June 2025

It’s been over a decade since Icelandic experimentalists múm last graced us with a full-length, but the wait is finally over. Today, the collective announced History of Silence, their seventh studio album, due out September 19th on Morr Music. Alongside the announcement, múm shared the video for their new single, …

Steve Gunn announces ‘Music for Writers,’ arriving August 15th via Three Lobed Recordings. It’s described as a wordless collection of pieces meant to accompany thought and inspire another way – “It came from walking without direction, from listening to birds and distant engines, looking at sculpture, watching movement through a …

On July 25th, Genevan microchoir Alice releases Châteaux Faibles via Bongo Joe. This art-pop album about resilience and communal strongholds is an audio tale of sisterhood. The title track embodies their core idea: building a space where vulnerability is transformed into a collective strength. The result is less about grandeur …

Noura Mint Seymali’s ‘Yenbett’ arrives after a nine-year studio hiatus, a testament to enduring growth. Co-produced by her longtime drummer Matthew Tinari and Mdou Moctar’s Mikey Coltun, the album’s first single, “Guéreh,” is a resurgent wedding dance from Mauritania’s past. Seymali, a griot and ardine master, breathes kaleidoscopic new life …

Oslo-based drummer, composer, producer and bandleader, Gard Nilssen has expanded his Acoustic Unity band with saxophonists Signe Emmeluth and Kjetil Møster for their new album, Great Intentions. Listen to their powerful lead single Ostronology – the magic of this new combination is clear from the outset.

Chris Staples has always possessed a knack for finding profundity in the mundane, but his latest offering, Don’t Worry (August 5th), elevates this skill to new heights. Settled into the stillness of Richmond, VA, Staples transmutes domestic tranquillity into a sprawling yet intimate landscape. The album’s lead single and video, …

Dean Johnson isn’t new to the slow burn. For years, the Seattle songwriter was a local legend, a barman dispensing both libations and lyrical gems. His forthcoming Saddle Creek debut, I Hope We Can Still Be Friends, truly ushers The Melancholy Maestro of the Pacific Northwest into the muted, wistful …

Anna Tivel has announced her seventh studio album, Animal Poem. This highly anticipated collection of original material was recorded live with friends and co-producer Sam Weber; the 10-track set was made “in conversation: everyone together in the room, listening and responding in real time…” Watch the video for the title …

Taken from his new album, I Love People (July 25th, Drag City), Cory Hanson’s latest single turns to the “bard of the Big Rotten Apple”, Lou Reed. He sings – “You were a prince and a fighter / and you were a tai chi master,” to form a tender elegy for …

Carson McHone announces her new album, ‘Pentimento’ on Merge Records, and shares her first album single ‘Winter Breaking’, the video for which features the art and work of ceramicist Alejandra Almuelle. She shared: “This project continues to be, really, a community effort. What began as a methodical structuring of personal …

This year sees the end of an era of sorts for Texan instrumentalist Hayden Pedigo, with the release of I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away completing his ‘Motor Trilogy’. We met to find out more about the making of this ‘bittersweet’ finale. “…it’s far more maximalist. We utilised heavy …

Poor Creature, featuring Ruth Clinton of Landless, Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum and John Dermody of The Jimmy Cake, share their latest single and video, ‘All Smiles Tonight’, the title track of their forthcoming debut album. “This song is about seeing your fella on the dance floor with another woman, except …

For Old Time Fantasias, Joseph Allred enlisted the help of pianist Hans Chew. Before long, the project had burgeoned into what Allred calls ‘probably the most involved and densely orchestrated album I’ve made to date.’ Featuring banjo, strings, pump organ and trombones, Allred’s visionary music will carry you into an …

Jeremy Tuplin is set to release his new album, ‘Planet Heaven’, in mid-October. The first single, ‘Pigeon Song’, is out now, accompanied by a video featuring a cameo from Dominic Silvani. ‘Pigeon Song’, a jangly indie-pop tune, celebrates love and nature, a “soft defiance” against negativity. The album delves into …