Archive for January 2021

Old Sea Brigade has returned with “Day By Day,” a cathartic and unabashedly honest meditation on stagnation and loss delivered via enrapturing synth tones and a steadily growing intensity through its galvanizing final chorus. Employing a sound that “might be surprising for a so-called indie-folk artist, but one which fits the emotional tenor” (WNYC), Old…

“The electronic collective bind together club elements, fusing them into melodic bursts of digitised pop.” – Clash “Kudu Blue are riding a new wave of retro-fitted dance music.” – Mixmag Brighton-based quartet Kudu Blue have returned today with a scintillating new song. Inspired by the lo-fi, bassy underground sound of Burial, “Fire” is a fantastically vibrant…

Wild Rivers continue the theme of their 2020 EP Songs To Break Up To with a soul-stirring new song called “Love Gone Wrong,” where rich male/female harmonies bring the emotional lyrics to life as they explore the pain of a relationship ending. With the band home in Toronto due to the pandemic, “Love Gone Wrong”…

  Amsterdam-based singer and songwriter Nina June layers plainspoken emotion over multi-dimensional soundscapes steeped in strings, keys, guitar, and natural sound effects. Out today, Nina shares her the first single “Rainbow Ashes” from a forthcoming 2021 EP (details TBA). On the track, Nina’s solo vocal gives way to atmospheric production animated by the choir of…

  Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Dylan Dunlap releases the official music video for “Follow My Echo,” the latest single from his forthcoming EP Soldier On (out February 26 via Nettwerk Records). About a week prior, the single release wasted no time skyrocketing to almost 50K streams, landing placements on over 28 New…

  ‘Peace at Last’ is a time capsule of 2020 and a reminder that there was still some good to come out of such an emotionally draining year” – Ones To Watch It’s 2021. 2020 was “the year of disruption,” a head-on confrontation with the climate crisis, and racial and social injustice amid a global…

Today, Brooklyn’s Sammy Rae & The Friends release their new EP Let’s Throw A Party, available at all digital retailers: https://sammyrae.ffm.to/letsthrowaparty. For as much as Sammy Rae & The Friends may be a band, this collective of eight musicians, dreamers, and artists considers itself a family first. Fronted by singer and songwriter Sammy Rae, the…

” A tender outpouring of heartwarming alt-folk” – Atwood Magazine New Zealand husband/wife duo Terrible Sons (Lauren and Matthew Barus) share new song “What a Friend” from their upcoming EP Mass, out February 12, 2021 via Nettwerk. “What a Friend” paints a deep welling sadness, but then, like a lot of what Terrible Sons do,…

Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim Hart shares “Steady as She Goes,” a rollicking indie pop track set in Tim’s hometown of Sydney, Australia, featuring luscious strings, chiming guitars and soaring harmonies. It’s also the lead track from Tim’s upcoming solo album Winning Hand, out February 19th. “Steady as She Goes” is available on all digital…