Natalie Bergman       My Home Is Not In This World        

If you re-envisioned and rebuilt Motown somewhere in the California desert, it might sound something like My Home Is Not In This World. The record shimmers with gospel soul, country and western heartbreak and rock’n’roll grit.

Swell Season               Forward          

The first album in 16 years for the duo comprised of Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová is even at its most understated, an emotionally engaging listen.

Pea Sea            A Pyke of Patina Slate          

The album features contributions of drums and production from Peter Brewis (Field Music) and Tom English (Maximo Park). It ranges through introspective folk ballads (see Bill Callahan/Jake Thackray) through to primal rockers (Jonathan Richman).

Jah Wobble    Dub Volume 1             

A deep dive into dub, guided by sonic pioneers like Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and King Tubby, makes for a rich and immersive listen, full of low-end weight and intricately layered textures.

Jamie Lidell   Places of Unknowing            

A deep dive into dub, guided by sonic pioneers like Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and King Tubby, makes for a rich and immersive listen, full of low-end weight and intricately layered textures.

Panic Shack                 Panic Shack 

The album sees them expand their gutsy punk sound into fuller territory, packed with vocal harmonies, synths, electronic experimentation, and even a trumpet at one point.

Niklas Paschburg      Mexican Alps EP       

The result of a challenge in which Paschburg harnessed his collection of synths and effects to create an ambient-electronic record.

Billie Marten  Dog Eared      

Fifth album from the British singer-songwriter.

Hannah Holland        Last Exit on Bethnal

Seductive and bass-driven, its nine tracks merge sleazy guitars with 707 machine drums, beautiful evolving arps, and surreal moments of Lynchian dreaminess and Aphex Twin-inspired atmospherics.

Disiniblud       Disiniblud      

The new project of composers/producers/multi-instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith. The two’s self-described “wordless conversation,” the album orbits such themes as mortality, reinvention through destruction, and sublimating fractured histories into music.

Bush    I Beat Loneliness      

The record blends their grunge-rooted intensity with fresh textures and themes exploring mental health, solitude, and resilience.

Madeline Kenney      Kiss From The Balcony         

Her alt-folk roots and her knack for a killer melody shine through.

Wulyf  Aviva Studios

Reformed band return after 13 years

Luke Tyler Shelton                   Blue Sky EP   

With a style informed by his DIY community that holds a mirror to the near-mythic creative hotbed of early-70s Laurel Canyon, Shelton calls back a faraway time at the crossroads of country-rock, folk-pop, and Southern soul.

Fletcher           Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?             

Third studio album from the critically acclaimed Queer artist.

Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway               Addicted to the Violence    

Third album from the System of a Down frontman’s project

Splitsville        Mobville          

Indie rock group with a love letter to the band’s hometown of Baltimore.

Dieter Schutz              Voyage             

Voyage’ finds Dieter Schütz venturing beyond his Berlin School roots into a realm of lo-fi immediacy and New Age naivety.

Von Deyen/Schutz   Inventions     

A 1983 collaboration between Adelbert von Deyen and Dieter Schütz. Fusing expansive kosmische textures with biting rock guitars, motorik rhythms, and the growl of ’80s synth-pop.

Cam    All Things Light          

Grammy winning Nashville based singer-songwriter whose collection of songs was written while dealing with the isolation of becoming a mother during the pandemic.

Jessie Murph Sex Hysteria 

The album dives headfirst into uncharted territory: opening up about themes of sexuality, generational trauma, and self-discovery with a vulnerability and honesty that marks a new chapter in her artistic evolution.

hard life           onion 

Astute songwriter who has landed two number 2-charting albums, collaborating with the likes of Arlo Parks, Kevin Abstract and FINNEAS

Keys    Acid Communism   

Across its twelve tracks, Acid Communism flows through a variety of textures – from sun-scorched psych-pop and angular guitar riffs to gentle, piano-led introspection and atmospheric washes