A Partner to Lean On, the first proper full length from Trace Mountains, is both an extension of front man Dave Benton’s (LVL UP) initial excursion to explore the world of sounds in solitude, and a continuation of his lifelong relationship with music-making as a social process. The songs featured on A Partner to Lean On came about over […]

On Room Inside the World—Ought’s third album and their first for Merge—growing up doesn’t mean mellowing out so much as it means learning to pay attention, listening carefully and openly, staying somewhere long enough to really understand where you are. Recorded at Rare Book Room in Brooklyn with producer Nicolas Vernhes (Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Silver Jews), Room […]

Best mates first, bandmates second – the heart of Hockey Dad has always existed in the friendship between duo Zach Stephenson and Billy Fleming. The fast-paced, punk style of Billy’s drums is executed in perfect synchronicity with Zach’s jangly guitar, anthemic choruses and ever-confident vocals to give life to their unmistakable and infectious brand of […]

A collection of sugary, 90s-influenced indie rock. The nine songs that comprise Quit The Curse come on sugary and upbeat, but their darker lyrical themes and serpentine song structures are tucked neatly into what seem at first just like uncommonly catchy tunes. Burch’s crystal clear vocal harmonies and gracefully crafted songs feel so warm and friendly that […]

Beginning in the Melbourne DIY punk scene in 2015, Camp Cope have since propelled themselves to success in Australia, selling out Sydney Opera House, while all the while being feminist voices of their generation. Their second full length anchors on the cycles of life, loss, and growth through resilience, and those moments of finding and […]

LA producer/composer Brian Allen Simon retreats to the hills of Tuscany to further the vision of eclectic mix of woodwinds, synthesizers, and field recordings. Simon decamped overseas to attempt to find something pure and forgotten — capable of reaching into our DNA coding. Hints of John Cage and Steve Reich suffuse his manipulation of space, […]

“It’s awash in loops and effects, in sustained shimmering tones and percussion overdubs… there are echoes of late-1960s studio extravaganzas like the Rolling Stones’s Their Satanic Majesties Request, Tim Buckley’s Goodbye and Hello and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds” – New York Times “The hypnotic drones and shimmery rhythms suggest a blend of darkness and light that resides well […]

Mount Eerie, AKA Phil Elverum, follows up his stunningly tragic and beautiful 2017 album A Crow Looked at Me with this record. A Crow Looked at Me came just months after Elverum lost his wife Genevieve to cancer, and the album captured the grief and anguish of such a loss in a raw, unfiltered outpour […]

Vessel is the third studio album by New York native songwriter and composer Greta Kline’s indie pop outfit, Frankie Cosmos. The group has taken several different shapes since their first full band album, Zentropy, erupted in New York’s DIY music scene in 2014. For Vessel, the band’s line up comprises of a number of talented […]

From the promoter: “With every record, Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes has transformed, and Freedom is the project’s boldest leap yet. On the surface, Freedom is a reflection on growing up, childhood friends who ended up in prison or worse, male identity, McMahon’s father, and his mother, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer at the beginning of recording. The […]

The Nova Scotia quartet’s chilled-out, endearing folk-centric rock n roll gets a slightly more cutting edge on on their third album. Label: Paradise Of Bachelors Start w/ 1, 3, 4, 7 FCC: 5, 10 RIYL: Ultimate Painting, LVL UP, EZTV, Stephen Malkmus, Lou Reed

Lauren’s arresting voice slices through the classic rock instrumentation delivered through the perfect modern filter by her band Label: Weekday Records Start w/ 1, 2, 4, 7, 9 FCC: 5 RIYL: Courtney Barnett, Caroline Rose, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Phoebe Bridgers

Recorded at Marfa Myths 2017, Stockholm’s psychedelic masters Dungen and adventurous Brooklyn indie-folk pioneers Woods collaborated to create seven new sweaty, psychedelic songs. Label: Mexican Summer Start w/ 1, 2, 4, 5 FCC: Clean RIYL: Kevin Morby, Chad VanGaalen, Real Estate, Kurt Vile, Vetiver, Ducktails, Cotton Jones

Scottish experimental avant-pop group Young Fathers are back with their most confident project yet, and it is nothing short of transcendent. Cocoa Sugar takes the raw, creative energy we love them for, mixes it disparate sonic motifs and amplifies it through the roof. “chaotic but sleek” – Pitchfork 7.3 Review Label: Ninja Tune Start w/ 1, 3, 5, […]

Former singer of The Slits, Hollie Cook has combined reggae, pop and R&B on her new album, Vessel of Love. Her songwriting and the instrumentation take you on a tropical adventure. Give it a listen. Label: Merge Records Start w/ 1, 6, 8 FCC: Clean RIYL: Hirie, Nattali Rize, Kelissa

This album is full heavy synth tracks. Vitalic has brought together pop, techno, and retro-futuristic disco to create an addicting album. It is full of mostly instrumental tracks but features singers including Mark Kerr, Miss Kittin, and David Shaw and the Beat. Label: Citizen Records Start w/ 1, 2, 6, 8, 12 FCC: Clean RIYL: […]