Joshua Burnside’s “The Last Armchair” opens with a brutal intimacy: “Oh, The last armchair you ever sat on / Before you overdosed / Is the one I sit in every morning / To eat my egg and toast;” the Belfast songwriter revealing how grief strips away every carefully constructed illusion of adulthood, that beneath mortgages and responsibilities we’re all still waiting for reassurance.
Hen Ogledd’s third album, DISCOMBOBULATED, is fresh, weird, pranksterish, passionate and downright uncategorisable as we have come to expect. Their blend of freaky electronic folk-rock, politically charged psych-pop and modernist compositional techniques is elusive, bewildering and brilliant—music that seems to invent new colours. Admirably anti-bigotry, anti-corporate, anti-corruption. Their most consistent, relevant and boundary-pushing record yet.
Lemoncello reveal their new single “Meet Me Halfway”, their first new music since last year’s self-titled debut. Written in a clifftop cabin overlooking the Skellig Islands and later recorded with co-producer Ruth O’Mahony-Brady, the six-minute track explores modern disconnection through sparse guitar, voice, and distant strings—a quietly persuasive meditation on vulnerability and connection.
The Notwist have shared “Projectors,” a new single from one of 2026’s most anticipated albums, News from Planet Zombie (March 13th via Morr Music). The track offsets burbling electronics against country-tinged songwriting, featuring guests Enid Valu, Haruka Yoshizawa, Chris Xiao, and Mathias Götz. The band describes the lyrics as “written as if Rutger Hauer could sing them in Blade Runner.”
Gabriel Kahane and Roomful of Teeth have announced Elevator Songs, due April 3. The collaborative album centres on an interdimensional hotel where time and space dissolve. Lead single Speaking In Tongues—with a video by Robert Edridge-Waks—showcases the ensemble’s signature vocal work, building to a bone-shattering climax. Scored for eight voices, the album offers fizzy hooks and bold production.
Pedal steel player Barry Walker Jr. teams with drummer Rob Smith and bassist Jason Willmon for Paleo Sol, a luminous Thrill Jockey release built on space and texture. Walker’s steel guides rather than dominates, creating conversational interplay across tracks like the buoyant Leaving Lower Big Basin and the hypnotic twelve-minute Sentient Lithosphere. Confident, inviting, and impeccably produced, this is collaborative instrumental music at its finest.
Cat Clyde shares “Man’s World,” the second single from her March 13th album Mud Blood Bone via Concord Records. The track confronts patriarchal frustrations with unflinching honesty, and includes the lyric, “I can’t express my woman self/Without a shield across my chest”. Watch the new music video now.
With stream-of-consciousness lyrics and a viscerally raw video, Tōth’s new single “Thoughts Are Like Clouds” is an ode to meditation that balances deadly serious spiritual practice with self-aware humour. The track climaxes with an explosive plea over driving drums and clanking pianos, while the Brooklyn-shot video captures magical accidents, such as chalk dust floating in slow motion.
The latest Monday Morning Brew playlist is just under two hours long and features music from Catrin Finch, Mitski, Charlotte Cornfield, Iron & Wine, Jesca Hoop, Majke Voss, Gia Margaret, Rob Noyes, Benedicte Maureseth, Tucker Zimmerman, and lots more.
Another Brew playlist, ft. Swelt, Ye Vagabonds, Damien Jurado, Joe Harvey-Whyte & Geir Sunstøl, Chris Brain, Little Mazarn, Quest Ensemble, Benedicte Maureseth & Ensemble neoN, Marta Del Grandi, Penny Arcade, Mike Tod, Barry Walker Jr., Balladeste, Ana Silvera & Saied Silbak, Maz O’Connor, Michael Cormier-O’Leary, and more
This week’s mixtape spotlights Ye Vagabonds’ latest album, All Tied Together, alongside Philadelphia’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary and Bill Callahan’s final preview of his upcoming LP. Dive into Marta Del Grandi’s art-pop landscapes, plus new sounds from Hen Ogledd, Jana Horn, and Pefkin. Featuring additional tracks from Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore, Damien Jurado, Joe Westerlund, and Matt Kivel.
This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist is filled with new releases from the likes of Ulster Trio TRÙ, Bill Callahan, Courtney Barentt, Susan O’Neill & Valerie June, Cat Power, Cat Clyde, Setting, Gregory Uhlmann, Chantal Acda and more.
Kevin Morby announces Little Wide Open, out May 15th via Dead Oceans, with lead single Javelin featuring Amelia Meath. The accompanying video stars Morby and comedian Caleb Hearon on an ATV through Missouri backroads, capturing the restless motion at the album’s heart. Produced by Aaron Dessner, the album completes a trilogy exploring middle America with Morby’s most personal songwriting yet.
Tenderness shares “Day of Atonement”, a hypnotic indie-folk track featuring Deep Throat Choir, ahead of debut album True (March 13th via Amorphous Sounds). The impressionistic song explores care, codependency and addiction through layers of drones, pedal steel and ethereal vocals. Born from lockdown grief, True examines modern love and loss through both digital screens and natural landscapes.
Spencer Cullum has shared ‘Look at the Moon,’ a new single featuring Erin Rae, ahead of his album Coin Collection 3 (out March 27th via Full Time Hobby). Written as a tribute to his wife and her Nashville bookshop, the track circles around a quiet mantra—”Days might feel gloom / Look at the moon”—finding beauty in the patient work of building something meaningful together.
Matt Kivel’s eighth album, Escape from L.A., is his most autobiographical offering—a nine-year labor of love weaving personal memories with cultural touchstones. Like Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks, it plays with time and perspective. From the gentle shuffle of Santa Monica to the ominous throb of Tidal Wave, Kivel has crafted a widescreen reflection on home, memory, and place.
North Carolina singer-songwriter MC Taylor, the creative force behind Hiss Golden Messenger, has announced his forthcoming album I’m People, set for release May 1st via Chrysalis Records. The announcement arrives alongside “In The Middle Of It,” a desert-soaked lead single accompanied by a lyric video that captures the wandering spirit of Taylor’s latest work.
Gregory Uhlmann shares “Burnt Toast,” the second single from Extra Stars (out March 6 via International Anthem), demonstrating his distinctive ability to transform guitar tones in real time. The track moves through warring syncopations, synthetic glissandos, and stereo warbles, showcasing the rhythm-forward approach that defines his forthcoming album. Watch him performing live at International Anthem Studios in Chicago.
Ora Cogan shares “Division,” a stark, reverberant track from her Sacred Bones debut Hard Hearted Woman, out March 13th. Her voice cuts through cavernous space like a warning flare, pleading against division and cruelty. The gothic video unfolds as a morality play featuring three symbolic beings. Weaving haunted folk and psych-rock, the album captures resilience in fractured times.
OHYUNG has shared “nevada,” the second single from IOWA, arriving March 6th. The track opens with a field-recorded boom—looping throughout as glacial melodies pulse beneath choral voices and wailing synths. The album marks Lia Ouyang Rusli’s return to ambient music, documenting her year in Iowa City with ghostly textures built from field recordings and devotional samples.
Anjimile releases Waits For Me, the second single from You’re Free to Go. “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be free… When I was a little boy, I wanted to be real,” he sings, affirming his inner child through warm acoustic guitar and glimmering synths. Produced by Brad Cook, the album traces years of transformation—from grief to renewal, asking what happens when you let love in.
more eaze has shared “healing attempt,” an adventurous avant-pop single from multi-instrumentalist mari rubio’s forthcoming album ‘sentence structure in the country,’ out March 20th via Thrill Jockey. The track weaves resolute vocals and acrobatic harmonies through layers of strings, guitar, banjo, and stuttering electronics—a gently pulsing composition adorned with lush, unpredictable textural flourishes mirroring the song’s themes of navigating pain.
White Fence is releasing a new album, Orange, on April 24th. The record marks Tim Presley’s first White Fence release in seven years and was produced by Ty Segall at his Harmonizer II studio. Watch the video for lead single ‘Your Eyes’ that opens with gut-punching snare hits before rolling into sunny guitar strums, building toward a power chorus that showcases Presley’s direct, punkish delivery.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy has shared “Hey Little,” the second single from his forthcoming album We Are Together Again, out March 6th via Domino Records. The track features Catherine Irwin on vocals and string arrangements inspired by Madonna’s “Dear Jessie.” The video, shot on film and incorporating double-exposure techniques, was filmed in a Louisville indoor pool and draws inspiration from the classic Burt Lancaster film The Swimmer.
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