Purple Mountains • "All My Happiness is Gone" • 2019

Friends are warmer than gold when you're old

And keeping them is harder than you might suppose

Lately, I tend to make strangers wherever I go

Some of them were once people I was happy to know

Mounting mileage on the dash

Double darkness falling fast

I keep stressing, pressing on

Way deep down at some substratum

Feels like something really wrong has happened

And I confess I'm barely hanging on

All my happiness is gone

All my happiness is gone

It's all gone somewhere beyond

All my happiness is gone

“I always said we would stop before we got bad,” David Berman wrote upon disbanding Silver Jews in 2009. “If I continue to record I might accidentally write the answer song to ‘Shiny Happy People.’” “All My Happiness Is Gone,” the debut single from his new project Purple Mountains and the first new music since his hiatus, stays true to the mission. Don’t let the breezy arrangement or singalong “I Melt With You” chorus fool you: David Berman is as miserable and alone as ever.

Deanna Petcoff • Stage Lights • 2019

Her new song "Stage Lights" showcases the warmth and texture of her voice with playfully melancholy lyrics conveying longing and hope

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LOLADRE • "Be Great ft. Jeremy Pope" • 2019

Acclaimed for her starring roles in the Tony® Award-winning Broadway phenomenon Dear Evan Hansen as well as TV roles including Madison McCarthy in Glee Season 6 and Netflix' upcoming The Politician, with Loladre the multi-talented Laura Dreyfuss blends soulful vocals, electric pop hooks and a distinctly personal brand of lyrical songcraft, revealing a captivating new talent fueled by a truly unique outlook on what music can and should mean. Her star ascendant, she took on the name of Loladre for both herself and her audience, allowing herself a freedom to veer away from what was expected of her.

Little Church • "It's Not You" • 2019

"Captures the human reality while still being filled with fantasy and magic"
Wolf in a Suit

"Dreamy songs wandering in and out of complex melodies as hazy memories"
Kaltblut

"Angelically ethereal vocals taking centre stage, the band delicately form a soundscape of intricate bass lines surrounded by psychedelic synths and funky percussion (that) paints an illusion beyond our solar system."
Born Online

"Prominent and gorgeous vocals lead the way and set the tone for an impassioned performance from the band. The sound hints at 80s pop sound whilst keeping to a alternative rock foundation and sparkling synths wash the track in beautiful glittering sound that sets the single into a territory of its own."
Yack

CURSE OF LONO • Blackout Fever (Live at Toe Rag Studios) • 2019

"...the emotion hanging right at your ear lobes..." -B-Sides & Badlands

"...a stellar new album..." -Blurt Magazine

"Best known for their deeply cinematic blend of harmony-laden Americana and driving, gothic alt-rock, this release offers a more intimate, stripped-back take on some of the band’s existing material." -Elmore Magazine

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“We wanted to capture the vibe we get when we're jamming late at night,” explains frontman Felix Bechtolsheimer. “So we booked a couple of days in the studio, invited a few friends down and pressed record. Toe Rag Studios is an incredible place. There are no computers. There’s no technology to tempt you. We just played everything completely live like we do when we’re messing around in our rehearsal room, so what you hear is exactly what was played.”

Juju • God Is A Rover • 2019

Only partly rooted in the Psych Nouveau imaginary, it blends in African Poly-rhythms, Kosmische Musik, Mediterranean Folk suggestions and even Ethiopian Jazz in a unique formula, and is written around a very current philosophic concept of political VS psychological borders.

WAKE IN JUNE • lavender pink • 2019

"We don't make mistakes, we have happy accidents" 

Bob Ross

Bed Scene • Dulcinea • 2019

'“Dulcinea” is a lush, melodic gem with jangly guitars and soft synths accompanying the lush vocals of musician, producer, and composer Nick Aponte, behind the project Bed Scene."' - Mike Mineo, Obscure Sound

Color Collage • Eye On You • 2019

 came here on my own volition
To try and learn about the human condition
I seen a mother of one become a mother of two
Neither one of us knows what weʼre gonna do

Yeah I know weʼre all lost out here
With no way back home
Iʼm gonna need someone to watch my back
Itʼs not safe no more

Baby I'ma keep an eye on you

Margaret Atwood and Vonnegut were right
Went from fiction to fact, pretty much overnight
We might see the end of the world
But Iʼll meet you in the bunker cuz I love you, girl

Yeah I know weʼre all lost out here
With no way back home
Iʼm gonna need someone to watch my back
Itʼs not safe no more

Sands • The Phoenix • 2019

‘Lonely Circus’ shows Sands in a bittersweet mood. A playful guitar melody dances around tightly structured chords with Sands vocals sitting atop the mix in a psychedelic haze. Underneath this mazy sound, Sands vocals provide a sense of melancholia adding another level of depth to the song.

Louise Lemón • Montaña • 2019

“Louise Lemón's stunning brand of "death gospel" shines bright on her gorgeously depressing single "Not Enough," the story of a doomed relationship that flexes the full range of the singer's soulful voice” Revolver Magazine [US]

“It’s dark, it’s claustrophobic, and quite brilliant” Ja Ja Ja

“Haunting and impressive” NBHAP

“Death-gospel is fast becoming 2018’s sound of the underground – and Louise Lemón could be its breakout star” Louder

Big Thief • “Mary” • Pitchfork Music Festival 2018

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John Van Duesen • Whatever Makes You Mine • 2019

This song was produced by Andy D. Park at Ranchland Studios in Cisco, TX. We used the skeleton of my lodge demo and added and subtracted until we found what we wanted sonically. The drums were played by my good friend Braydn Krueger, whose aggression and energy really helped kick the song into high gear.

Recording in the middle of nowhere, hanging out and watching scary movies was a dream that suited this track perfectly.

This year I'll be writing new music, playing more shows, working on a sci-fi screenplay and hopefully getting a puppy and greenhouse for my wife.

Jacob Faurholt • The Dark Isn't Right • 2019

www.jacobfaurholt.com

Jacob Faurholt is one of Denmark’s most prolific songwriters. He has released more than 10 albums, both solo and under the moniker Crystal Shipsss - his more experimental project. The nine songs on Shake Off The Fear cover well-known themes from Faurholt’s own musical output. He writes about life, love and the anxieties that come with them. Always in an immediate and personal way, with nods to heroes like Daniel Johnston, Conor Oberst, and Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. The opening track, Stargazing, combines images from a vacation in Spain with the fear of flying and losing your mind and your loved ones. Another song, The Burning Ship, touches on the loss of a childhood friend in the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990. It’s a song that cherishes life while recognizing its frailty.

Dope Lemon • Hey You • 2019

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Peacock Affect • Lullaby • 2019

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Rah Rah • First Kiss / I'm A Killer • 2013

No Museums • The Artifact Is Nothing • 2019

A homemade hybrid of creaking pop and basement rock, using an array of textural devices and hummed noise. Echo boxes, delay pedals, soft distortion dynamics and guitars with buzzing strings. There is drift and there is direction. Enjoys the sounds of Little Wings, Guided By Voices, Velvet Underground, Wedding Present, Television Personalities.

Neuromantics • Invisible • 2019

‘London’s Neuromantics make crunching alt-rock with a personal twist’ CLASH

‘First single ‘Solaris’ - a statement of alternative intent if ever there was, and the sound of a band emphatically pushing in the same direction’ 1ST DAY FRESH

‘It’s one of those songs that’s the perfect road trip song, or the perfect song to write to, it’s not aggressively grasping at your attention it’s just a great song that you remember and if you saw it come on the radio you’d turn it all the way up’ OFF THE RECORD

SPAZA • 2019

Whilst continuing to enjoy an active career within the classical domain of music, he also extends his abilities towards other popular styles, from Jazz to Pop, Rock, Punk, and various forms of electronica and African genres.