Lipsticism – the creative outlet for Chicago-based songwriter and producer Alana Schachtel – recently announced details of their second album Two Mirrors Facing Each Other. Following that news, and hot on the heels of the ardently evocative lead single “Sentimental”, they return with its follow up “Transform”, premiering today on HighClouds. “Transform” is the sound of a parallel life of …
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Anna St. Louis – “Phone”
The most dreamy and ethereal Anna St. Louis announces her return with the debut single, “Phone,” from upcoming LP In The Air, a name most suiting of St. Louis’s gossamer sounds. At first listen, this album is more dynamic than the stark beauty of previous records (not to dismiss either- it’s new and fresh, like… air!); less …
Wes Tirey Returns
We talk about his 2019 album No Winners in the Blues which was just re-issued on wax on Full Spectrum Records. Wes is a unique songwriter and this album is especially unique as a departure from his usual literary style of writing character songs. No Winners is intensely personal, stark, and as textural as the pairing of Wes’s gorgeous acoustic …
Nashville Ambient Ensemble – “Prism”
We are honored to share “Prism” from Nashville Ambient Ensemble’s upcoming album Light and Space. As said before, NAE’s compositions are a gorgeous sonic embodiment of the accompanying exhibition, particularly the piece referenced below. Bending light, color, absence, space, purity, planes… their music is so ethereal, understated and multi-faceted, that words do fail. Pre-order the album for …
Song Preservation Society – Every Other Somewhere
This lovely record from three friends (Trevor Bahnson, Ethan Glazer and Daniel Wright) who reunited ten years after going their separate ways after a promising journey gathered in Ojai around a firepit during the panpan to share songs was brought to my attention by Scott Hirsch, who produced it alongside Syd Sidney. It is just …
Jeffrey Silverstein – “Cowboy Grass”
Better late than never, we’re sharing Jeffrey Silverstein’s new single from the upcoming Western Sky Music, out 5.12.23 on Arrowhawk Records. Jeffrey ceases to shy away from twang with the new record, both in nomenclature and in sound. The new single has Barry Walker Jr. at his Sneakiest Petiest, and Silverstein at his Bermaniest. Unsurprisingly, its awesome. …
Lilah Larson – “I”
This morning, the consistently solid and beautifully blossoming Ruination Record Co. announced Solo Guitar Improvisations , a collection of instrumental experiments by Lilah Larson (Cassandra Jenkins, Thao). Any announcement of solo guitar instrumentals is always good news here, and Lilah’s incredible work does not disappoint. Dive in now with the first track, “i” – which I interestingly …
Roxy Gordon – “An Open Letter To Illegal Aliens”
Paradise of Bachelors is reissuing Roxy Gordon’s 1988 album Crazy Horse Never Died on May 12th. Regrettably, I’d never heard of the late Choctaw, Assiniboine, and Texan poet, journalist, artist, activist, and musician Roxy Gordon (First Coyote Boy) who passed in 2000, but reading about his lifelong accomplishments, plus the fact that Townes and Terry Allen …
Wila Frank – “Tonight”
Today Wila Frank shares “Tonight,” the latest single from her upcoming album Black Cloud, an album of longing, heartache, revenge (in the form of living well). Her lyrics cut to the bone, production is sparkling, and her voice is otherwordly. At first listen I thought of Fiona Apple, in terms of emotional depth and wisdom beyond her …
Big Thief return with two new tracks, “Little Things” and “Sparrow”
Two years after their excellent albums U.F.O.F. and Two Hands, Big Thief return today with two new tracks, “Little Things” and “Sparrow,” which were both produced by their drummer James Krivchenia. “We all just scattered about the room without headphones, focused and in the music—you could feel that something special was happening,” Krivchenia explained about “Sparrow,” which was recorded in a single take. …