Philly artist CUBBAGE has returned with the spirited five track effort “Live at Forge Recording“, giving a more visceral vibe to their one-take live versions of new songs and covers. The excellent new EP was...
butter: Bigolder
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The featured track “Bigolder” by Montana based trio, BUTTER comes from their 2013 seven track release, “Field Field Lake Lake“. This latest effort was recorded in Eureka, Montana with a few of my new...
Who Are the Toms: Le...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Released in Jan of 2018, Long Island, NY label Dead Broke Rekerds released the compilation “Year of the Monkey Rooster (2016-2017)“, featuring tracks from thirty great artists, including many surprising and solid...
Upseen: Life
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Orleans, France five-piece indie pop band UPSEEN released their five track EP “El Monstruo” this past December [’17], with the beautiful opening track “Life” leading off the effort. Upseen...
tasru: Come Closer
posted by Charles Stepczyk
tasru is Tom Grathwol, an independent musician based in Niigata Japan, as well as Minnesota. His newest effort is the brilliant nine track LP “Bottom of a Lake” which came out in late November of this past year...
Steakhouse: Intersta...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
San Francisco based post-punk group Steakhouse released today’s featured track “Interstate” on their self titled LP in Sep 2014, the 10 track release taking a year in the making. The band plays post-punk...
Sunhaze: In the Shad...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Formed in 2012, Sunhaze originated from the vision of Danae Labraña, a San Francisco transplant hailing from the shores of Santa Barbara. Through the next few years the membership count was fleshed out to the current count...
Pine + Palm: Explain
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Pine + Palm is an indie pop rock band from Stockton, CA formed initially as a duo between the Heard siblings, although grew from there with the addition of two band members. While we wanted to introduce the band via this...
Pauline Drand: Les V...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Passionate French independent label LA SOUTERRAINE has been steadily releasing quality compilations a little more than monthly, and one of the newest that arrived this February was called “VOYAGE EN SOUTE“, a...
Tender Cage: A Lack ...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Tender Cage is a five-piece indie rock band that formed in Asuncion, Paraguay and whom recently released the beautifully composed single (their third) “A Lack of Feel” in August of 2017. You can pick these up...
Puna: Nula Rivera
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lima Peru based three piece band Puna fuses styles such as Ambient, Ethereal, Noise Pop, Shoegaze, Space Rock and more into their last solid LP release “au dial“. This was issued in 2014 where you can find...
Koala: Absolution
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature “Absolution” is the beautiful opening track from the newest six track EP “Heroes” via Portugal indie three-piece rock band KOALA. The new EP was released October of 2017 and...
Lyon Apprentice: Sta...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Melbourne based Lyon Apprentice release a new dreamy pop single starlight. With breezy vocals, tight production and an effortless hook, “Starlight” shows a new, more playful side of the duo. Mixed by Peter Katis (The...
Ligula: Ocean
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Lígula is an alternative rock band in Madrid Spain made up of band members Ignacio Fernández, Alejandro Elizalde, Borja Menéndez, Diego Ruíz -Jevy-, Saúl Omar, Joan Carranza, Carlos Valladolid and Guzmán Sánchez. In...
Magana: Get It Right
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Golden Tongue” is the debut EP from Brooklyn singer-songwriter Jeni Magana, whom we previously featured a single from earlier this past year. The new EP features four exquisitely beautiful and somewhat haunting...
Peonies: Thin Holida...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Inspired by surf music, post-punk, shoegaze and J-Pop music, Jodi, Citta, and Citta of Jakarta Indonesia reunited after a long hiatus from the music industry in an underground gig, and finally decided to make a band together...
The Breaks: Honey
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The single “Honey” by Manchester UK based indie band THE BREAKS comes From the late 2017 compilation release “You’re Still in a Dream” by Stupid Decisions, an independent netlabel based in...
Aivery: Disregard
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Vienna Austria based three-piece grunge-noise band AIVERY released what appears to be their debut LP “Because” this past September [’17]. The exceptional track and first single, “Disregard” is...
Saint Estrela: Carni...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Geneva/Lausanne Switzerland based one-man pscyh-pop band Saint Estrela and their quality track “Carnival (Life)“, if featured here today, taken from the quality 2017 Z Tapes compilation. The excellent 2017...
Natives: Chasing Lio...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Natives are a a band from The New Forest in the UK. They released their first album The Horizon in 2014, and have released a string of singles since then. Today’s Dose is one of those, released in March 2016. All...
RONiiA: Sisters
posted by Charles Stepczyk
RONiiA (pronounced Row-nee-a) is Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark), Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads) and Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE). They create innovative stripped down electronic...
Pizzagirl: Favourite...
posted by Stuart Morrison
Liverpool UK bedroom pop artist Pizzagirl unveils debut single Favourite Song, and signs to Manchester label Heist or Hit. The debut single from Pizzagirl, Favourite Song, is a moodily infectious invitation into the...
Carroll: Easy Target
posted by Charles Stepczyk
The beautifully sublime song “Easy Target” comes From the sophomore LP “As Far As Gardens Go“, by Philadelphia based indie-pop band CARROLL. The album was released November 11, 2016 and chronicles...
SadMe: Done With You
posted by Stuart Morrison
SadMe was formed in Moscow in 2002 by a strong leader, singer and songwriter Masha SadMe. Over the course of their career SadMe evolved from melancholic brit-rock into a sophisticated psychedelic indie/alternative rock...
Lowtide: Wedding Rin...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Wedding Ring” is the stunning fifth track from Melbourne AUS based band lowtide‘s 2014 self-titled LP. We wanted to cycle back to explore some of their slightly earlier material and while doing so found...
Cross Country: Grass...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Oxford grown, and now Cincinnati based four-piece indie rock band CROSS COUNTRY released their brilliant debut LP “Trials” in September of 2016. It was initially issued on limited edition crystal clear...
The Gasoline Brother...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Hungover Boxing Day” is the first track from “Christmas Candy“, a name-your-price collection of ten great holiday songs by renowned and Dutch indie bands, released in December of 2009. HBD comes...
Treehouses 2290: Bud...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Budapest is the second track off the latest 2016 4 track EP “The Difference Between a House and a Home” by Lisbon Portugual based shoegaze band, TREEHOUSES 2290. We initially ran into some very solid efforts on...
Arlt & Les Artis...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Est-Ce Que C’est Le Vent” roughly translated to “It is the Wind” comes from the new anthology “OUF, l’anthologie souterraine, 2015-2017“, a compilation of 22 underground...
Frog: Judy Garland
posted by Charles Stepczyk
“Judy Garland” is the exceptional 2015 single from Queens, NY based 2 piece band FROG, comprised of Tom White and Dan Bateman. In addition to the 2 track name-your-price single release in April 2015, the song...
Cloud: Frére Jacques...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Today’s feature comes from the late 2013 LP “Comfort Songs” by Los Angeles based artist CLOUD (or Tyler Taormina). “Frére Jacques and Me” is a beautiful song that starts off slow but rewards...
Gingerlys: Turtledov...
posted by Charles Stepczyk
Recently we stumbled across the most recent sampler from San Diego label Topshelf Records, one of our favorite labels here in the US. The newly released Nov 2017 sampler features twenty-two exceptionally surprising tracks...