Honey Lung • Big • 2020

 “An exciting glimpse of what’s to come…scuzzy shoegazey bop” DIY

“Clattering guitars and clamouring hearts…quintessential indie-pop” The Line Of Best Fit

“Amplifies their early promise…a brutally blunt, engaging and completely catchy return” Clash

“Grunge infected, scuzzy garage rock” Gigwise

“Honey Lung are back with more hazy, scuzzy fun” Dork

“Hyper-melodic rock with heart and bite” Paste

ISTA • Spell It • 2020

"ISTA has returned with a new music video for “Spell It,” a complete visual delight of colorful, often trippy animation that fits perfectly with catchy song that strongly resembles to many of the bands of the early 00s such as JET and The Hives."

-Vents Magazine

The Rentals • INFORMATION (And The Island In The Sky) • 2020

https://therentals.com/

“INFORMATION” starts with an ethereal exploration of our incessant connectivity and the stress that technological anxiety induces on modern human society. Then, the song unexpectedly shifts gears, exploding into a visceral snarl, bellowing out a primal desire to take refuge in another star system’s faraway sanctuary.

Dancing On Tables • Losing It • 2020

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When ‘Losing It’ was written, we wrote lyrics that centered around ‘‘going off the rails’’ post-relationship. Now, in an unprecedented time with couples, families and friends spending who knows how long apart, the track has found an unexpected new context - ‘’Me losing you has got me, got me losing it’’. Although you can’t physically be with all of your loved ones in this ever-changing situation, this track says that although we are all ‘’Losing It’’ in lockdown, we are all in this together.

Luke De-Sciscio • Human Heart • 2020

"Good Bye Folk Boy winnows De-Sciscio's sound down to skeletal sketches made of little more than an expressive voice, intricately plucked acoustic-guitar strings, and songs that'll get stuck in your head for days.”
– NPR, The Austin 100

"De-Sciscio’s ‘Jamie Song’ foments on the angles of sight and sound, promising in the new and old; clamoring in the utmost integrity of love and belonging." – Come Here Floyd

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Its music video features a multitude of fan-submitted videos. In each, an individual holds up a sign detailing an apology. It's a vast and varied stream with myriad backgrounds on display—from different languages or locations to differing levels of detail. Together, De-Sciscio and his fans identify and emanate "Ho'oponopono".

Ora Cogan • Sleeping • 2020

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Canadian psych folk/darkwave artist Ora Cogan, who will be releasing her 'Bells in the Ruins' LP on 7/13/20 on Prism Tongue Records. Known for her singular voice and cinematic compositions, Corgan's new album is a stunning, ethereal body of work that touches on loss, absence and relationships. 

The Silo Sessions • So Runs the World Away Anniversary Show! • Tonight 7pm ET

Another beautiful Home Concert tonight

https://found.ee/joshritter-silosessions

The Smith Street Band • Shine * 2017

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Finally not waking up dreaming of your ghost
And music is for everyone
Why was I always the last to know?
No idea how hard it was to get this close
With all this extra baggage
And a graft that will not accept the host
These tattered coat-tails, these torn tennis shoes
I am not smarter than many
But I do think that I'm smarter than you
Dappled sunlight that the warm air reciprocates
You look up long enough to notice
But not long enough to appreciate that

Down here in the flight path
Down here in the flight path, we do our best
Down here in the flight path, we do our best
To keep our heads up

I'll sing loud at water falling on stones

I want well-timed time with friends

And well-timed time that I'll spend alone

Throw my body into insignificant positions

I'm gonna make more starts

Complete more chances and more finishes

Fly through the world like a whirling dervish in a hurricane

Take off my clothes and run screaming in the pouring rain

Kiss people even when I'm pretty sure it's a mistake

And try to find a love that not for a second I'll have to fake

Ludic • Love Me Like • 2020

https://www.ludicofficial.com/

“Love Me Like” was inspired by music in the neo-soul and pop genres that we love so much while intertwining modern production and hooks with vintage songwriting sensibilities. This is a song about a one-sided relationship from the eyes of the beholder, grappling with internal frustration and romantic invisibility. 

Ludic · Love Me Like

RICEWINE • Lovesick • 2020

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ballboy • Coronavirus Live Set 5 • 2020

http://www.ballboymusic.com/

Live Set #5 featuring: 

Something's Going to Happen Soon 

Your Face Look Like a House that used to be a Shop 

Donald in the Bushes with a Bag of Glue 

Plus guest appearances from The Pope, Elton John and the President of the United States of America.

Hidden sounds behind the window • 2020

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“Hidden sounds behind the window" è una compilation contro lo sconforto da coronavirus. In questo scenario drammatico forse la musica è l’unico punto di connessione che ci rimane, così per sentirci più vicini in questi giorni di isolamento forzato abbiamo riunito nuovi e vecchi amici in una compilation di 17 brani inediti.

Tyler Burkhart • Without you • 2020

You’re up there on an airplane to far away 

got a job for a couple of months 

I had so many things that I meant to say but 

I’m driving home into the sun 

without you 

I was hoping we could talk on the phone tonight 

got your letter and it made my day 

I went to Erin’s party, saw all our friends 

but in the end it just wasn’t the same 

without you 

I can’t wait until this summer when you come home 

Let’s pack a picnic and we’ll head for the shore 

To the ocean that’s between us and all those miles 

that I don’t want to think about anymore 

without you

Benjamin Shaw • There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet (Remastered & Expanded) • 2020

Originally released in late 2011, this was only the second full-length album that Audio Antihero Records had released (after Nosferatu D2's debut in 2009). We sank a lot of love, time and energy into it and back then it felt like both the beginning and the end of something. But I'm not sure it was much of either. Ben has made a lot of very different records since and for now we're both still here. But it was and still is a strange and special album. 

"A piece of work that could stand the test of time...The solitude is palpable." - Gold Flake Paint

"Superb." - Drowned in Sound

"One of the hidden gems of 2011 - 8/10." - This Is Fake DIY

"You wouldn't want everyone (or anyone else) to sound to like Benjamin Shaw but I'm delighted someone does." - The Line Of Best Fit

"One of the better records of the year." - Is This Music?

"Benjamin Shaw is an outcast, a loner, a maverick and a freak. All of these are compliments." - CLASH Music

"A truly special album." - Music OMH

"An album that is quite unlike anything else, full of blackened charisma and a sonic imagination quite different to most - 8/10." - The Music Fix

Don't Stop Now III: A Collection of Covers & More • 2020

marissa nadler • Covers 3 • 2020

orchid mantis • compositions on midi and tape • 2020

6 ambient pieces arranged in midi using sampled synths. tracked and varisped to a tascam mkIII 424 tape recorder 

Simon Joyner • Live in LA (Living Room Show) • 2020

Recorded in the Glendale neighborhood on February 15th, 2020 while on tour with Dennis Callaci. Living room show with a 40 person capacity. Dennis recorded on his zoom device.

grieving club • Grieving Club​/​/​This Year as a Ghost • 2020

Ethan Gold • Not Me. Us • 2020

“Emotions delivered with an unfiltered, glaring legibility” – Pitchfork

“Unhinged but weirdly compelling” – Uncut 

“Wildly diverting… by some wide-eyed, sun and acid-baked LA wunderkind” – Electronic Sound

"Not every song is born of inspiration and not every song is capable of inspiring. It seems that, in the case of this particular song, certainly both of these factors speak to the truth. What we have here is a beautiful cycle of creation rooted in hope, solidarity and, of course, raw talent" – Louder Than War