Posts by Joseph Lo

Melbourne-based electro-folk singer, songwriter, and producer Hayden Calnin shares his new record, What It Means To Be Human, that he composed and self-produced in a hamlet on the Australian shore over the last year. “This is definitely a pandemic album. I left the city and went down to the coast. I was feeling the buzz, and the pandemic…

Alternative singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, graphic designer/artist, and producer Portair will release his second EP, The Light That Breaks, on January 14th. A renewed search for meaning drove much of his first EP, The Light That Gives, released earlier this summer.  With The Ice that Breaks, he’s moved on from a breakup with organized religion to making up for lost time. “I wanted them to…

  What The Press Is Saying About Boy Willows: “rising star” – FLAUNT “experimental folk-pop…” – PAPER Magazine “authenticity in abundance” – Line of Best Fit “he’s cemented his own place in Gen Z’s notorious iconography” – VMAN “BANGS is a testament to the artist’s DIY spirit and impacts the listener in subtle but striking ways”…

    Indie-folk artist Aisha Badru builds atmospheric soundscapes deeply rooted in nature, spirituality, family and homecoming. Her dynamic new The Way Back Home EP is due out December 3 via Nettwerk Records. The new single “Rebirth” marries her signature singer-songwriter sound with booming percussion and a soul-stirring rap verse. A standout among the collection, “Rebirth”…

New Zealand five-piece LEISURE have unveiled their new single “Flipside.” Channeling a relaxed, funk-laden lounge music vibe, the track combines lush vocals, with hypnotic guitars and enchanting synths. The band had this to say about the track: “‘Flipside’ is about waving goodbye to an old world and seeking new beginnings, with relationships built on confidence…

Portland-based folk artist Eddie Berman has just announced Broken English, a new album of campfire-worthy, cosmic folk-rock, out January 21st via Nettwerk Records. Presciently written before the pandemic, the 11-song suite explores the precarious state of a world sinking deeper into isolation, and its tumultuous effects on our relationship to work, family, technology, and community.…

  “We’re all fucking exhausted. We’re all going through it… I just wanted to share some of the love I’ve been fortunate to have around me” – Kitt Kitt (formerly known as Katherine Penfold) is an indie soul artist in the midst of a creative rebirth. In 2019, she released her full-length debut Sweetest Thing…

  NY-based producer, songwriter, and beatsmith Kyle McEvoy has dabbled in all sorts of music as a touring artist and records prolifically under the artist name The Field Tapes, having gained a strong foothold in the larger lo-fi beats community. On November 19, the Nettwerk Records EP – love is a shadow – is meant…

Alternative singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jon Bryant announces his new EP PsychIdyllic Salutations due out on November 26th via Nettwerk. Bryant shares a new taste of the EP with single “Lightspeed,” a mystifying blend of pulsing beats and euphoric R&B-inspired melodies. “This song is about change,” reflects Jon Bryant. “How fast it can happen. I…

Today, indie pop singer and songwriter OSKA unveils a new song “Starstruck” and announces the arrival of her debut album My world, My love, Paris due out February 25th via Nettwerk. The Austrian artist sings longingly about the one she admires who she is afraid might slip away. ”This song was inspired by one of…