2025

North Louisiana’s blues titan Robert Finley returns with Hallelujah! Don’t Let The Devil Fool Ya, arriving October 10th. Produced by Dan Auerbach, the new gospel-infused album was incredibly improvised and recorded in just one day. The powerful single, “Helping Hand,” leads the project. Finley supports the release with a European …

Poet Saul Williams and producer Carlos Niño have released “The Water Is Rising…”, a new single featuring poet aja monet. The track pits monet’s soft apocalyptic reading against Williams’s hopeful parable, set to swirling woodwinds from Kamasi Washington and ethereal vibraphone. It’s the latest preview of their collaborative album, Saul …

North Carolina’s Joseph Decosimo leans into the weird and psychedelic side of Old-time music on Fiery Gizzard. Traditional tunes are reimagined with a trusting, open-door policy for collaborators, which includes Stephanie Coleman, Matthew O’Connell, Jay Hammond and Andy Stack, blending fiddle and banjo with synth, electric guitar, and percussion. The …

Chris Staples’ ‘Don’t Worry’ is a beautiful portrait of stillness, born from a welcome life gear change. Leaning further into his introspective Americana style, the record is warm and minimalist. Intimate songs with soothing pedal steel and subtle piano explore triumphs and regrets with personal, poetic lyrics, offering an uplifting …

Our latest Off the Shelf guest is Fletcher Tucker, whose new album, Kin, is out next week on Gnome Life Records. Tucker shares some special objects from his home on the unceded Esselen tribal lands now known as Big Sur, California–From Jaime de Angulo, one of Big Sur’s wildest heart-minds, …

Taken from her new album, American Dust, listen to Eve Adams’ new single ‘Get Your Hopes Up’. A spirited, noir-ish bar-room stomper with a nod to Nancy Sinatra, the track introduces an album described as a eulogy for the American dream. Set against the haunting backdrop of the American Southwest, …

Joan Shelley has announced her seventh album, Real Warmth, arriving September 19th on No Quarter. Recorded in Toronto with producer Ben Whiteley and a host of local musicians, the album aims to be “a capture instead of a meticulous construction.” The communal lead single, “Everybody,” is out now. Shelley will …

A new compilation from DJ and curator Edna Martinez celebrates Colombia’s Picó culture—the colossal, hand-painted sound systems at the heart of coastal street parties. As the culture faces pressure at home, it has found new life abroad, with authentic picós now being built as far as Australia. This album captures …

Three pillars of Chicago’s experimental scene—Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart—have formed a new trio. Their debut single, “Stone Piece I,” out now on International Anthem, transforms improvised strings and vocals into a textural soundscape using analog tape loops. The release previews their live debut at Chicago’s Sound & …

Nashville trio Shrunken Elvis—Spencer Cullum, Sean Thompson, and Rich Ruth—share their dreamlike new single, “K-House.” The track blends sharp, psychedelic guitar with a downtempo dance groove, landing somewhere between dreamy kosmische and an ’80s cop show soundtrack. It’s a preview of their self-titled debut album, out September 5th, a project …

Lyrical storyteller Jeremy Tuplin shares his new single ‘Stranger In The Garden’ today, a fuzzy, lo-fi indie-rock track taken from his upcoming fifth album, Planet Heaven. Rippling with psychedelic violin and Tuplin’s deep drawl, the song, featuring Dana Gavanski, precedes the album’s release on 17th October. Described as a subversive …

Global-folk collective Mishra have announced their first collaborative album with acclaimed Indian classical/Sufi vocalist Deepa Shakthi. Titled ‘Turn O Spinning Wheel’ and out October 17, the record fuses English folk with Sufi song. The hypnotic first single, ‘Kite’, built on an Irish jig structure, will be released next week on …

Drag City announces the 10th-anniversary vinyl reissue of Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker’s hypnotic debut, Land of Plenty, arriving September 26th. Recorded live during their famed 2015 Chicago residency, the album showcases the duo’s telepathic guitar interplay. To celebrate, a new music video for the title track has been released, …

In the heart of Kyoto, a city renowned for its timeless beauty and rich artistic heritage, a singular musician is crafting a sound that is both deeply personal and daringly experimental. Kita Kouhei—a sound artist, composer, and master of the rare Array Mbira–builds immersive soundscapes that seamlessly blend the organic …