By my quick reckoning, it was the 2013 release of Cuushe's incredible Butterfly Case LP that first led me to discover the Japanese record label FLAU. Based in Tokyo, the label has been hand-delivering beautiful music since 2006, curating a signature sound that shimmers through each and every
"That All Gist was made at all...is a small wonder," so we're told in the introduction to the third album of duets from James Elkington and Nathan Salsburg. And it's hard to argue with such a statement, these ten eminently pretty songs pulled
One song, shared daily. Subscribe now... ~ Bemoan the majority of music streaming platforms as much as you like, they're ripe for it, but it was thanks to ~ t h e a l g o r i t h m ~ that I first became aware of Bloomsday's
One song, shared daily. Subscribe now to support. ~ The real joy, of course, is revelation. Those moments where you finding yourself beaming at the sound pouring out of your speakers not carrying with it an abundance of newness, of remarkable confusion. Not because you know it and understand it, because
One song, shared daily. Subscribe now. ~ Announcing their return with the title track to their sixth studio album, SUUNS break through the weather to offer something glistening and autumnal, a shock out of season. Their first release in three years, the Montreal band will release The Breaks on September 9th,
Listen on GFP / Bandcamp ~ If yesterday was a day for escaping, for spending drawn-out time with old voices in old songs, today was the opposite; a small moment spent amid the rush of the real world, a momentary glimpse into another world. But a world, nevertheless, full of languid summer
One song, shared daily. Subscribe now... ~ I took the chance today. With the wide blue skies calling, and a few hours left of it, I climbed in the car and drove to the hills. The quiet roads of a Monday, the prickly magic of an afternoon stretched out ahead of
Your favorite singer hates the sound of his own voice. That politician you believed in made the choice to break the back of half the nation act like it’s ancient wisdom, not some crass idea he made up with a man he’s afraid of I’ve been there
Save for a one-off track released in 2021, it's now a decade and more since Gem Club released their last album, the sprawling and bruised masterpiece In Roses - which gave us one of the most moving song-and-video pairings I've ever experienced. It's also
One song, shared daily. Subscribe now... ~ We're only a couple of months into the life of Pina Pilau's rather brilliant Get A Dog LP - one of our favourites of the year so far, and one we included on our recent subscriber mix. Recorded in a
Just one song, shared daily. Subscribe today... ~ Sorry today's post is a little later than usual. I spent the weekend finally getting lost in the debut album from Afterlands - the new project from Rick Redbeard of The Phantom Band and David McAulay (Strike the Colours). I'
Just one song, shared daily. Subscribe today... ~ The 2020's have been a steady time for Johanna Samuels releases. First came 2021's beautiful Excelsior! LP, a deeply personal affair with extra warmth provided by friends Courtney Marie Andrews, Hannah Cohen, Lomelda’s Hannah Read, A.O. Gerber