Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar, and musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson recently announced Theory of Ice, out March 12th, 2021 on You’ve Changed. Today Leanne shares the single for “Viscosity,” an indictment of constant connectivity and a call to return to a more natural state of being. Theory Of Ice by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Leanne has authored several award-winning books including Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies, This Accident of Being Lost, and As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance; as well as f(l)light, Bestasamosake Simpson’s first foray into blending the literary with the musical. Theory of Ice once again…

Mojave desert-based duo Starlight Cleaning Co. has announced their debut album. The self-titled record will be released on May 21st via SofaBurn Records. Starlight Cleaning Co’.s sound fuses the glittering LA pop sound with high-desert Americana; likewise, Gray and Dean’s powerful vocals mingle splendidly to echo the tradition of the great musical couples that went before them – Sonny & Cher and specifically Jenny & Johnny come to mind. Check out the first single, “Don’t Take It Away” here: SofaBurn Records · Starlight Cleaning Co. “Don’t Take It Away” The duo, consisting of Rachel Dean and Tim Paul Gray, recorded…

Tokyo-based musician Satomimagae announces Hanazono, her fourth full-length album and first via RVNG Intl and Guruguru Brain. Today she shares the first single, Numa, and the accompanying video directed by Soh Iedeuchi. Hanazono is dreamy and understated, minimalistic and naturalistic, inspired by private moments of awe experienced in nature. Satomi’s musical history begins in middle school and involves obsessions with the guitar, delta blues tapes, and private experiments with songwriting. As she expanded her instrumental repertoire and began layering in elements of her own vocals, bird calls, electronics, and freed herself from the rigid constraints of genre. I realized that…

Film composer Deniz Cuylan has taken time away from scoring Netflix productions to compose a gorgeous record of classical instrumental guitar tunes. Hear the immersing, captivating first single here. The memory is distant but distinct: Deniz Cuylan, five years old, early 1980s, at home in Istanbul, Turkey, listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony on his parents’ turntable. Those regal opening notes arise from nowhere and the music is instantly as real as daylight, refracting his imagination into a spectrum of unfamiliar sensations: grandeur, urgency, beauty, sorrow. Communion.  He plays the Fifth over and over and over, perceiving the orchestra as a…

WarHen has announced a cassette release of Southern Star from cerebral psych duo Elkhorn announces Southern Star. Today you can hear the first track, recorded at the Montauk Salt Cave in the East Village of New York, a magical, intimate spot where attendees can breathe in therapeutic Himalayan salt while reclining in zero-gravity chairs. Let the track transport you: WH050: Southern Star by Elkhorn The collection includes six songs recorded live in early 2020 around the Eastern Seaboard. Mike Gangloff (Pelt), Nate Scheible, Harmonica Dan & Ken Brenninger, and Jordan Perry all contribute to weave a lustrous, intimate tapestry in…

Eric D. Johnson, aka Fruit Bats, has shared the second single and the absolutely delightful accompanying video from upcoming album The Pet Parade. Johnson says the video, co-directed by wife Annie Beedy, was “inspired by Cabaret (the film version) mixed with the Star Wars cantina scene and a dash of The Mighty Boosh, with a storyline inspired by Dirty Dancing and Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock.’” “The Balcony” follows the album’s debut single, “Holy Rose“, and proves that Johnson’s albums consecutive albums continue to top one another. The lyrics give hope to those of us waiting out grey, sequestered, winter days. Fruit Bats consistently delivers the kind of feel-good…