Daily Newsletter, April 6, 2024

PHILLIP LAMMONDS COWBOY THINGS CURB RECORDS The name of Phillip Lammonds might not be so familiar, even for some avid fans of Americana/country music, even though Lammonds has been on the scene for decades now. The reason for that might simply lie in the fact that Lammonds was one of the more prominent songwriters, writing […]

FLUNG ALL HEARTBEAT GET BETTER RECORDS With All Heartbeat, her third album, Kashika Kollaikal, aka Flung has just confirmed that she is currently one of the more inventive artists using electronic music elements in their music. She already showed us with her previous two efforts Shaky But My Hair Is Grown (2020) and Apricot Angel (2022). The story […]

VARIOUS ARTISTS UNDER THE BRIDGE 2 SKEP WAX RECORDS Sarah Records is one of those stories in pop that long-lasting fandom is made of. The artists recording for the label at the time it was active were dubbed twee, and the whole scene surrounding it turned out into a full-fledged sub-genre. Quite a number of […]

Spring has arrived, and here are 55 albums we can't wait to hear this season, including Jessica Pratt, Knocked Loose, Shabaka, Beth Gibbons, Rapsody, St. Vincent, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, and much more...

While her previous releases showcased her arresting voice and undeniable spirit, they feel reserved in comparison to the new record. LATE SLAP is teeming with life, in all its joy, heaviness, and whimsy. It’s teeming with music: beautiful, uncanny layers of voice, a menagerie of synth tones, guita

Featuring DJ Anderson do Paraíso’s stripped-down baile funk, Julia Holter’s avant-pop and Nailah Hunter’s mystical dreamscapes

Drawing on her broadest sonic palette yet, Love In Constant Spectacle finds Jane Weaver at her most compelling and her most personal, finds Amanda Farah

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