Posts by Emma Orland

Vancouver-based alternative singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Bryant releases his latest single “Visiting Hours,” a sobering reminder of how important it is to make every moment count. Listen HERE. “For many years, I would go visit my grandfather in Toronto, while saying goodbye I would think to myself, ‘I probably have just a few weeks left with him.’…

Today, Canadian Indigenous singer-songwriter Carsen Gray is proud to announce her new gospel album Praise Sah’Laana, sung in her native Haida language. Carsen hopes to introduce listeners to the culture of the Haida people who have lived on the island of Haida Gwai off the coast of British Columbia for centuries. She hopes to continue in the traditions…

Australian indie folk groundbreakers The Paper Kites are preparing to return to the U.S. for Austin City Limits and their previously announced support tour with Stephen Sanchez. Now, the band has announced a special, one-night-only event at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge on October 21, where, for the first time ever, they will perform the songs that comprise Evergreen from front to back.…

Indie-folk singer-songwriter Harrison Storm explores the fleeting connections made while traveling the world on “Temporary Friend.” Listen HERE. “’Temporary Friend’ is about the intense and interesting things you learn about someone’s story, the deep conversations into the early hours of the morning and the vulnerability that can be revealed from those encounters,” explains Harrison.  Harrison is set to embark…

Today, New York-based singer, songwriter, and producer Elliot Moss teams up with award-winning Chilean avant-pop artist Rubio to share an imaginative reworking of “Lazy,” from his February 2024 album How I Fell. Both artists are known for their ghostly vocal cadence, and together they deliver an intoxicating blend on this moody synth-pop epic. Listen to…

After announcing his new EP My Everything with the hard-hitting progressive jazz cut “Zodiac,” Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer Braxton Cook shares the vibey, R&B-leaning single “Weekend” featuring Swiss soul singer NNAVY. Braxton is no stranger to collaborations, working with friends like Butcher Brown, Kiefer, Mac Ayers, Marquis Hill, and more, so when he met NNAVY in Milan on tour, he knew she…

Politically charged and brimming with scorn, East London’s Boy Bleach has announced the release of their new EP The Beautiful Blue (out 22nd November)  with the thumping new single ‘Blood Honey’, out now on Nettwerk (listen here). To mark the release of the EP the band will return to London on the 21st November for…

Today, NYC singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Theo Kandel releases his debut album Eating & Drinking & Being In Love via Nettwerk Music Group. Theo set the stage for the album with previously released singles “On My Mind,” the Frank O’Hara-inspired “Lunch,” nostalgic single “The Painters,” and the recently released “Honeydew Moon.”  Eating & Drinking & Being In Love is a love letter to your 20s and…

Florida rockers The Haunt, comprised of siblings Anastasia Grace Haunt [vocals] and Maxamillion “Max” Haunt [vocals, guitar, production], feel the pain on their new high energy single “Masochistic Lovers” featuring Craig Mabbitt of Escape the Fate. Listen HERE and watch HERE. “‘Masochistic Lovers’ is about how overwhelming it is to be alive right now. There’s so many expectations of how we should look and act,…

Today, the multi-talented WA-born, now Sydney-based singer-songwriter St. South (she/they) is proud to share her stirring and emotive new EP, BIG SADS. Across its five-track journey, St. South explores and shares the deepest parts of her heart, sharing grief, love, hope, and healing in all its various dimensions, and capturing personal vulnerabilities – as if read straight from her…