Today’s Dose is the latest demo (and second Daily Dose feature) by Oakland based Strange Ideas, the project of Matthew Hable. Once again, this song was tracked and mixed at Tones on Tail Studios in Oakland,...

La Crosse, Wisconsin singer-songwriter Nick Mass has a new single out influenced by the likes of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, which we are definitely picking up on the first few listens. Anyway to top of the B...

The new Bangkok Thailand based indie-alternative band COUNT THE THIEF have spent the past month in the studio recording for their awaited new EP entitled ‘New Role’. The trio met in Bangkok in late 2013, and...

Today’s Dose Somersaults by London based Loose Fruit Museum is half of a double-A-sided single, and will also appear on the band’s new album In The Room, which will be released on Ciao Ketchup Recordings on 23...

Bay Area (Northern California) residents Karmen Kimball and Alex Lasner fortuitously met at a party on December 21st, 2012, the day the Mayan calendar had predicted the world was to end. That night, they struck up a...

Bilingual (Spanish/English) band Malka from NYC have released their debut EP The Constant State. Today’s Dose A Flock of Crows is from it. The band’s sound has evolved since we featured them in 2013 and they...

Brisbane Australia based singer-songwriter Angharad Drake (ang-ha-rad) combines gentle folk melodies with insightful lyrics, reminiscent of artists like Laura Marling and Joni Mitchell. Originally hailing from the Sunshine...

Igneous Grimm are from Fort Worth TX, and today’s Dose is from the band’s second album ‘Everything is the Same Thing’ released in March 2014. They released a single called ‘Distant...

XOVA (pronounced Crossover) are a multi-genre band who fuse Pop with a modern mix of Reggae, Rock, Ska, Indie, Motown and folk. This Birmingham UK based band is one to watch for in 2015 as they have just signed a Record...

Scottish indie-folk artist, Sorren Maclean has just announced the release of his forthcoming EP, Way Back Home, arriving next month on 9th March 2015 via Middle Of Nowhere Recordings. Growing up on the Isle of Mull, Sorren...

It has been a few months since The Woodlands released their album Gems And Bones (we featured the title track in July 2014), and now Samuel + Hannah have released a new EP called Secret Language. They say of it:...

It’s nice to hear another good new band bust out some tight ska and reggae-infused rock, especially when it comes from the nearby Arizona scene. The Hourglass Cats (THC) are from Phoenix, AZ and formed there not too...

“Table People came together in Seoul via Craigslist, birthday parties, and late-night drinking sessions. Friends compared them to the Feelies, the Clean, and the Fall, which suited Table People just fine even...

Gabriel Brox is a UK based artist who will be releasing his album Remerciements in June. Today’s Dose is a trail for the album. “The second song by Gabriel Brox has kind of an alt-Bluegrass feel. Again...

Derby/Leeds, UK singer-songwriter EDD SAFFELL has just released his new single, Off My List, a beautiful rapid-fire acoustic fueled indie-pop ballad with folk stylings. The song is possibly a look at the silver linings of...

LA based indie singer-songwriter Taylor Locke is about to release his debut solo album “Time Stands Still” this winter. You may not know that he co-founded the LA rock band Rooney in 1999, and was signed to...

Today’s Dose by Lancashire UK based Monsters As Humans is from their debut EP ‘I’ve Been Saving All My Catharsis For This’ which is available as a free download from the links below. “Drawing...

Brighton, UK solo artist Simon Cowan, known through his project, RECORD/START is about to release his double A side single ‘Rock From Afar / Followay’ on limited edition cassette this 20 February via label...

Today’s Daily Dose by Chattanooga TN based Nick Lutsko is from his album Etc. to be released March 17. “He comes off of his decidedly folk debut album with a new record that is decidedly not. “The shift...

Hailing from Dunedin, New Zealand, Two Cartoons formed in early 2011, with a reported initial mindset to harness and channel the feel of summer and their continued love for bands like Best Coast, Wavves and The Drums....

The Black Lamps recently released their debut album through Of National Importance Records. Today’s Dose is from the album. “The Black Lamps are an alternative post-rock and ambient guitar band from Barnsley,...

Today’s Dose comes from Shirley Said, and is half of their double A-side Merry-Go-Round / Salvation out on March 23rd. Originally from the town of Latina, near Rome Italy, now based in London UK, the electonic duo...

Edinburgh UK (via Oklahoma, US) indie artist Adam Howard, otherwise known as THE DUKE OF NORFOLK, released his debut album “Birds… Fly South!” this past February on the Mint 400 label, and while upcoming...

Five songwriters (Scott Rouse, Lizzie Clapper, Jason Vivrette, Ciara McAllister & Sean Alexander) who comprise Hidden in the Sun spent weeks secluded in the California Redwoods to create an ethereal debut album Seven...

Mark Di Giovanni, otherwise known as PLASTIC HANDGUN, is an independent musician and filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada who just released his first full album on January 11th that was composed entirely of experimental...

Vincent Colbert explores themes of pain, addiction and self-doubt on his debut EP, Stranger in My House released January 20, 2015. Stranger In My House encapsulates a phase in Colbert’s life after moving to Michigan...

Not too long ago a Croatian native informed us there’s not much you can do in their town of Karlovac except for taking long walks by its rivers and apparently “recording songs about ordinary love.” This...

Reading UK five piece The Fleas have released Born To Run, a track taken from their Telling Tales EP, which will be out in April. “The Fleas are a Reading-based five-piece who meld vintage influences and fresh...

Huxtable are a 2 piece riff rock band based in Kilmarnock Scotland, formed in early 2014. The duo of Jordan Yates and Marc William Brown released their debut release as a mini-album in July called “We Are...

Today’s Dose by London UK based The Vultures is from their upcoming album Three Mothers Part 1 which will be released on February 9 2015 on Ciao Ketchup Recordings. We’ve had a sneak preview, and its worth...

Katie Buchan (aka Best Girl Athlete) is a 15 year old female indie-folk artist from Aberdeen, Scotland. Her father, Charley was the pivotal inspiration to her musical career. Growing up watching her father perform in...

“Rip-roaring country-punk sextet QUIET QUIET BAND [from London in the UK] have unveiled their eye-catching video for ‘Battery Human’ [below]. A thrilling concoction of raucous aggro-folk, ‘Battery Human’ is...