néomÃ, aka Surinamese/Dutch folk-pop singer-songwriter Neomi Speelman, kick starts 2024 with her vibrant new offering 'somebody's daughter'. 'somebody's daughter' highlights exactly why so many have been flocking to her lately. With a richer and more buoyant production this time around, she delivers a beautifully arranged and emotive offering that caps off her…
Sydney trio Middle Kids today release 'Terrible News' the latest single from their forthcoming album Faith Crisis Pt 1, set for release on February 16. Produced by Jonathan Gilmore (The 1975, beabadoobee), 'Terrible News' is a confessional guitar laden track penned by lead vocalist Hannah Joy in an insecure time during the…
Bay area textural pop group Torrey delve deep into a translucent dreamworld on their self-titled sophomore album. These twelve guitar-forward songs drift through classic shoegaze and rainy day indie rock sounds, the entire album blurring into a stream of fragmented bliss. Siblings Ryann and Kelly Gonsalves found a new freedom while creating…
Expressive yet thoughtful, abrasive yet melodious, explosive yet introvert: Rotterdam’s Library Card are a band of contrasts. Today, the 4-piece announce their highly anticipated debut EP Nothing, Interesting and release its second single, the irate 'Well, Actually' - the band's own "love letter to patriarchy". 'Well, Actually' has already become a memorable…
Gustaf, the Brooklyn no wave / post-punk band helmed by Lydia Gammill, has announced their new album for April 5 via Royal Mountain Records. Their first album since 2021’s Audio Drag for Ego Slobs, Package Pt. 2 continues the endlessly fascinating world-building exercise of its forbearer. Produced by Erin Tonkon, who worked…
The third single from Mol Sullivan's eponymously titled album Goose is out today. As a single and also as the spiritual familiar for this album, the goose looms large. Sullivan asks, "am I a swan or just a goose / I'd bet the latter, grab my purse / it's not so difficult…
Amidst peeling birch, sundried and fragrant husks, a flooded riverbed, and a solemn, wet, echoing cave, Hannah Frances returns with a dense and daring new album, Keeper Of The Shepherd, out March 1 via Ruination Record Co. Listen to new single 'Bronwyn' below. At times raucous and toiling, and at times hypnotizing…
Sheer Mag break significant musical ground on their forthcoming album Playing Favorites, elevating their signature approach to rock and roll to lushly cinematic new heights. Their latest single 'Moonstruck' lives up to its titular reference of Hollywood-sized surprise romance, spooling out a charming story of desire. Guitarist and lyricist Matt Palmer tells,…
Deep Sage, Gouge Away’s third studio album, started coming together in 2019 during sound checks and in small pockets of downtime between tours. In early 2020, they demoed songs with Brok Mende in an unassuming storage unit in Orlando, FL. Gouge Away pulled influence not only from the nostalgia of the bands…
TORRES — aka Mackenzie Scott — is excited to release 'Wake to flowers', her new single/video from the forthcoming album, What an enormous room, out January 26 on Merge. Beginning with a lone drum and Scott’s distinct vocals, 'Wake to flowers' quickly blooms into an art-rock masterclass. “Didn’t know I’d wake to…
