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Premiere: Stream Taylor Pearlstein’s stunning new EP Perfect Blue, out tomorrow

A couple of weeks back, we wrote about ‘The Difference’, the current single from Brooklyn’s Taylor Pearlstein, signalling the release of her new EP. The full thing is almost here…

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Premiere: Taylor Pearlstein finds a way forward on cinematic new single ‘The Difference’

From its alt country-tinged beginnings, the new song from Brooklyn’s Taylor Pearlstein keeps building on itself until everything drops out and she’s left to carry the song a capella for…

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Album Review: Sydney’s Georgia Mulligan Releases Soulful Debut Album ‘Nothing Wrong’

Sydney’s indie music scene has birthed yet another gem with Georgia Mulligan‘s debut full-length album, ‘Nothing Wrong‘. Mulligan’s poetic and contemplative style, infused with iconic Australian artistry, takes you on…

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Premiere: Hallie Spoor laments missed connections on stirring EP lead single ‘Diamond Ring’

When last we heard from Brooklynite Hallie Spoor, she’d released her most recent EP New Ground into a world that was about to be turned upside down by a pandemic.…

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News: Kara Jackson announces headline show at Dublin’s The Workman’s Cellar

Kara Jackson wants to be dangerous. Wielding her voice like a honey-coated blade, Kara crafts a blend of emotional folk music and poetic alt-country. With the radical honesty of Nina…

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Premiere: Charlie & Margot goes for a ‘Joyride’ on debut album, out tomorrow

Matteo DeBenedetti looks like he’s just realised his album’s out tomorrow, but there’s no need for him to be nervous because we’ve heard it and it’s very good indeed. So…

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Premiere: Matteo DeBenedetti has trust issues on ‘sleeping’; debut album as Charlie & Margot out next month

Here’s another album for you to keep an ear out for next month: the debut album from New Jersey’s Charlie & Margot. The project is not made up of two…

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Live: Mel Parsons – The Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, 29.10.22

Award winning whiskey smooth songwriter Mel Parsons has earnt an impressive following since releasing her first album “Over my Shoulder” in 2009. No stranger to touring worldwide over the past…

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PREMIERE: Stream Eric Schroeder’s second album of 2021 in full ahead of release tomorrow

If you haven’t been keeping up, San Diego’s Eric Schroeder released his most recent album in April – a deeply personal offering that was, as Donnie and Marie Osmond didn’t…

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PREMIERE: Field Guide wants to ‘Make Peace With That’, shares loved-up new song ‘Me & You’

Sometimes you uproot your life right before a global pandemic, which is to say that it was incredibly unfortunate timing for Canadian Dylan MacDonald when he did that early last…

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