2025

Matt Hsu’s Obscure Orchestra’s ‘Forest Party’ and ‘Noodle’ are fearsomely eclectic albums. Genre boundaries dissolve, and everything is suspended freely, creating its own universe with all the randomness and beautiful chaos it implies. He proves that home can exist wherever there is hope and community.

Chatham Rabbits’ fourth album, Be Real with Me, is an honest and open album veined with regrets and desires that moves beyond their bluegrass borders to explore new musical territory.

Following his collaboration with Calexico and the recent trilogy of EPs, Dean Owens finally gets to unveil the atmospheric and evocative Spirit Ridge featuring The Stone Buffalo Band.

During their Celtic Connections performance, Catrin Finch’s mastery of the Welsh harp intertwined seamlessly with Aoife Ní Bhriain’s deft fiddle playing, creating a rich tapestry of sound that thoroughly captivated the audience.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew includes tracks from two recently lost greats, Marianne Faithfull and Susan Alcorn, plus music from Dana Gavanski, The Gentle Good, Chris Brain, Stein Urheim, Sam Amidon, Rosie Miles, David Thomas Broughton, Joshua Burnside, Blue Lake, Rose City Band and more.

The Gentle Good shares his latest single, Ten Thousand Acres, an ode to the Elan Valley’s many expressions and a meditation on ownership and our perception of landscape throughout time.

Stephen McAll (Constant Follower) is our latest Off the Shelf guest, a feature in which artists present objects from the shelves of their homes and talk about them. His new album, The Smile You Send Out Returns To You, is out next month.

French songstress Sophia Djebel Rose unveils ‘L’Homme au Costume Doré’ from her upcoming album, Sécheresse, as an experimental short movie with a ‘Nouvelle Vague nod feeling’.

Watch the video for ‘Roving I Will Go’, the new single from Johnny Campbell. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Britain’s first long-distance path, The Pennine Way, Johnny is walking the 268-mile route, performing 17 shows across 19 days in March/April 2025.

Mr Luck and Ms Doom, the fifth album by Portland-based country-soul band The Delines, demonstrates a mastery of big lounge ballads and further proves why Willy Vlautin is rightly considered one of America’s greatest songwriters and novelists.

Watch the video for The Burning Hell’s new single “Bottle of Chianti, Cheese and Charcuterie Board”, an off-kilter synth and double-bass hip shaker (with a banjo solo)…there is slapstick and dancing and costumes.

Musician, performer, composer, and sound artist Lucrecia Dalt shares ‘cosa rara’, her new single, featuring a rare appearance from David Sylvian; it’s the first solo offering since her highly acclaimed 2022 album ¡Ay!

Japanese psych-rock trio Kuunatic announce new album ‘Wheels of Ömon’, performed by ritual rhythms, chanted vocals, throbbing electric bass and ancient folk instruments. Listen to their lead single, Disembodied Ternion.

Just let it go…an eclectic new Mixtape ft. L’Entourloop, Pip Proud, The Anglin Brothers, Ustad Noor Bakhsh, Abner Jay, Thorn Wych, Onilu, Beings, Little Wings, Bobby Charles and more.