Shearwater The New World
A headlong, globe-spanning journey through joy, confusion, defiance, reverence, and tenderness, with Meiburg’s voice as a graceful yet elusive guide.
Sir Richard Bishop Hillbilly Erotica
Hung round the neck of John Fahey’s infamous dubbing of certain traditional American folk sounds as “American Primitive.”
Family Stereo The Thread
An album of folk-tinged and brush-stroked reflections on distance and connection that majors in an evocative kind of narrative economy from Blake Watt, the son of Everything But The Girl’s Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt.
Durutti Column Renascent
Across five decades they have moved fluidly between indie chamber music, modern classical suites, sampledelia, dance experimentation, and flamenco-tinged pop, while remaining unmistakably cornerstone by Vini Reilly’s delicate, expressive guitar voice.
Prison Big Rigs on the BQE
Their third record together is an unhitched snapshot of the band’s explosive live performances: the sound of each player in wicked battle and glorious play, powered by a far-ranging scrum of Groundhogs/Velvets/Pink Fairies/Good Rats/CAN.
Michaela Turcerová šumum
Her compositions unfold in slow motion. The saxophonist and composer’s glacial music zeroes in on the granularities of each note as it rings, soaking in every subtle shift in texture and pitch.
Trashcan Sinatras Ever The Optimist
Their first album in ten years includes collaborations with Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura and Green Gartside of Scritti Politti.
Shaboozey The Outlaw Cheri Lee & Other Western Tales
Built as a narrative-driven Western epic, the release introduces a fully realized creative universe, one where country, Americana, hip-hop, and pop collide to tell a tragic, mythic story of vengeance, love, and transformation.
Bondo Bondo
While continuity persists throughout their 11-track offering, the band demonstrates a range of songwriting styles. Some tracks are more traditional, featuring verses and choruses that are easy to latch onto. Others rely on their signature instrumental sound, building subtle structures while still allowing room for meditations that ultimately dissolve into space.
Lucia & The Best Boys Picking Petals
An album shaped by a lineage of performers who command the stage without apology and rooted in Lucia Fairfull’s Scottish upbringing and creative community she has built around her in Glasgow and beyond.
Ariana Grande Petal
Her eighth studio album.
The Darling Buds Same Sun / Same Sky
It sees the band recapturing the timeless energy and melodic spark that made them one of the defining names of late ’80s and early ’90s indie pop.
Peals The Compound 76 & Le Pantoum 46
Two new albums from the duo of William Cashion (Future Islands) and Bruce Willen (Double Dagger).
Ed Askew The Final Painting
Underground singer-songwriter, poet, painter’s posthumous album is a bracing meditation on gay romance and the slow shuffle off our mortal coil.
Absolute Lilt Criostal EP
Seven track EP bringing a modern take on one of Ireland’s oldest vocal traditions, lilting and is a swirling hypnosis of a song that marries two voices to create something that’s part Balearic and 1000% Irish.
MuMu The Brothel: A Musical Memoir
Something between an album, a podcast, a memoir, and a musical. Built from a collage of voice memos, Zoom calls, song demos, and fully produced music, it is meant to be heard from beginning to end.
Joyeria Decay Decay Decay
Art-punk-indie artist who trades in nervous energy, motorik rhythms, and a weary, wisecracking cynicism.
Dave Lofts Holy EP
Singer-songwriter with six songs that explore love, loss, self-discovery, mental health, and personal resilience.
Spike Spike
Spike’s self-titled debut album builds on a tradition of idiosyncratic British synth-pop, bringing to mind the cold-yet-intimate work of Rose McDowell, Chris & Cosey and Fad Gadget.
Doghouse Rose Born to Break Even
Rooted in the melodic urgency of late-’90s skate punk but carrying equal affection for Blondie, No Doubt, and classic power-pop.
The Crooked Stuff Synthetic Signals
A heady blend of “discopunk and electrofunk” with roots in the DC hardcore scene (and the influence of ’80s new wave.)
Torus Take Me Home EP
Rock band turning their hand to fuzzed out garage, hard rock and grunge tackling topics of loneliness, nostalgia and longing head on.
