’s a slow weekend afternoon and the sun has just reached the edge of my bedroom window where it catches the leaves of a plant. I’ve never quite known the best place to keep this one, but I like it right here, and how vivid the green becomes
Hovvdy - Try Try Try Self-titled albums bring a strange kind of curiosity, especially when they lie deep within an artist's career, rather than at its foundation. When Hovvdy released their own self-titled effort, it was their fifth full-length collection, but it also seem to make
I only learned to drive in the last few years. Before doing so, I'd become a keen and sometimes even useful co-passenger, buildings playlists or burning CD-Rs for specific trips, curating accompaniments through aux leads and mp3 players. I loved finding music that fit the nature
Another four weeks of new songs and sounds and sentiments, wrapped-up and ribbon-bowed into a sprawling two-hour-plus megamix, from me to you. Some of these are part of an album that was released in April, others are singles from albums yet to be released; all found