The Oedipus Project
I’m not much for labels but Secret Shame could be termed deathrock or post-punk or simply Goth. The sound is brooding and gloomy which I find compelling.
This quintet out of Asheville, N.C. debuts with their album Dark Synthetics and the song Calm.
Calm
Angel Olsen’s 4th album All Mirrors is expected in October.
Listen to the sumptuously ethereal title track.
All Mirrors
Hobo Johnson (Frank Lopes Jr.) is the multiracial frontman of Hobo Johnson and the LoveMakers.
Their 3rd album The Fall of Hobo Johnson is due in September which includes this riotous song Typical Story.
Typical Story
Girl Friday, a musical quartet based in L.A. and also a feminist project, debut with pure punk attitude with the EPFashion Conman, including the song Decoration/Currency.
Decoration/Currency
Girl in Red is the young musician Marie Ulven.
She hails from Oslo, Norway and releases songs as she writes them.
I’ll Die Anyway is her latest.
I’ll Die Anyway
Petrol Girls, the dynamic feminist punk band from London, pulls no punches.
Here are 2 songs from their 2nd album Cut & Stitch.
The Sound
Fontaines D.C. is a new exciting Irish punk band to add to your playlist.
Boys in the Better Land is from their debut album Dogrel.
Boys in the Better Land
English art band ALASKALASKA debut with the album The Dots.
Blending multiple genres, the band beguiles us with Tough Love.
Iceage, the Danish punk band, released the album Beyondless last year.
The best track Pain Killer featuring Sky Ferreira is now a video and a re-release of the single.
Pain Killer
Japanese Breakfast is easily one of the best names in years for a musical artist.
Michelle Zauner, a Korean-American, created the clever moniker and has a memoir, Crying in H Mart, due soon.
Her new song Essentially was recorded in Bali as part of the W Hotels label W Records, a new player in the world of music.
Essentially
Charly Bliss give us their sophomore album Young Enough in a few days.
This delightful Indie quartet out of Brooklyn enchants us with Hard to Believe.
Hard to Believe
Middle Kids hail from Sydney, Australia lead by Hannah Joy and Tim Fitz, wife and husband.
Real Thing, my new favorite, will appear on their forthcoming EP New Songs for Old Problems.
Real Thing
Sunn O))) (pronounced “sun”) an experimental heavy metal drone duo out of Seattle have teamed up with legendary producer Steve Albini on their latest album Life Metal (an inside joke on the genre Death Metal).
The very intense opening track Between Sleipnir’s Breaths should be played at maximum volume.
Between Sleipnir’s Breaths
