Pleased to share the second single from Daytime Moon’s instrumental ambient guitar album Chrysanthemum. “Aardvark” is a spacey, droning experiment in drop A tuning (hence the name) on a Les Paul Jr. Brent says this is his favorite on the album and the most fun to record.  Chrysanthemum is out this Friday! Chrysanthemum is a bouquet of contemplative, intimate guitar soli compositions from Morongo Basin locals Daytime Moon.  Daytime Moon was formed by prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Mojave Desert native Brent Simpson in 2012. Brent has released a number of albums spanning a wide range of genres with a variety…

Coming 3 years after the release of her debut album Waiting, “Black Moon” is RVBY MY DEAR’s first single since moving to LA and reestablishing herself as an independent solo artist. Progressing from her rock band roots in Brooklyn NY and continuing her collaboration with renowned producer Andrew Lappin (whose recent successes include producing the critically-acclaimed “Fatigue” by L’Rain), “Black Moon” sees vocalist/bassist and songwriter Gabbi Coenen reconnect with the instrument that got her started in music – the piano.  A dreamy noir-inspired ode to the late-night scroll, heavily influenced by trip-hop icons Portishead, Air and James Blake, “Black Moon”…

Petal Motel is pleased to share the first video from Chrysanthemum, an album we’re assisting with the release of. Is it ethical? IDK but no one is paying me. As you know, I love guitar music and begged the guitarist of the band I play in, Daytime Moon, to record a solo guitar record and here it is! Chrysanthemum is a bouquet of contemplative, intimate guitar soli compositions from Morongo Basin locals Daytime Moon.  Daytime Moon was formed by prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Mojave Desert native Brent Simpson in 2012. Brent has released a number of albums spanning a wide…

Marcel Sletten, who runs the label Primordial Void and released one of our favorite ambient albums last year is back with a new album entitled Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh, to be released on his own label on February 25th. Petal Motel is pleased to share the first single, “Your Love” from the album. Listen here: Irish Words and a Bottle of Myrrh by Marcel Sletten “Your Love” was recorded in late 2021 at my home in Athens, Georgia. This one’s definitely inspired by Satie. I’d like to produce more tracks in this style, I think. It’s kind…

Shane Parish’s Liverpool, a collection of reimagined sea shanties, is out March 4th on Dear Life Records. Today he shares the video for single “Haul Away Joe.” Shane’s interpretations turn trad into transcendent. I first heard this song on the album “Foc’sle Songs and Shanties”, which I learned about when I was reading Bob Dylan’s memoire “Chronicles Volume I”. This was around the time my career unexpectedly veered into folk music from free jazz, experimental, and prog, and John Zorn signed me to do a folk record. Dylan’s book references so much amazing music and I made a playlist on Spotify…

Today, Ross Jenkins shares the first single from his cosmic Canadian album Free All Day, out March 4th. The first single, “Small House” features Barry Walker’s pedal steel adding an element of the unheimlich to the cozy, delicate melody, intricate guitar picking, and Ross’s sensitive, pensive voice. Listen here: Free All Day by Ross Jenkins Free All Day is the name of the forthcoming album by singer-songwriter Ross Jenkins.It’s first single, “Small House”, is a fast-paced reflection on a quickly-changing world, apitter-patter of rhythms and cosmic-ambience that draws influence from records like JoniMitchell’s mystical Night Ride Home and the homebound…

OMG. I love Tess Parks so much and was literally just thinking that I wish she’d put out something new (her last full-length solo album was released in 2013) and bam! And Those Who Were Seen Dancing is out May 20th on Fuzz Club and we’re so pleased to share the first single today and Hand Drawn Dracula in Canada. Tess’s smoldering, bewitching voice and her brilliant musical intuition promise listeners that the new album was absolutely worth the wait. “Happy Birthday Forever” was the song that encouraged Tess to seal the deal and finish the record. “In my mind, this album…

Mexico City’s newest indie darlings are set to release their upcoming debut To Repel Ghosts on February 18th. Finally, some fresh industrial-sounding noise rock from these youths who have clearly done their homework. “Rain and Ice” is the second single, a heavy low notation synth lead-in creates an atmospheric & moody staging for a recurring apocalyptic dream-theme. The track is sonically dark & also pushes in a heavier direction without losing melody or hookiness. Blistering guitar is brought to the front entwined with the languid duo vocals and elusive lyrics of Dominique Sanchez and Mauricio Tinejro. Beguiling yet distant, sustaining…