In his new press photograph, Will Johnson sits on his porch, steely eyes looking into the camera, a grey and bright day reflected in the window, winter creeping forward through the stark, empty branches that surrounds him. It's an apt setting because it epitomises the music he'
There are a couple of Raymond Carver stories that are seared into my brain, not just the words or the sentiments but the worlds I created around them too. When I think of them even now, I see the faces of characters, the light spreading across private rooms, images conjured
A year on from the release of her debut album - 2024's GOOSE LP - Mol Sullivan shared Winter '13, a remastered collection of demos that Sullivan initially released way back in 2013. Now, in 2025, Sullivan is a member of WHY? in addition to her her
In yesterday's post, on Ben Kweller and record collections as friendships, I touched briefly on, not only music discovery, but finding the gossamer threads that exist artists, producers, labels; the collective, shifting energy greater than the sum of its parts. I spent the winter lost in the work
I've always thought of record collections as friends, a mish-mash of casts and characters that pepper your life. Some stumble in at just the right time, stay around forever, pure and true. Others drift in and then out again, for no particularly reason. There never has to be
It's always a sincere joy when Orindal Records announce a new release; the label having previously ushered records from Gia Margaret, Julie Byrne, Karima Walker, Claire Cronin and so many others into the world over the past few years. Today it's the turn of Moontype, a
I was only recently lamenting the days of yore when we were a fully functioning (kinda), all guns blazing (kinda), music platform, when I would spend a few hours each week digging through Bandcamp's digital crates to try and unearth diamonds. We always tried to work that way
You're going to have forgive me for not putting the work in here, but I've been meaning to carve out some time to listen to Cameron Winter's new record. Today I finally did just that and I can't remember the last time
A blistering return from Becca Harvey's girlpuppy project today, alongside the announcement of a brand new LP to be released shortly, at the end of March, via the ever-excellent Capture Tracks label. 'Sweetness', released March 28th, was made with Alex Farrar, who's previously worked
"Bad News is made for that period of time between the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Stillness before movement," Magana says of her new four-song EP. "Each song is about the period of time right before a transition: the realization that change is coming
Home to the likes of US Girls, Wolf Parade, Ducks Ltd et al, Royal Mountain has always been a pillar of the Canadian indie scene and their latest release is another gem of a record, this time from Alberta songwriter Ella Coyes. Now based in Toronto, and releasing records as
It was sometime in mid 2023 when I had a BTS chat on social media with Shura, who reached out after seeing me talk about a big heap of writer's block I was trying to overcome. She was kind enough to share some resources that had helped her,