In the wake of Sadurn announcing their much-anticipated new record, I spent some time this week with Radiator, their 2022-released debut, and a sincere favourite of mine since first discovering it at some point in the time between. Time changes many things, I guess weather does too, the
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
Mildred – Fenceline The excellent new record from Mildred appeared last week. A four-piece from Oakland, California, they describe themselves as "four singers and four songwriters", which probably means that their greatest trick is finding a way to collate those various tones and visions into one beautifully cohesive
The Love I Want: A conversation with Charlotte Cornfield Introduction & interview by Tom Johnson Photography by Sara Melvin I'd arrived in Cork early, in the whispering undercurrent of a morning, on what felt then like the first day of Autumn. Waiting to be collected from the airport,
There's a moment, a minute or so into the third track of Louis Gardner's new album, where everything fell into place for me. We can call it an unlocking, a shifting of the light; that moment you look for when spending time with something new, a
Hello, hello. Two new albums, released today, one new single that lingered. Three new pieces from me to you, shared with the hope they find you well, shared with the hope that something here resonates. Happy listening... Wendy Eisenberg - Wendy Eisenberg When Wendy Eisenberg moved from Western Massachusetts to Brooklyn
Hi friends and followers, Spring is here, the light is longer, wonderful new music keeps arriving and arriving. I hope to have more time this month to write about it, but for now here is a brand new monthly megamix, featuring more than two-hours worth of songs that appeared
I'm out on the very west coast of Scotland this week, in an old cottage, warmed only by the fire. Out across the field, over the dunes, the sea is just a few minutes walk away. You can hear the waves breaking when the wind is right. There
A frequent question that Craig Finn asks his guests on his How I Remember It podcast is whether they view music seasonally, saving specific records for a specific time of the year. A fair amount say that they don't, that they don't hear music in such
Released in full today, True is the new album from Tenderness, the romantic-pop project from Katy Beth Young. Young has spent the past decade and more as part of both Peggy Sue and the Deep Throat Choir and True is her first full-length solo album. The ten songs
Carla dal Forno - Going Out We've been covering Carla dal Forno for close to ten years now, ever since the release of You Know What It's Like all the way back in late 2016. Enigmatic and always deeply engaging, dal Forno crafts a subtle type of
It's called a megamix because it's huuuuge... Available to stream now, dive into a new mix featuring over 2 hours of music that revealed itself over the 28 days of February. So many good songs from so many good albums – some already released, some waiting in
I've been noticing death a lot recently. I don't mean that to be morbid, although I suppose it has to be. First a relative of a close friend, a colleague's aunt, a lovely man I worked with over the past couple of years, the