Sister Ray Davies Holy Island
The duo might be based in “the hit recording capital of the world”, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but they have made a concept album about the ancient religious outpost off the coast of northeast England which mixes fuzzy guitars with folk horror. They also are clear winners of Name of the Week.
The Man From Delmonte Better Things
The songs on the new album are a selection of old and new material. Some tracks, including the band’s new single ‘Believe Me’, were rediscovered on forgotten demos and live cassettes that, fortunately, friends and fans of the band had kept hold of for all these years. Other songs were written long after the band broke up but somehow seem to relate to the same time and place.
Nusantara Beat Nusantara Beat
Debut album from Amsterdam-based Indonesian psych-folk ensemble.
Thee Headcoatees Man-Trip
The Sisters of Suave return with a mix of originals and covers.
Thee Headcoats The Sherlock Holmes Rhythm’n’Beat Vernacular
They play tough R&B, Rock ’n’ Roll and Punk Rock influenced by the the early Kinks, Pretty Things and more importantly, The Downliners Sect, with an added sense of fun informed by Bruce, the drummer’s penchant for Deerstalker hats.
John Southworth The Red Castle
Nine songs reflecting on lineage, loss and time. The album combines early-music instruments such as nyckelharpa, viola da gamba and Portuguese guitar with contemporary arrangements.
Madeleine Rose Witney From Now On
Four song EP that offers neon-lit snapshots of a crumbling Soho and its eccentric figures. Part noir, part nostalgia, part raw autobiography, the collection walks a tightrope between glamour and grit, heartache and humour.
Farao Magical Thinking
Magical Thinking is Norwegian producer Farao’s third studio album, a layered exploration of loss, longing, and hope. Rooted in the title and spirit of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, the record moves through the quiet space between denial and acceptance.
Luke Concannon Midnight Bloom
One half of folk-pop duo Nizlopi who channels his frustration over today’s world into a collection of soulful folk-pop songs, staying true to his activist roots by tackling difficult subjects.
Bayli No Re Entry
EP that pulls from a kaleidoscope of influences, from Björk and Sade to Fckers and Snow Strippers, shaped by everything from sweaty studio sessions to yoga and transcendental meditation (taught to her by mentor Rick Rubin).
Rise Carmine Come In Closer EP
Drawing inspiration from early ’90s psych and alt-rock, Colbert is crafting a new age of psychedelia.
Matt Hitt You’ll Be Lucky EP
A collection of tunes reflecting on the joys, heartache and occasional disillusionment of getting older in New York from The Vaccines’ touring guitarist.
Various Opia Collaboration 3
The 10-track collection is a deeply atmospheric journey through neo-classical, ambient, electronic, and experimental soundscapes.
Stan Pratt Introspectator EP
A five-track collection of subversive alternative synth pop.
Of Mice & Men Another Miracle
The band say, “we’ve not only raised the bar on the melodic side, we’ve also doubled down on the heaviness all over the album.”
Museum of No Art and Mitko Mitkov Swimming Pool Reflections
Two side-long pieces where Mitko’s poetic texts float through Mona’s ambient, dubby soundscapes.
Oliver Marson Into The Darkness EP
Debut from avant-crooner who has drawn comparisons to Sparks, Nick Cave, and Alex Cameron.
Doves So Here We Are: Best of Doves
Compilation, inclusive of unreleased music. Bringing the band’s frequently euphoric and occasionally brooding hits and rarities to record store shelves.
Mini Skirt All That We Know
Pub-punkers continue to deliver their brand of jagged, raw political grit, delving deeper and leaning harder into their signature blend of Australian punk.
Wyldest The Universe is Loading
The album draws equally from the gothic horror of authors like Brontë and Angela Carter, as well as surrealist films and action/adventure video games such as The Last of Us, Zelda, and Skyrim. It also spirals into space-theory rabbit holes.
Lips of Strangers Too Long For Lovers
Band with great energy and sounds of shoegaze, new wave, and dream pop.
Cheap Trick All Washed Up
A legendary band that continues to inspire and entertain audiences with their signature blend of hard rock and power-pop sensibilities
Zola Mennenöh A Labour of Love
A study of elegant, breathy, subtly experimental balladry that binds Baroquian pop, spoken word, and sound design into expressive songcraft.
runo plum patching
An intimate debut LP that captures the contraction, expansion and release of an intense period of emotional repair, in soft-edged, radiating indie rock.
Austra Chin Up Buttercup
She took inspiration from the Eurodance sound of Madonna’s landmark 1998 album Ray of Light, produced by William Orbit, and emerged with a mix of hypnotic dance floor anthems and elegant melodies to soothe your broken heart.
Jessie Kilguss They Have A Howard Johnson’s There
A former actress who made songwriting her focus after working with musical heroes Marianne Faithfull and Mary Margaret O’Hara in the Tom Waits / William Burroughs musical ‘The Black Rider’.
Hotel Lux The Bitter Cup
Written completely collaboratively and recorded live to replicate the emotional intensity of their live shows, this new record finds the band at their most vulnerable, while, also, at their most confident.
Night Flight Exit Stage Left
Ten tracks containing shades of benchmark artists from The Band to Big Star, Nick Drake to Elliott Smith, tied together with a wry humour reminiscent of Randy Newman.
Parov Stelar Artifact
Throughout ‘Artifact’, the electronic foundation that has shaped his work from the very beginning is still part of the framework. But more than ever, it is supplemented, broken up, and questioned. The tracks range between sweeping, timeless pop and electronic concepts, late-romantic grandeur and cinematic power.
Celeste Woman of Faces
Second album from the soul singer.
Ragana + Drowse Ash Souvenir
It combines Ragana’s heavy, emotionally charged metal with Drowse’s textural approach to sound.
Red River Dialect Basic Country Mustard
Lyric-focussed folk-rock which is neither transatlantic nor straining for trad-British authenticity.
Tiberius Troubadour
They have been crafting what singer/songwriter Brendan Wright calls “Farm Emo,” blending together indie punk, alt country, and psych influences into a bleary slurry of roiling melody and resonant confessionals.
Goodnight Louisa Marathon
Glasgow-based multi-disciplinary artist and musician, Louise McCraw’s isolation at the crossroads of pop culture commentary, vivid imagination and detailed electronic-pop composition offers listeners multiple means of escape.
Present Nature Present Nature
Listeners are urged by the band to “think Shelagh Delaney scored by Burt Bacharach”.
I Was A King, Until The End Hype City
A band that has regularly pulled in comparisons to The Byrds, Big Star and Teenage Fanclub.
Pavement Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Hefty Lifters
12 track best of compilation
John-Robert Cross Stitch EP
Artist steeped in the deep folk music traditions of Appalachia,
Various Emerging Volume V
Compilation that is giving 20 young acts (aged 16-25) in Brighton, Crawley, and surrounding areas, the opportunity to rehearse, record and release their music via Small Pond’s studio, label and marketing setup.
Tony Molina On This Day
Be it pop, folk or even classical, Molina’s talent lies in his continuing work of distilling the elements of hook, riff and melody to their most basic yet totally compelling forms.
Monograf Occultation
The Norwegian collective conjures a soundscape that draws on the brooding intensity of Saor and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, while threading through the haunting melancholy of Scandinavian folk instruments like the nykkelharpa and fiddle.
AVVT / PTTN AVVT / PTTN
The first collaboration between Mike Patton of Faith No More with The Avett Brothers (Scott and Seth)
Lucy Kitt Telling Me
Drawing from her love of 70’s Laurel Canyon folk, 90’s indie rock, and country music, Kitt crafts narratives that blend her own experiences with compassionate observations of loved ones.
The Bros.Landreth Dog Ear
Two-time JUNO Award winners from Winnipeg, known for their blend of guitar-driven, soulful, blood harmony roots music, and featuring a guest appearance from Bonnie Raitt.
Tim Brady For Electric Guitar
Listeners are treated to elements pulled from the outer reaches of progressive rock and jazz, driving post-minimalism, modernist fragmentation, and even pure texture.
Cytrus Duality
The band pay homage to 1960s & 1970s rock, soul and psychedelia, while exploring themes of good, evil, mortality, immortality and time.
Apollo Brown & Ty Farris Run Toward The Monster
Each track is grown-man rap rooted in survival, self-awareness, and standing your ground.
Zander No Silver EP
EP showing off his multi-level talent the polymath has for writing, producing, to playing almost every instrument on the project.
5 Seconds of Summer Everyone’s A Star!
Sixth album from multi-platinum Australian band.
Ima Robot Search & Destroy
Unearthed recordings from two decades ago by a band whose shows were stuff of legends – wild, messy, often bloody, always wholly alive.
Pram of Dogs Cantus Lapides
An industrial-choral record of splendour, corruption, grace, and desolation.
Jason Gould Where We Fall
Son of Elliott Gould and Barbra Streisand with a collection of original songs and his favourite classics including Duke Ellington’s Solitude, Harold Arlen’s It’s Only a Paper Moon and John Lennon’s Jealous Guy.
1914 Viribus Unitis
Brutal mixture of blackened death metal, slow-burning doom, and ambient war soundscapes.
