Finny McConnell - The Dark Streets of Love
A collection of his most intimate musings to date, The Dark Streets of Love is McConnell’s love letter to everyone important in his world. With The Mahones, McConnell unleashed more than 20 albums to the masses and shared the stage with many. Finny McConnell’s first solo album is its own homecoming — to himself.
Hippo Campus - Good Dog, Bad Dreams EP
Good Dog, Bad Dream is a collection of songs that came together with ease, and without pressure -- a wildly different experience than the typical Hippo Campus recording process with a genuine sense of freedom and enjoyment. It’s also the first music that the band has recorded in their new Minneapolis studio space.
Old Sea Bridge - Motivational Speaking
Old Sea Brigade documents the space between those changes in his songs. Atlanta-born and Nashville-based singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Cramer captures anxiety, nostalgia, confusion, love, loss, and, ultimately, hope in tender true-life snapshots colored by folk eloquence, Americana bliss, rock energy, and country heart.
Paragon Cause - Autopilot
The Ottawa group’s third album, Autopilot is an affirming and resolute benchmark in their career, signaling a profound elevation in their commitment to superlative songwriting, masterful arrangements, and exceptionally compelling and memorable production.
Bryan Away - Canyons to Sawdust
Canyons to Sawdust showcases Elliot Korte's skill of composition in addition to intense storytelling and poetic lyricism.
Impavid Colossus - Prologue
Impavid Colossus is a Brazilian band from São Paulo with many different influences. Breaking the barriers of genres by mixing punk rock with grunge, hard rock and metal, always emphasizing harmony. The music is fast, strong, aggressive, brutal and at the same time captivating, tailored to strike a unique balance.
The Ludlow Mansion - Glitter & Milk
Isolation and boredom suck, but as musicians who own computers, they had a hack for both problems. They started recording tracks and passing them around to each other. "I Was Metal" was the first of these. There was no rehearsal, no charts, not even a Zoom call. But, in an instant, they had created their own online music factory that forged lyrics and chords into finished songs. Now, they have our debut album, Glitter & Milk -- and our long weekend has now become a lot longer.
New Bleach - Impressions
New Bleach is the new indie pop project from two members of the renowned Quebec rock band Caravane. Dominic Pelletier and Raphaël Potvin adopted the home studio approach, wishing to explore new sonic territories and create music that feels current, yet intimate.
Johnathan Pushkar - Compositions
“Compositions” is Johnathan Pushkar’s new album, the sequel to his debut “Straighten Up”. Once again, Pushkar delivers the groovy power pop sounds of the ‘60s & ‘70s, but with a refined art of storytelling and deeper lyrics.
Velour Academy - CHISME
Is a punk rock band. The band describes their aesthetic as 80s girl pop like Bananarama and early Madonna, “if that music were written and played by a punk band.”
Model Child - Unscrewed
Model Child is the project of LA-based musician Danny Parker. Inspired by misfit clubs, pop music, and queer culture, his post punk ethos and razor-sharp songwriting reveal the complex emotional attachments of his songs.
Iceage - Seek Shelter
A decade on from New Brigade, an instant punk record made by four Danish teenagers that came out of nowhere and inspired total devotion around the world, Seek Shelter — Iceage’s fifth LP and first for Mexican Summer — is proof that their lives are still happening through their music, and that they remain determined to harness it. Enrolling Sonic Boom (Pete Kember of Spacemen 3) to produce, Seek Shelter sees Iceage’s propulsive momentum pushing them in new, expansive, ecstatic directions. The sound of an emotional core unwound, Seek Shelter radiates warmth and a profound desire for salvation in a world that’s spinning further and further out of control.
Charlie Martin - Imaginary People
Charlie Martin is a Texan artist and producer. Six years ago, Charlie and collaborator Will Taylor combined likeminded batches of material to form the Austin-based project Hovvdy. During a year without touring, between sessions for the steady indie-pop band’s next album, Charlie reworked songs amassed over the years alongside new creations. A hand-hewn set of colorful tales, Imaginary People introduces a spacious, singer songwriter format to Charlie’s celebrated pop compositions. Elegant piano lines and sturdy acoustic strums anchor the brilliantly determined solo debut.
Kristian North - Passion Play
Kristian North (Montreal, CA) is a songwriter whose poetic wordplay and deep crooner voice lay the foundation for candid songs that have approached the hi-fi soft rock of Warren Zevon, the arty disco of Roxy Music, and the smart new wave of Sparks or Elvis Costello. As the music struts down analogue lane, quaint confessions, cloaked desires and mythical references, make up complex, yet heartfelt lyrics, just cryptic enough to engage insert and booklet enthusiasts.
Eric Schroeder - The Kid
Eric Schroeder spent part of 2020 raising tadpoles into frogs, living in that perpetual change. That microcosm of life’s ceaseless change and growth is infused into The Kid, an album that treks ambitiously forward while clearly aware of its powerful roots.