He probably had to sit on that car for a bit to get the right shot (see above), but the LA-based Matthew Lurie has been sitting on his second album as Matthew & the Mainstream for far longer. For context: the initial seeds that bloomed into the 10-track record were planted back in 2017 at …

As unfortunate as it is to launch your musical career during an unfolding pandemic, Laura Jinn seems to be making it work. From New Orleans, she released her debut EP called Sick! in 2020, and she’s following that up soon. Well, sort of. Diary 1: Hello World isn’t an EP, at least not yet. It’s …

Virginia Quaranti’s second album as Bebawinigi is a wild ride, firmly rooted in the worlds of the experimental and avant-garde, yet simultaneously welcoming and compelling. Melding classical composition with metallic intensity and even finding time for a detour into repurposed film soundtracks, it doesn’t defy description so much as offer enough twists and turns that …

Billy is Dead. RIP. ‘Wait, who’s Billy?’ we hear you ask. Well, Billy Moon was the stage name and alter ego of sorts for Ontario-based Graham Caldwell. What happened? In Caldwell’s words: “I don’t have the energy to dress up as anyone besides myself anymore.” Hence the beginning of a new chapter as Tearing Up. …

For someone also in a band called Coke Weed, this song doesn’t bring either to mind. It’s probably pretty fond of whiskey, though; not so much the ‘sad sack crying into their drink’ style of alt-country, more the ‘I’ve been through some shit, let me pour something up and reminisce’ kind of alt-country. The author …

You never know what you’re getting with a new Fujiya & Miyagi record. The Brighton band have been blazing their own idiosyncratic trail for more than 20 years now, and we’re pleased to report that their newest offering, out tomorrow, is a suitably eclectic listen that both does and doesn’t sound like the band we’ve …

With the release of her second album approaching at an alarming rate, the Brooklyn-based Gemma Laurence appears to be going from strength to strength as she prepares to release the third single from Lavender. The record’s been a while in the making, following on from 2019 debut Crooked Heart, but while it’s still five weeks …

It’s been entirely too long since we’ve heard from Vancouver’s Bridal Party – they’ve been quiet, keeping their heads down and working on the follow-up to Too Much, their 2019 debut album. When your touring plans go up in smoke thanks to a pandemic there’s nothing else for it, we suppose, but we’re delighted to …

They announced themselves last month with ‘Wasteland’ and a stellar supporting cast, but New Originals are hitting the ground running. The project of Dave Brandwein and Rob O’Block, the pair are joined here by Daru Jones and Danke on what serves as the second single from their forthcoming debut album. As the title implies, it’s …

He’s been quiet for a couple of years, with the misfortune of releasing an album deserving of celebration in clubs all over his native New York in April 2020, as the pandemic bit, but Zachery Allan Starkey, or ZAS for short, is racing to make up for lost time, and his new single is an …