Posts by Jason

 Los Angeles & London-based indie artist Allie Crow Buckley will share her final single, “Cowboy In London,” from her forthcoming LP, Utopian Fantasy, out May 19th. To go with the driving and playful track, Allie directed a mesmerizing video that showcases her in one of her trademark ethereal dresses, frolicking around London. Buckley explains, “The song is a reflection on…

Los Angeles-based electronic artist The Album Leaf shares the final single, “Prologue,” from his forthcoming LP, FUTURE FALLING, out May 5th. When asked about the cinematically experimental ambient-electronic track, visionary Jimmy LaValle comments, “Prologue is a new beginning. The tonal idea started with an unused noise pad I made for a film I was working on and paired with a simple…

After introducing his two-part concept with Covers Vol. 1 last November, Illinois-based producer and renowned troubadour William Fitzsimmons announces Covers Vol. 2, due out August 11th via Nettwerk. “As personal and intimate as my Covers Vol. 1 project was, I consider Vol. 2 to be about as deep a personal journey I’ve ever taken in music.” William explains. “As opposed to being a carry over…

Indie-pop band San Cisco returns today with their latest track “Horoscope” from their forthcoming album. The band delicately layers bittersweet lyricism between a mesmerizing melody that almost distracts from the feeling that Mercury seems to be in an eternal retrograde. Listen to the track HERE and watch the visualizer HERE.  “Horoscope” is an ode to trying to understand life through astrology and…

German-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer M. Byrd has released his manically ethereal new single “Only A Feeling.” Powered by a vintage OP1 drum machine, the track features airy guitars weaving around a steady beat as he tries to capture the essence of a panic attack in a song. Stream the track HERE and watch the acoustic video for the…

Jolé returns with his new single “Hopes” today, taken from his upcoming Let Go EP (out May 17th on Nettwerk). A deeply personal exploration of facing up to loss and impending grief, “Hopes” builds from its gently strummed opening to a finale of stirring strings, all built around a beautiful vocal line we can all relate to, ‘I’m not ready to let go‘. With “Hopes” and the Let Go EP, Jolé’s obvious talents as…

UK singer-songwriter Paris Paloma’s fiery feminist anthem “labour” continues to make waves worldwide. The goosebump-inducing battle cry against misogyny broke onto the U.K. Official Chart last week at #29, and this week makes its  Billboard chart debuts, including #13 Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, #13 Digital Song Sales, #12 Emerging Artists and #17 Bubbling Under Hot 100.  The song garnered over 1.5 millions…

Today, the German born twin brother duo, Amistat share their cinematically intimate new EP, colour in life, via Nettwerk. As twin brothers, Josef and Jan Prasil, share an unspoken and unexplainable bond best sung aloud. The power of this bond courses through their familial harmonies and eloquent songcraft accented by individual idiosyncrasies. Songs unfold like stories with two narrators, allowing both…

New Zealand singer and songwriter alayna today released the expansive new single ‘Meteors’, along with a gorgeous black and white accompanying lyric video. Listen to ‘Meteors’ HERE A delicately melancholic upright piano sets the scene on ‘Meteors’, rising to an atmospheric shower of expansive electric guitars, synths and shimmering vocal layers. Through it all, alayna explores the shifting, evolving nature…

Today, Twinsleep, the ambient duo of Denver-based artist John Hayes and Missoula-based artist Maxy Dutcher, announce their self-titled debut album with the release of new song “A Taste of Spring.” What started as the casual trading of recordings back and forth between two like-minded musicians soon blossomed into a full-length album of electro-ambient compositions that mimic the subtle intricacies of…