Mar 6, 2026
Trippers & Askers • “Kin” • 2026
I really don’t think life’s about the “I could have been’s” |
I really think that life is all about the “I tried to dos” |
- Nikki Giovanni  |
The Brook & The Bluff • Get By • 2026
“Fun, radiant, and irresistibly spirited”
- Atwood Magazine
“Full-on classic rock 'n' roll for this project, channeling inspirations like The Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Tom Petty. The record is sewn together by four-part harmonies and a high-voltage sound.”
- The Tennessean
“True to form, the bright, driving energy of the music contrasts sharply with the bittersweet ache of the lyrics.”
- Melodic Magazine
“The Brook & The Bluff are back, and they clearly intend to be heard...Although rock has always been
part of their DNA, this time they’ve thrown diesel on the fire."
- Americana Highways
"One of their most compelling records to date…It’s louder, bolder, and built for bigger rooms — yet still
grounded in the harmonies that got them here."
- Glide
Mar 4, 2026
Greg Mendez • I Wanna Feel Pretty • 2026
"In less than two minutes, Greg Mendez can express a lifetime’s worth of pain, regret, and resilience.” - Pitchfork
“It's at once a grandiose and understated... Mendez’s severe lyrical specificity opens up entire worlds in which the listener can find themselves.” - Rolling Stone
"In Mendez's hands, coming to terms with the worst of times has led to music so grippingly human, you'll want to hear him grapple with his demons on an endless loop." - NPR
"Mendez’s unrefined, plaintive voice, his piercing melodies, and his conversational but haunting lyrics all mark him out as one of the best songwriters to come out of a city teeming with great songwriters." - Stereogum
zzzahara • I Can Be Yours feat. Winter • 2026
"There's catharsis and grit and hardship in these songs, but at the same time...there's a certain kind of freedom to it... I really like the way this record kind of balances a lot of different feelings and sounds around a break-up in a way that still feels really approachable."
— Stephen Thompson, NPR Music
"zzzahara crafts perfect indie rock” — Them
— Stephen Thompson, NPR Music
"zzzahara crafts perfect indie rock” — Them
Dutch Interior • Go Fuck Yourself • 2026
“Country? Slowcore? Piano Pop? This multifarious LA sextet can do it all.” — Uncut
“The music of [Dutch Interior] feels loose on purpose, and it’s held together by something intuitive, a shared language that doesn’t need translating.”
— Rolling Stone, “Artist You Need to Know”
“There’s something about [Dutch Interior’s] music that can’t be copied – a sense of character, an evocative-ness of atmosphere.” — Clash
“It’s easy to get caught up in the fun [Dutch Interior] whips up.” — Pitchfork
“Rustic music that is romantic but not sickly, earnest without becoming cringe, and completely free of ego.” — The FADER
Mar 2, 2026
Ken Park • Crawl • 2026
"'Crawl' captures the emotional crossroads between youthful optimism and escapism," Liam Creemer (aka Ken Park) explains. "Written right after leaving high school, the song channels the thrill of chasing freedom alongside the thoughts of discarding an old life. It's about a coming of age reflection about leaving comfort behind, rebuilding yourself from the ground up and slowly becoming who you were meant to be."
Ken Park is a striking introduction for the budding New York songwriter. Delivered with extreme fervor and conviction, the six tracks on the EP evoke a sense of blissful melancholy–large, modulated guitars collide with pummeling drums, and ethereal soundscapes swirl together with Liam Creamer's wistful, evocative vocals. Ken Park is forward-looking, arriving with a remarkably definitive sound and ethos–made all the more impressive given the band's nascency. The EP solidifies Ken Park as one of the most exciting new voices in indie rock.
Ken Park is a striking introduction for the budding New York songwriter. Delivered with extreme fervor and conviction, the six tracks on the EP evoke a sense of blissful melancholy–large, modulated guitars collide with pummeling drums, and ethereal soundscapes swirl together with Liam Creamer's wistful, evocative vocals. Ken Park is forward-looking, arriving with a remarkably definitive sound and ethos–made all the more impressive given the band's nascency. The EP solidifies Ken Park as one of the most exciting new voices in indie rock.
Feb 22, 2026
Mirah • Dedication • 2026
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Mirah in action. Seven years, a death, a birth, a pandemic, a near-silent stretch of motherhood—and on Dedication, the singer-songwriter doesn’t so much “return” as pick up the thread mid-sentence. Older and earthier and more weathered now, yes, but with that same razor-sharp focus and keening vulnerability. Paste
Feb 20, 2026
The Flip Phones • Spinning Adrift • 2025
"Floating Aimlessly" is about the search for purpose during a global pandemic and finding hope in the mundane and inspiration when you least expect it. “Tumbleweed” takes the EP to a darker place. Relating the story of Tumblegeddon, where a storm of giant 30-foot high tumbleweeds buried cars and trucks along a 20-mile stretch of highway for hours, the tumbleweed rolling with the wind symbolizes the futility of control.
Abronia • Shapes Unravel • 2026
Abronia’s addition of pedal steel to doomy psychedelic rock makes for a hallucinogenic racket leavened by folk’s tonal warmth and understated dynamics. Flanking the aforementioned instrument with organic percussion, thick, hazy electric guitars, and the odd melodica and tenor sax line, the Oregon sextet’s debut is fuzzy experimental guitar music with a stoned feel and a palpable wanderlust; desert psych adapted for a continental climate. BC
BEATRIX • Class Reunion • 2026
The official video for “Class Reunion” feels like Twin Peaks meets The Office, set in a sterile community center. With a firm grip around commonplace anxiety, it is mesmerizing how Beatrix stares straight into the camera and holds the viewer captive — Watch.
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Westside Cowboy • So Much Country 'Till We Get There • 2026
Riding a wave of industry excitement by a self-coined genre of 'Britainicana', Westside Cowboy's pairing of 90's alt-guitar and folkish lyricism has brought about one of the most thrilling bands in the UK who find themselves in every music conversation. WtHB
Feb 4, 2026
ifitbeyourwill S06E28 • link3
Quiet can hit harder than loud when the songs leave space to breathe. For link3—the duo of James and sunniva—that principle wasn't an aesthetic choice so much as a necessity. Their debut, On The Outline, emerged from bedroom studios, repurposed equipment, and a shared conviction that releasing imperfect work beats hoarding it indefinitely. The result is a slowcore record that trades polish for proximity, and listeners are responding in kind: instrumentals scored to wedding aisles, fan-made recreations, unsolicited messages about memory and tenderness.
James writes guitar-first, melodies arriving before lyrics, arrangements built on restraint rather than density. Sunniva's vocals—shaped by years of imitating favorite artists until her own tone surfaced—lock into his with an ease that belies the duo's origins as an online connection. They met through happenstance, bonded over a late-blooming obsession with albums as cohesive objects, and committed to a DIY ethos that prioritized momentum over perfectionism. The bathroom fan hum on early demos? Part of the texture now.
The pair attributes much of their sound to taste as a curatorial tool—knowing what to leave out, when to stop tweaking, how restraint can magnify emotion. Acoustic hush meets gently produced textures; male-female harmonies circle each other without crowding. It's the kind of record that rewards patient listening, and its intimacy has found an audience hungry for exactly that.
Now they're eyeing Montreal studios and string players, hoping to carry their quiet core into higher fidelity without sacrificing the living-room warmth that made On The Outline work. Violin lines floating over guitar, a producer who respects silence, slowcore sensibilities with broader reach. The blueprint is there. Whether they can scale up without smoothing over the rough edges that made them compelling in the first place—that's the open question. For now, the bedroom recordings are doing the work.
Feb 1, 2026
Ritt Momney • GUNNA (Live 2026)
To make BASE, Jack Rutter (who performs as Ritt Momney) had to let go of everything. He had to get to the point where he thought he might quit music, forever. Tear everything down and build it all up again. Rutter’s story is one of reinventing yourself. After viral success with the release of his debut, Her and All My Friends, Rutter put out a cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On.” The song was an unexpected hit, taking off almost half a year after it was initially released, and landing in the Billboard Hot 100. In 2021, he released his second full-length record Sunny Boy, a record of warm to the touch bedroom pop. And then Rutter started to fall out of love with music.
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