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Released March 4. This Animation, from The Opening, or Closing of a Door. Out of Philly. Kristine Leschper is an interdisciplinary artist working in sound, text, image, and performance. Her work positions itself around the spectacle of the human condition, deeply interested in questions of meaning-making, womanhood, socio-ecological systems, and the wielding of power. Brooklyn, union pool Friday January 20th.

CHAMPON is a Japanese noun meaning a mixture or jumble of things of different type. Otoboke beaver describe themselves as: “Japanese girls 'knock out or pound cake' band”. Formed in 2009 in Kyoto, Japan.

Jackie Lynn, Travelers Code of Conduct. Dream Street (Acoustic). Jackie Lynn is electric in her natural state – electrique, even! These two Jacqueline numbers break it up with acoustic versions (the audio of a Vanity Fair France session!). Shed of synth-skin, their organic depths are as bold and nuanced as their former facade, while Haley Fohr’s vocals bloom and flourish, realizing Jackie’s transcendent desire. credits released April 10, 2022 2022, Drag City Inc.

The dance floor as devotional is a trope as old as the club itself. But, with her new single, Jesus Was An Alien, Perel subverts the stakes of our collective communion: Who are our arms raised to? Who are we seeking salvation from? (From bandcamp). Released March 30, 2022. Perel is based in Brooklyn NY.

Double Cheese, Bite It, out of La Rochelle France. Released May 2022. From Thee Black Album. On bandcamp. Punk, garage. Irreverence.

A collection of raw, ragged, home-recorded originals from the down-home prolific mind of Omaha’s top talent David Nance.

METZ, out of Toronto. Good NOT Great, with Mission of Burma. The sonic trajectory of METZ; Alex Edkins (guitar & vocals), Hayden Menzies (drums), & Chris Slorach (bass), captures the journey of a band shedding influences & digging deeper into their core—steady propulsive drums, chest-thumping bass lines, bloody-fingered riffs, & the howling angst of fading innocence. (From Bandcamp) In 2016 Toronto noise-rock behemoths METZ teamed up with Boston post-punk legends Mission of Burma on a split single for Record Store Day. METZ contributed a cover of “Good, Not Great,” a track from Mission of Burma’s 2006 album The Obliterati, while Mission of Burma covered METZ’s 2012 anthem, “Get Off,” from their self-titled debut. The split 7” was limited to 4,000 copies worldwide. Now for the first time ever these songs are available digitally.

Released April 2022, 'Picnic in the Dark' is the enchanting new album from Renata Zeiguer, her second full length release for Northern Spy. The album follows Zeiguer through a dreamworld of magical realism as she navigates her memories and seeks to confront inherited dysfunctional patterns head-on.

Tempers, It Falls Into You. The New York City duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper aka Tempers specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop, the latest statement of which feels like the peak fruition of their elusive alchemy. With their self-produced New Meaning, Tempers present an album about navigating the unknown, coping mechanisms and exploring the nature of choice. Its ten songs reflect on the creation of meaning as an access to liberation in times of transition and loss. Speculating on the transformative potential that exists alongside the grief of living in a world that is in an ongoing state of crisis.

Samuel Aguilar and Brian Eno, Lago Escondido. Special collaboration of ambient pioneer Brian Eno with Samuel Aguilar to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Música para los Jameos del Agua. Las Palmas, Spain. Released January 8, 2022

Recorded in locations around the world over the pandemic era, SHUFFLEMANIA! offers up 10 gloriously ingenious new Robyn Hitchcock songs in just under 40 minutes - a “proper pop album” as nature intended. Songs like “Midnight Tram To Nowhere” and the optimistic, album-closing “One Day (It’s Being Scheduled)” are state-of-the-art Hitchcock, manifesting his signature wit, miraculous gift for melodic craftsmanship, and striking humanity in a world gone mad. Released Oct 2022.

For fans of grounding issues, psychedelic discomfort, and patient anxiety. Recorded 2020 at Jerry’s on Front by Heavenly Bodies, mastered by John Dawson. Heavenly Bodies is Ashley and Dustin Burrows and Shaun Bailey.   Petty Bunco. Released April 1, 2022

Say Sue Me, Smothered in Hugs, Busan South Korea.Say Sue Me celebrate their 10th anniversary with a special EP of covers and rearrangements. Featuring their take on songs by Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Daniel Johnston, Silver Jews, Grandaddy and Guided By Voices, as well as a fresh look at two of their own. Released October 10, 2022. Vocals, Guitar - Sumi Choi 최수미 Guitar - Byungkyu Kim 김병규 Bass - Jaeyoung Kim 김재영 Drums - Sungwan Lim 임성완

The band’s sound is, “a combination of dark-wave, mystical rock, and dream-pop; where ceremonial rhythms, epic and nostalgic converge”, writes Loop. Lore City is a duo formed in 2011 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. Band members include married couple Laura Mariposa Williams (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Eric Angelo Bessel (percussion, keyboard, guitar), who met as peers at Syracuse University.

I just caught Tucker on TV performing this song at the Rose Parade! Written with Brandi Carlisle.

Say She She, Prism.The female-led discodelic soul band Say She She release their debut album ‘Prism’ on Karma Chief Records, a division of Colemine Records, on October 7, 2022. Named as a silent nod to Nile Rodgers, Say She She (C’est chi-chi!: It's Chic!”) will transport you with their dreamy harmonies, catchy hooks and up-tempo grooves.



With Chris Slusarenko and John Moen out of Portland, Oregon. Great stuff.

Hail from Rotterdam!