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,
A reminder that you can listen to a special two-hour mix featuring some of our favourite music from 2024, over on Mixcloud here. We also have a brand new zine, which is available to order for just another week or so, over on Ko-Fi or Bandcamp. Thank you for supporting!
“Patience comes to the bones before it takes root in the heart," Mary Oliver writes in her poem Patience: A poem for late summer. And it was those words that stirred something deep within Kristin Daelyn, deep enough to not only be reshaped into a new song, but to
There's something quite apt about brand new music from Florist arriving today, on the greyest, wettest day I've found outside my window of 2025 so far. Thus far, Florist's music has almost unanimously belonged to the Spring and Summer, warm gentle days where the
Hello lovely subscribers. It's a Sunday evening so I'll keep this short and sweet. For the past couple of months I've been loving curating and laying out our end-of-year coverage for 2024. We've never really cared about getting in early in terms