For all of the sprawling cast of characters that helped bring 'Lucky #8' to life, it's testament to Jennifer Castle's voice and presence that renders such details to a mere footnote; an interesting aside to the sheer excellence she exudes throughout the song'
Growing up in a half-Peruvian, half-white working-class Mormon family, Emma Hardyman always felt somewhat out-of-step with the world around her. Like many of us who feel untethered, she found comfort and escape in art and music. This journey has taken her - via many twists and turns - to Little
"It feels like magic to slow down, cuz it is magic to slow down," sings Carolina Chauffe, halfway through the latest song from the forthcoming hemlock LP 444. And though the lyrics to 'Lake Martin' are wonderful enough to share the whole stream of them below,
I've been meaning to write about this gem of a record for a while now, it keeps finding a way to linger, to dig its nails in a little further. A duo from Oakland, dog eyes make a hypnotic blend of lofi folk and pop with little electronic
If you listened to searows' debut album Guard Dog, then you already know what to expect from this one. If you didn't listen to Guard Dog, then carve some time out of your day to do so immediately, it's one of the finest lofi singer-songwriter
More than ever I've been feeling wildly grateful for those DIY bands, labels, publicists, and writers that make up the mulch-y and messy but utterly essential base level of this funny old industry. I'm not sure if it's just me getting wistfully nostalgic in
In all honesty I've been reluctant to listen to the new Sunset Rubdown material. For those that aren't aware, Sunset Rubdown is one of the many projects of Spencer Krug alongside Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes, Moonface, and a few others. As voices go, as artistic visions
Check out the genre descriptors at the bottom of Ariella's Bandcamp page and you'll find, among others, 'soft rock' 'folk punk' and 'desert rock'. While such labels might seem somewhat superfluous, the three songs released from her forthcoming debut album
Having previously worked with a number of GFP-faves, including Vagabon, Strawberry Runners, and Katie Von Schleicher, Stephen Becker today announces a brand new album of his own, with the Middle Child Syndrome LP arriving later this year via Record Euphoria. It's the latter of those aforementioned names who
The excellent Montana label Anything Bagel have built an impressive roster of releases, focusing on warm and scuzzy DIY sounds, usually sent out into the world via a limited-run of screen-printed cassettes. Their latest effort comes courtesy of singer-songwriter Levi Minson who announces a brand new record today alongside the
Coming out this September via the always-engrossing Warp Records roster, Endlessness is Nala Sinephro's new album in both name and form alike. Formed of 10 new records, all called Continuum and numbered accordingly, the album "is a deep dive into the cycle of existence" where each
The Japanese vibraphonist and marimba player Masayoshi Fujita has shared two new singles from a brand new and forthcoming album via the Erased Tapes label (Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds), which is called Migratory and arrives in the first week of September. Of the two new songs, 'Valley' is