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Maria Taylor – “It’s Coming For You”
My azure bae has shared a new song today, hot on the heels of a very recent Azure Ray album release. “It’s Coming For You” induces waves of nostalgia for those who came of age listening to Maria’s charming vocals and reverb-laden guitar solos from the likes of the Breeders. “It hasn’t been the easiest couple of years for kids and parents. I spent the last year and a half writing and releasing a new Azure Ray record, which I am really proud of. It wasn’t easy finding time to focus, with all of us home all of the time.…
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Maurice Louca – Higamah (Hirudinea)
Saet El Hazz (The Luck Hour) by Maurice Louca Maurice Louca has shared the second single from upcoming album Saet El-Hazz (The Luck Hour) The droning, hypnotic single is a stunning endcap on a collection of songs drawing heavily on Arabic music, psychedelic folk, and freeform jazz. Saet el Hazz is a coded saying in Egypt to refer to a good time and usually implies a great deal of debauchery. “When you mention to someone that you’ve had a saet hazz, there are no questions asked. It is what it is.” The initial spark for Saet El-Hazz was Louca’s desire to collaborate with…
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Adeline Hotel announces The Cherries are Speaking, goes deep in Q&A on the album
Our friend Dan Knishkowy, known to the world as Adeline Hotel, is back at it with The Cherries Are Speaking—his second album of 2021 and a complete departure from February’s Good Timing, a collection of interwoven guitar wanderings. Featuring Macie Stewart from Ohmme on strings, and V.V. Lightbody, Caitlin Pasko and Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats on harmonies, Cherries is a totally fresh direction, understated yet profound and resonant with Dan’s piano playing coming to the forefront to enhance his intellectual lyricism. You can hear the title track today and read on to learn more about the new album,…
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Pelt announces new album, Resistance Reticence, as part of Three Lobed’s 20th anniversary series
The next release up from the always-great Three Lobed Recordings’s 20th anniversary series is… drumroll please… PELT! Everyone’s favorite freak folk ensemble has returned, bridging the gap between drone and folk, past, present and future, tradition and invention. Resistance Reticence is available now for pre-order and out in the world on October 29th. The two sides of Resistance Reticence are aural tapestries, sonic abstract paintings – the kind of thing that at first glance would make you think, “I could do that”-but you didn’t-and you realize you wouldn’t, and probably couldn’t-and therein lies their genius. Today you can hear a…
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Scott Hirsch – “Dreamer” (Live performance)
Scott Hirsch is releasing his third album, Windless Day, on October 8th. Lush and smooth, polished and perfected, the album showcases Hirsch’s finely tuned skill as an engineer and producer. His celestial songwriting style is in full effect, as heard on his latest single, “Dreamer.” Dreamy words and mystical themes abound, as usual. Highly recommend a listen underneath a pink sky. Although the song on the record sounds full and orchestrated, the romantic, intimate essence of the song shines through in Scott and crew’s acoustic performance of the tune, Kelly McFarling’s harmonies exceptionally a highlight. Have a peek inside his Echo…
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Hayden Pedigo – “Letting Go”
Texas musician Hayden Pedigo just announced a new record, Letting Go, to be released 9/24 via Mexican Summer. The title track pairs Pedigo’s signature intricate finger-picking with ambient synth, bass, field recordings, and pedal steel courtesy of Luke Schneider. Pedigo and recording engineer/producer/arranger Andrew Weathers are both adept at creating sonic landscapes very much interdependently entwined with their surroundings. No doubt Letting Go will be lush, evocative, and timeless. “My good friends Rocco and Gilles pitched the idea of making a video around the character on the front cover of the album to kind of show the stranger side of…
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Sophia Knapp & Dungen – “Song”
Tendrils of piano unfurl, joined by harmonious synth and Sophia Knapp’s luminous voice in this lush cover of Turid’s 1971 song. This is the latest release from the collaboration between Knapp and Dungen that reaches astronomical heights vocally and instrumentally. Song by Sophia Knapp, Dungen ‘Song’ pairs Dungen’s verdant arrangements with Sophia Knapp’s angelic voice to create a timeless, magical sound. The collaboration was born of a longstanding friendship, and the natural rapport between the artists is felt and heard in the music. This release is special since it marks their first time ever playing together. The recording session was engineered,…
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Bea Troxel – “Gettin’ Where”
Nashville singer and songwriter Bea Troxel has announced a new album, Gettin’ Where, to be released on September 17th via Ruination Record Co. The album deals with identity, learning to live in your own body, and according to Bea, “these songs are about action, about being seen and learning to claim desire,” a deeply personal and relatable theme as Bea discovered her queer identity, felt the sweet sting of first love and left a job that refused to accept that part of her. Gettin’ Where is both a quiet meditation and a jubilant embrace of self that comes from struggle.…
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The Roseline – “Paper Plane”
Today, Kansas City’s The Roseline shares a single from their new album, Constancy, that’ll be out later this year, so keep your eyes on them. Paper Plane by The Roseline “This song is arguably the most epic and ambitious thing we’ve attempted. It’s almost seven minutes long and bookended by spacey guitar loops, so it’s pretty decidedly anti-single. I just wanted to write a really propulsive heartland rocker. Lyrically, it’s a fictional narrative about a person escaping a dead-end town. We’re all pretty stoked about how it came out.” Colin Halliburton (lead singer/songwriter) “Paper Plane” credits: Colin Halliburton – acoustic…
