Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band Announce New Records, New Threats From the Soul
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band— the project of Louisville-based visual artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ryan Davis — announce their new album, New Threats From The Soul, out July 25th via Sophomore Lounge/Tough Love. The lead single and title track, which features guest vocalist Catherine Irwin of legendary Louisville band Freakwater, is streaming…
Daily Toll Announce Debut Album, A Profound Non-Event
A Profound Non-Event, the debut album by Sydney-based three piece Daily Toll, comprises 11 songs traversing three years of forged friendships, collaborative experimentation and a shared love of growing through words and song. Those attuned to the ever-vibrant Australian underground may already be well familiar with Daily Toll, their consistent live presence…
Hospital II Out Today
Out today and in line with the always helpful Bandcamp Friday is HOSPITAL II, the product of one evening and several years of friendship. Kevin Linn (Sad Eyed Beatniks, Present Electric) who runs Paisley Shirt Records, a mostly tape label in San Francisco, was releasing Present Electric S/T. He needed a bonus cassette to go with it, since he always sends one…
Nowhere Near Today By Midding Out Today
Nowhere Near Today, the debut EP by Cardiff-based five-piece Midding, is out today as a limited edition 12″ and across all digital services. Recorded to an 8-track Tascam 488MKII, both at home and in a studio facility located in a disused shopping centre, and entirely self-produced and mixed, the five tracks channel the band’s Spector-inspired ambitions…
Tough Love 20 – Friday 9th May @ ICA
Tough Love is ready to celebrate their twentieth anniversary with an evening of celebration and curiosity at the ICA. From their beginnings in 2005, Tough Love has consistently released music that’s as surprising as it is immediate, all while maintaining an independent ethos and unique aesthetic. From early releases with groups like HEALTH, Girls Names, Weird…
Index For Working Musik Announce New Album, Which Direction Goes The Beam
In this post Sounds world, the boundaries of Post Punk have not only broadened but splintered. And over the course of (now) four releases, Index For Working Musik have seen to using the sprawling boundaries to great effect, flexing a polyglot of styles to convey the language of the moment. On Which Direction Goes The Beam, the murky, distant ambience that was…
Hospital II Out 7th March
HOSPITAL II is the product of one evening and several years of friendship. Kevin Linn (Sad Eyed Beatniks, Present Electric) who runs Paisley Shirt Records, a mostly tape label in San Francisco, was releasing Present Electric S/T. He needed a bonus cassette to go with it, since he always sends one out with an official release. He asked his friends Mike Ramos…
Out Today: Index For Working Musik – Purple Born
“Oh no there’s something wrong, I’ve heard he likes guitar” New beginnings from the old bunker: leather boys, leather girls, and silly cuckoo clocks. And the first signal of the future to come in 2025. Oh boy. Watch the Nathalia Bruno directed video for ‘Purple Born’ here. Photo below by Steve Gullick. Four-song 12″ lathe cut,…
Out Today: Cindy – Swan Lake – 12″ EP & digital
It’s Bandcamp Friday once again and marking the occasion is the release of Cindy’s latest record, the six song EP Swan Lake. The title isn’t a nod to the folktale or ballet in any real way, but to the fact that it all has ended up in the collective imagination as an object, vaguely recognizable, a little suggestive, and mostly blank. Karina Gill,…
The Reds, Pinks & Purples – Still Clouds At Noon – white pressing out now
A limited edition white vinyl pressing of The Reds, Pinks & Purples’ previously tour-only LP, Still Clouds At Noon, is now available from your local indie store. Note this is a worldwide release and can be ordered by any store in all major territories – ask if your store of choice doesn’t have it. You can also stream the album in full from…