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Experimental, trippy, fiercely creative and quite mesmerising, Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl’s ‘For Translucence’ is a tricky album to pin down, but you’ll be glad you gave it the time and space to reveal itself.

Are Possible, the first full album from the trio Nathan Bowles, Rex McMurray and Casey Toll, is an outstanding slow burner of an album that benefits from repeated listens to unearth its intricate melodic details, phrases, time signatures and rhythmic shifts.

Taken from his new album Locust Land, Bill MacKay shares his second single, ‘Glow Drift’, on which he locks into a relatable psychedelic groove with Mikel Patrick Avery and Sam Wagster. Intelligence and imagination are the order of the day for these sonic explorers.

Our song of the day is Jim Woehrle & Michael Yonkers – Borders of My Mind. The title track of the latest reissue from Drag City celebrating the work of Yonkers…If you like The Fuggs & ISB you’ll love it!

Bill Callahan has released a new video for Small Plane taken from his latest LP/CD “Dream River”. It features a silent movie in which Bill plays a tyrant factory manager.

Mike Donovan’s debut solo record, Wot, sees the light of day this week on Drag City and he get’s the ball rolling with a new video for Do Do Ya?

Bill Callahan’s latest offering: ‘Dream River’ is another stunning chapter, an album where nothing shouts but everything works.

Mick Turner of Dirty Three is to release a new album that Drag City are touting as the first post-rock rock opera of our times.

Our Song of the Day is Expanding Dub, Bill Callahan’s re-imagined take on the song ‘Javelin Unlanding’ from his new album Dream River.

Scout Niblett’s new album ‘It’s Up To Emma’ is all about departure, about cutting free – sometimes violently – and starting again, albeit with a bitter residue. FRUK backed Scout Niblett into a corner for a chat.

Tu Fawning have been tipped by their label, Drag City, as the most eccentric band in Portland and provide a classic description of their sound: “dramatically colored soundscapes and indigo tinted dreams make David Lynch movies look like Disney parodies”. The good news is that they return in May with a new album titled A Monument from which Bones (track below) is taken from. Download Link They head over to …

Our song of the day is Bill Callahan’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘So Long, Marianne’. In other news, Bill Callahan is to release a new 7″ cover of the late Mickey Newbury’s “Heaven Help The Child”.