Alex Gallacher

Made in collaboration with LeRoy Bach, with contributions from drummer Quin Kirchner and a cameo from Ben Lamar Gay, Marvin Tate’s new album, Controlled Burn, drops on August 29th via Amalgam Music. Watch the video for the album single ‘First You Hear’, – a musical firework exploding in your cerebellum.

Jeremiah Chiu has announced his new album, Edge Conditions, and shared the lead single, Plastic Mind / Elastic Machines, accompanied by a feverish and surreal animation by Korey Martin. The album has been described as a shining display of Chiu’s range and depth as both a composer and producer, in which every facet of his collaborative work and sonic personality feels represented.

Today, Natalie Wildgoose has released Rural Tapes, a live EP of songs taken from Rural Hours – “I made Rural Tapes during a day of heavy rainfall up north, there was nothing else to do other than stay indoors, windows open and play the piano.”

Riffing off 70’s soul while recounting the ICE raids in Los Angeles during June 2025, Big Trouble, the Los Angeles based project led by Justin Kohlberg (Moonrun) and Daniel Talamantes, have shared their new single Dange, ahead of On Elephant Hill, their forthcoming album on Royal Oakie Records.

Read our latest Substack Newsletter and enjoy our Two-Hour Monday Morning Brew weekly playlist: spiritual vibes from the hippie forefather, eden ahbez, Ethio-jazz, psychedelic folk, and more. Plus, three of my favourite albums on New York’s Freedom to Spend label; a delve into the finely crafted books from German publisher Steidl (including a full-length Documentary); plus a John Cohen Documentary on Roscoe Holcomb, and my latest favourite releases.

This week’s Mixtape is made up of entirely new releases, from indie folk to the ambient and experimental. From our recent album reviews, we’ve got music from Elanor Moss, Alex Dupree and Hana Stretton. Plus, we have new tracks from Jake Xerxes Fussell, FRMR, Arborist, Awen Ensemble, Biita Houdei, and Clara Mann.

On “Run Around,” Chase Elodia turns love-song clichés inside out. The Brooklyn drummer and poet’s vocal debut, “Real Ones,” is due October 23rd on Long Echo Records. After hearing him sing, you can understand why he has been compared to Arthur Russell — a relationship heightened by his new single’s strong percussive elements, calling to mind the groove-driven avant-garde of Russell’s World of Echo.

Biita Houdei shares “Night Fright,” the third single from her debut album “This Bed Was Made For Me”. The track explores parallel relationships, one rooted in difficulty and turmoil, the other blossoming into something effortless and gentle. It’s accompanied by a horror-tinged video directed by Seth Naugle and Sam Falconi.

Clara Mann has shared a video for “All My Devotion”, the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Wishbone’, out October 23rd via state51. She shared: “I wrote it about my instinct to give everything to someone”, and it follows her lead single “News From Home”. Mann performs a live BBC Radio 2 session for Mark Radcliffe tonight, with UK and European tour dates this autumn.

Arborist shares “The Taming of Horses,” and announces his first self-produced album, Looking For Love, due via Fika Recordings. Belfast songwriter Mark McCambridge wrote the track during late nights watching Jacob Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man. Lush Hammond organ gives the song a sprawling, sophisticated feel — simultaneously disquieting and uplifting.

On their new EP, The Walls Around Ballyfin, the Leeds-based septet Awen Ensemble set sail for Ireland. Listen to their mesmerising lead single and title track, on which they bring a new lease of life to a forgotten folk song and a tune written by their drummer Eddie Bowes’s great-grandfather in County Laoise, Ireland.

Andrew Farmer, aka FRMR, has shared ‘Echinacea’, the new single from his second album, Ochre, out on August 28th via Bluestack Records. The nine-track album continues the ecological songwriting of his 2021 debut, Amelanchier, and broadens its sound alongside contributions from Michael Mormecha, Linley Hamilton, Duke Special, Luke Sital-Singh, and more.