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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,…
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MX PSYCH – a Playlist by UAY
I asked Guadalajara psych band UAY to create a playlist of Mexican psychedelic music. UAY’s name is the phonetic translation of a Mayan word for spell or wizard and their heavy, hypnotic sounds are indeed entrancing. I figured they’d be authorities on the scene, considering they curate and throw an psych fest and series called Mexicadelia and are pivotal members of the Guadalajara psych scene, encouraging it to grow and thrive.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ode to Gene : A Playlist
50 years ago, Gene Clark’s White Light came out, an aural and lyrical poem produced by Jesse Ed Davis that is so completely intimate, vulnerable, and warm. It’s the album that got me into Gene and although I love the maximalist, mysterious opus that is No Other, White Light is as close to my heart as Gene’s mouth to the mic. The raw vulnerability is at times too much –…
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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…
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Jerry David DeCicca – “Texas Toad”
Today, the European label Worried Songs announces their vinyl release of Jerry David DeCicca’s The Unlikely Optimist and His Domestic Adventures. The album was released digitally last year and has delighted audiences since. JDD, an Ohio native, lives in the Texas hill country with a whole menagerie. The vinyl will be available on October 1st and you can pre-order on Bandcamp. Jerry is a whimsical and worldly songwriter, and The…
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Spencer Cullum – Seaside
In anticipation of the vinyl release of Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, today the British-born, Nashville-living musician releases the previously unreleased “Seaside,” a breezy, carefree cancion featuring gorgeous backing vocals and effervescent flute-playing. The album Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection is out 9/24 and is Spencer’s effort to create a trad British folk album, weaving in elements of krautrock and prog-rock, with excellent Nashville players. Born in London but currently based out…
