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Oh my fucking god. All I have ever wanted in this life is more Bonny Light Horseman. Ask and you shall receive. Waves of golden guitar, harmonies from the angels, percussion of the devil at his best. Please just kill me and let me live in BLH land forever. Bonny Light Horseman today announced their sophomore album Rolling Golden Holy will be released on October 7th, 2022, via 37d03d Records. Produced by the band’s…

Today Wes Tirey announces that his epic double album The Midwest Book of the Dead will be released on vinyl via Mapache Records on 6/18. Pre-orders begin next week. To celebrate, Wes is sharing three covers that showcase his unique, stirring vocals and intricate guitar picking style. Listen below and find out why Wes is best. 3 Covers by Wes Tirey

Petal Motel is beyond thrilled to announce and premiere the first single “Wealth of the Canyon” from JPW’s debut solo album, Something Happening / Always Happening, out September 9th on Fort Lowell Records. JPW is of course the moniker for none other than Jason P. Woodbury. It’s no surprise that the tastemaker’s first full-length is a gorgeous blend of favorite sounds, yet something completely unique and brand new. Inspired by the…

Petal Motel faves Tan Cologne are back with a new song as incandescent as its name. Following their usual formal of ethereal effect pedals, meditative drums beating and hypnotic vocals, it’s so good to hear from the Taos-based duo. The song is about: A surface of water experiencing a light bloom, signaling transformation. Soft turning tidal phases and wave swells carry the motion with illuminated droplets. “Topaz Wave” is a…

Today the effervescent songwriter and musician AC Sapphire shares her latest single “Stick and Poke Tattoo”. Her 2020 release Omni Present, produced by Matt Adams of the Blank Tapes, was a Petal Motel favorite and a desert road trip staple. Sure to add to this same soundtrack is the upcoming Desert Car, out July 16th on American Standard Time Records. Desert Car Album by Ac Sapphire AC has a nomadic…

Today one of my very favorite transcendental musicians Cass McCombs releases a brand-new song, “Belong to Heaven,” which truly captures many stages in the grief process, from the devastation, to the ire, to the nostalgia, beautiful through and through. For “Belong To Heaven,” McCombs reunited with Grammy Award-winning producer Ariel Rechtshaid, with whom he worked on Catacombs, WIT’S END, and Humor Risk. McCombs, on vocals, guitars, piano and percussion, is joined by Danielle Haim on drums and vocals, The…

Today San Francisco’s Kate Ramsey, AKA Rose Haze, shares the first single from her upcoming album Maximum Security Prism, to be self-released on May 6th. At one point along the mixing phase, I thought, ‘why am I so intense?’ Eventually the self-critic in me wandered off again and I fell back in love with it because of its intensity. It’s an anthem to never give up, to remind us that…