Alex Gallacher

BC Camplight releases his raw and redemptive album, A Sober Conversation, today. The album confronts personal trauma and embraces sobriety, offering a profound musical journey. Alongside, he shares the lyric video for “Bubbles In The Gasoline,” a track featuring Jess Branney of Peaness.

Oropendola, the Brooklyn-based project of Joanna Schubert, today unveils her sophomore album, “Swimming,” via Spirit House Records. This intimate piano-vocal record arrives alongside a captivating music video for the focus track “Pyre”.

Akira Kosemura’s “MIRAI” is out today. This highly anticipated album is his first-ever vocal project, featuring an impressive lineup including Devendra Banhart and Mr Hudson. Watch the video for “Ongaku” featuring Devendra Banhart, directed by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild, offering a visual journey into Kosemura’s phantasmal statement for the future and his quest for a musical utopia.

Best known for his loosely conceptual 1972 psychedelic folk classic Dreaming with Alice, Normandy-based English singer-songwriter and painter Mark Fry is our latest ‘Off the Shelf’ guest – a form of storytelling through objects. His selections capture that painter’s eye detail as he recalls distant memories with beautiful clarity. It’s an excellent read. Mark’s new album, ‘Not on the Radar’, is out now on Second Language.

Eve Adams’s ‘Couldn’t Tell The Time’ is a bright, shuffling train-like journey into her new album, American Dust. With playful violin, it explores life’s “magic hour”—that uncertain space between youth and age. This single hints at American Dust’s broader narrative: a tender, yet stark, eulogy for the American dream, set against the timeless beauty of the Southwest.

Jazzman Records take us on a deep dive into the resilient, often defiant, spiritual jazz of the Soviet Bloc. From the early 1960s to the precipice of the 1980s, the tracks curated here reveal a fascinating dialogue between global modernism and deeply rooted local traditions. A radical, intoxicating brew that “no amount of guns, tanks or polonium tea could overcome.”

Kathryn Williams has announced her 15th studio album, ‘Mystery Park’, due September 26th via One Little Independent Records. To mark the announcement, Williams has shared a new single, ‘Personal Paradise’, released alongside a video by Emma Holbrook. The album was created in collaboration with several trusted artists, including Leo Abrahams, Neill MacColl, Polly Paulusma, Chris Vatalaro, Ed Harcourt, David Ford, and Paul Weller.

Recorded at the Zig Zag Club in Berlin over two years ago, International Anthem shares a live performance of “I am (bells)” by Ben LaMar Gay that lends enormous weight to the description of him as an imbued composer, conjurer, and channeler of cosmopolitan Blues.

Scottish-Indian artist Chloe Matharu’s new single, “A Sailor’s Prayer,” is a poignant tribute to seafarers lost at sea. Featuring her grandfather’s harmonium, the song serves to highlight the tragic history of maritime disasters and loss of life caused by overloaded vessels to deliberate scuttling and wartime destruction. Matharu, a former Merchant Navy officer, lends an authentic voice to modern seafarers, continuing the folk tradition of narrating working life through music.

Today, The Rolling Stones release a dynamic cover of Clifton Chenier’s signature tune, “Zydeco Sont Pas Salés,” honouring the King of Zydeco’s 100th birthday. This vibrant tribute precedes a comprehensive box set and a scholarship fund, ensuring Chenier’s profound legacy continues to inspire.

Chicago’s Case Oats, fronted by the captivating Casey Gomez Walker, offers another enticing glimpse into their forthcoming debut album, Last Missouri Exit, with the release of their new single, “In a Bungalow.” Out August 22nd on Merge Records, the album promises a rich tapestry of sound, further highlighted by this pop-leaning, ’60s-style track.

Animal Collective have released “Love on the Big Screen,” marking the band’s first 2025 offering. Produced by Avey Tare and Adam McDaniel (Drop of Sun Studios founder), it’ll be on a 7″ vinyl single with B-side “Buddies on the Blackboard,” out August 1 via Domino. Watch the accompanying visualizer created by Danny Perez.