2025

Perpetual Doom Records has announced the September 19th release of “Best Of Generifus,” a retrospective compilation from Washington State’s Spencer Sult. Spanning two decades, the album gathers 15 tracks from his ever-evolving catalog, highlighting Sult’s intimate, enduring songwriting. These songs, drawn from bedroom tapes and recent full-lengths, offer a beautifully …

Hannah Frances has announced her new album, Nested in Tangles, will be released on October 10th via Fire Talk. The composer, vocalist, guitarist, and poet has also shared the video for the lead single, “Surviving You,” a poignant reflection on generational trauma and self-preservation. She has also shared details of …

Marking their 11th Anniversary, International Anthem continue their reissue series with Angel Bat Dawid’s 2019 debut, The Oracle. Originally recorded and mixed on her cell phone, this influential album solidified Dawid as an essential voice in improvised music. The new IA11 edition features redesigned artwork and new liner notes by …

Japanese artist Nobukazu Takemura has shared “an ephemeral radiant,” a new single from his upcoming album, knot of meanings, due September 26th. The track captures Takemura’s singular blend of electro-acoustic instrumentation with sublime, understated arrangements. Steady piano figures are dappled with melodic motifs from cello synth, plinking electronics, and a …

Taken from his new album, Hillbilly Ragas, Sir Richard Bishop’s latest single, “Pass the Juggernaut,” is a ferocious, brooding track that channels tradition, near severed from its source. It’s a journey into the “dark woods” of sound, with Bishop’s jagged, blunted strikes creating an intense and intimate musical experience that …

Fletcher Tucker shares the video for ‘Great Flowering Mind’, the final single from his forthcoming new album Kin (out this Friday). “…a song of kinship with the more-than-human – boulders, rivers and trees, spirits of place and long-dead ancestors…a song which describes and embodies the practice of kin-making (kinning).”

Marissa Nadler is perhaps the most distinctive and gifted songwriter working in the nebulous realm of dark folk, and New Radiations feels like a perfect distillation of her unsettlingly graceful music: essential for long-time fans and ideal for newcomers. It could easily become a career-defining album. 

Our latest Monday Morning Brew playlist features tunes from Big Thief, Cass McCombs, Shrunken Elvis, Geir Sundstøl, Laura Veirs, Sam Shackleton, Jack Norton & Charlie Parr, Joan Shelley, Sō Percussion, Benedicte Maurseth, Swimming Bell, P.G. Six, Lucy Dacus, Kissing Other ppl, Dana Sipos, Tom Skinner, Floating Action and Caimin Gilmore.

An open secret, Cass McCombs is a talent lauded by critics and peers but remains something of an outsider. On Interior Live Oak, he’s in predictably fine form, delivering one of his strongest collections of songs that showcase an easily worn, hard-won maturity, with a perfect balance between concision and …

Secretly Canadian have reissued Songs: Ohia’s fabled 1998 album, Impala, on vinyl. Long out-of-print, the record is a raw document of Jason Molina’s songwriting, rooted in the blue-collar melancholy of Lorain, Ohio. This new edition offers a chance to explore a foundational work from a singular artist—listen to the unreleased …

Norwegian Hardanger fiddler, composer and writer Benedicte Maurseth has released “Simleflokk under månen,” the new single from her upcoming album Mirra. The hypnotic track evokes a herd of female reindeer journeying beneath the moonlight across the vast Hardangervidda plateau. Maurseth’s distinctive fiddle blends with folk traditions, minimalism, and wildlife sounds, …

Alongside a video by Ellius Grace, Alt-folk duo DUG have released ‘Have At It!’, the poignant title track from their debut album, arriving September 19th. The song’s title comes from a heartfelt family joke, anchoring the band’s unique blend of American and Irish folk traditions. Comprised of Lorkin O’Reilly and …

Modern Nature share their hypnotic new single “Alpenglow” from the upcoming album The Heat Warps, out August 29th via Bella Union. The record marks a shift to a more direct, groove-based sound for the band, led by a dynamic dual-guitar attack. Catch them on their extensive North American tour throughout …

Emily A. Sprague has announced her new album, Cloud Time, arriving October 10th. The record chronicles her debut tour of Japan through a series of environmental improvisations guided by the energy of each moment. The lead single, “Tokyo 1,” is a spacious and welcoming track capturing the emotional arc of …