The subconscious is a bizarre realm, one that too few are familiar with, but a domain that Brighton-based songwriter – Linden – is quite fond of.
The subconscious is an out-of-focus place that unveils our deepest sorrows – a dark realm littered with vivid imagery of universal iconic symbolism and enigmatic themes.
The mysterious world of linden is no different as she displays interwoven conceptual works with visual arts – presenting her very own personal brand of sonic vibrations in a new and refreshing light.
The human condition, female sexuality, and domestic violence are all issues Linden embodies. And she does it on her own terms as she journeys through her conceptual garden of intricate medleys and meandering thoughts.
Linden’s latest single “Voodoo” deals with the internal struggle of domestic violence.
The emotionally charged track was Produced by the one and only, Steven Bamidele. We hope you enjoy, and be sure to give Linden a follow on Spotify.
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Bag of Brains is an independent lo-fi duo out of Northern Michigan.
Their latest single is a short and sweet song about how it feels to be alive. The track is absolutely adorable. Listen and dig my friends.
The acoustic lo-fi instrumentation fuses beautifully with the heartbreaking vocals of Cameron John Ashstan and Strangebird.
The track is quite simply a lackadaisical medley brimming with pain, love, and heartfelt joy of a somewhat sad nature.
Lucille Furs
Lucille Furs’ “All Flowers Before Her” paints a colorful masterpiece of a burning love riddled with a relentless driving force of radical grooviness.
The timeless track was released on Requiem Pour Un Twister.
The song is off Lucille Furs’ new album, Another Land.
The project is an immersive listen, the kind of record you’ll get completely lost in. An experience dripping with a warm and vintage sound infused with psychedelic vibrations of an era now gone.
Olmo Mathilda
Olmo and Mathilda is the eclectic collaboration of two childhood friends.
Olmo is a Berlin based musician whose music ranges from electronic to acoustic soundscapes. And Mathilda is a girl who has many, many snails.
The two artists are currently on tour in Europe and will release their debut album — Fake People — on the 19th of April.
“Love song is an old fashioned song about love songs running through your head all day”. — Olmo + Mathilda
Gina Brooklyn
Gina Brooklyn is an experimental alt-folk artist mixing up nostalgic soundscapes of a downtempo, and gentle nature.
“Butterfly” was written, produced, engineered, composed, and arranged by award winning singer and songwriter Gina Brooklyn.
Her musical style showcases a harmonious arch with soul-gripping melodies, introspective lyrics, and unique vocals that creates a captivating ambiance that could very well be revolutionary.
Brooklyn is on a quest to inspire people through the universal language of her music. Stay tuned.
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Today, I pretty much just wanted to compile and feature several of my favorite lo-fi indie pop tracks as of late. I also included a new Spotify playlist I created especially for this curation. I hope you dig. And be sure to give your favorite artists from the playlist a follow. Enjoy!
Thing Kong
Thing Kong is a dynamic recording duo out of Munich, Germany.
Five years after their initial EP, they now release their debut LP, Insane Dinosaur Footage.
It is bedroom psych-pop galore – infused with psychedelic undertones of an intrinsic nature.
Insane Dinosaur Footage was recorded during the outfits last years in Munich, in a Hut in the Austrian Alps, in Morocco, and in Innsbruck.
Bitch Lungs
Bitch Lungs is an indie folk artist out of San Francisco, California.
“Garden in the Backyard” is a sweet and simple love song of young love and acoustic romance – a heartfelt gem among a sea of forced emotion melancholy desire.
Bitch Lungs sings sad songs and walks through life with a fleeting glare of empty solitude. Tragic, we know.
Be sure to catch him April 4th at The Lost Church in San Francisco, CA!
Melt Mars
Melt Mars is a nonchalant lo-fi indie rock band out of Southern California. Their cool and collected vibrations will leave you writhing in pure ecstacy.
Here is the late and great, “Memory Lane”.
Also, a new Melt mars single is on the horizon, so be sure to give the band a follow to be notified the second their new track drops.
We can’t wait to see what lies ahead for this emerging outfit. It should make for some easy listening.
Edgar Cards
Edgar Cards is an experimental hip-Hop producer from Southern California who draws from a wide range of influences such as Madlib, Jimi Hendrix, and Sun Ra.
“Mother Weeps for Her Child” is a song about war and the tragic loss of innocent civilians and their loved ones mourning their death.
The project is an anti-war compilation that focuses on the devastation and terror of war.
The concept of the album is heavily inspired by the sixties and the protest songs that arose from that dynamic and heavy time period.
Bag of Brains
Cameron John Ashstan and Strangebird are the two personalities who make up the eclectic and disjointed act of Bag of Brains.
Here is their beautifully out of tune (however slightly) cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Story of an Artist”. He would (and perhaps will) be very proud.
The track was recorded in a closet in the band’s small home in Northern Michigan. If you dig a blend of lo-fi bedroom pop with an eclectic variation of modern and vintage sounds, then you’ll likely fall in love with Bag of Brains.
More Bag of Brains is on deck, so stay tuned my friends!
Low Hum
“Not a lot of people know Low Hum, and that’s what I’m really excited about” said Low Hum’s creator, Collin Desha.
Desha explores a daring mix of late night soundscapes and infectious melodies on “I Don’t Know Me Like You Do”, from his forthcoming album, Room To Breathe, due June 7th.
“‘I Don’t Know Me Like You Do’ is one of my favorite songs on the record,” says Desha, “it reveals a level of honesty from me as a writer.”
“On the one hand it’s a self-reflective song about figuring out who you are under all the complicated layers, but also realizing that certain things in your life can help you understand that when you may not be able to.”
Credit Electric
In Oakland, Credit Electric’s Ryan LoPilato met guitarist Cameron Iturri-Carpenter with whom he began to write and collaborate, then found musician and sound engineer Stephen Boyd, Kansas City musician Nathan Smith and pedal steel player Evan Hiller to finalize the bands ever-evolving soundscape.
It’s with these core members that the emotive presence of LoPilato’s life’s work is alive and well.
“I try to write every day,” says LoPilato, “the (writing) process for me has always been a meditation, a place to find harmony within the suffering beauty of life. It’s something I would be doing with or without an audience.”
“I thankfully found a group of players that perform the hell out of the music and help the practice evolve into thought-out full band arrangements.”
Denni Ian
Experimental folk artist Denni Ian infuses elements of folk, punk and minimalistic indie into his acoustic lo-fi aesthetics – an original sound that would make the lo-fi indie wave of the 1990s and DIY-culture proud.
“Anti Anti” is an acoustic lo-fi project debuting a sparse and primitive soundscape – combining elements of indie folk and protest music. It’s riveting.
A master student of comparative literature, Ian’s lyrical work draws highly from literary influences as well as personal stories which he delivers with often defiant lo-fi, yet distinctive vocals.
Give Denni Ian’s catalog a thorough listen, he might just grow on you.
Van Goose
Shalomi Lavie from Van Goose never felt like he really truly ‘belonged’ in a particular scene. He likes to keep his options open and always be exposed to new things.
“Wildstar” is the 3rd single off his debut album, Habitual Eater. It’s a dandy!
“I had an older version of “Wildstar” lying around, very synth heavy, but it just didn’t click. I was looking for something more honest, minimal and exposed.”
“So I said fuck it, set up the drums, mics and everything at home in my hallway and laid down a new version in a day.” – Shalomi Lavie, on Wildstar
Good Coffee
Good Coffee is the provocative and eclectic brainchild of Cole Heathcott, an indie musician now based out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Erica Dos” – his latest single – is a very laid back jam infested with undertones of folk and lo-fi psych-pop.
It’s quite simply a magnificent showcase of Good Coffee’s expansive repertoire.
Be on the lookout for more Good Coffee soon!
Deep Sea Peach Tree
Deep Sea Peach Tree is quintessential sleepy surf rock. They have a dreamy sound, and draw from the rich well of jazz, shoegaze, classic rock, and indie-rock.
“Xanzibar” is the outfit’s latest release. And, it does not disappoint in the slightest!
The track is a splendid throwback to what made the band great in the first place. A lo-fi indie slow-burner oozing with elements of psych-rock and weary vocals. A Deep Sea Peach Tree classic.
MOMS
MOMS’s story began in 2015 when a couple high school friends began recording songs in a makeshift bedroom recording studio in Los Angeles.
The duo has since become a four-piece outfit.
MOMS’s androgynously whispered vocals, jazz-like guitars and drums, and heavily warm bass playing draws influence from bands like the Pixies, Portishead, and Sparklehorse.
Born of immigrant parents, the boy’s Korean background is a recurring theme in their heavily layered Music.
They’re self-proclaimed ugly Korean boys making Ugly K-Pop. Regaurdless, we think it’s rather beautiful ourselves. Anyway, decide for yourselves.
Baby FuzZ
“Mr. Blu,” from the new self-produced Plastic Paradise album, Baby FuzZ brings us a Hawaiian infused – yet quite creepy 1950s style slow ballad. It’s just lovely.
Eery vocals start the track off in a subtle way. However, before you know it, Baby FuzZ takes his vocals to new heights, revealing a polarizing scream that’s used sparingly, yet quite effectively.
It’s a bizarre half-schizo jazz crooner that somehow manages to tap into some superb songwriting. “Mr. Blu”, as the rest of Plastic Paradise, illuminates Baby FuzZ as a bizarre melodramatic tour de force.
It’s simply sublime if you ask us.
Luna Cruise
Luna Cruise is an all original poetry-styled vocal melodies with intricate instrumentation.
Here is the dreamy, “Highway to the Moon”.
Cruise brings together 60’s and 70’s psychedelic nostalgia coupled with a driving energy.
The sound is reminiscent of classic icons with a new age twist. It’s magical.
Wovoka Gentle
Wovoka Gentle is an experimental three-piece outfit from London, comprised of William J Stokes and twins, Imogen and Ellie Mason.
Taking its root in folk and Americana songwriting, the Wovoka sound draws upon the psychedelic soundscapes of the late 60s as well as contemporary experimental, pop and collage music; marrying classic instrumentation with sampling, analogue synthesis and sound manipulation.
It’s quite the sonic spectacle to behold.
Day Joy
Day Joy was conceived in response to a lover’s nightmares. You could say the artistic goal was to make the musical opposite of someone screaming in the dark. But after receiving a positive response to those early recordings, Day Joy eventually compiled a full-length LP.
A live band was assembled and a few years of national touring followed.
This upward trajectory was halted when a sibling unexpectedly passed away.
“Not Anymore” is about letting go – not burning bridges, just letting go.
Meanwhile, the mock-arrogant, “I don’t need air. I don’t need sleep. I don’t need you. You don’t need me” mantra recognizes that you can’t let go of everything. Not yet, anyway.
We are still living and breathing animals after all.
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At Mission Dolores is a psychedelic indie-pop outfit based out of Kamloops, BC.
Their latest album is an eclectic collection of dreamy lo-fi rock jams of an infectious nature. Here is “Uh Huh”, a radical track off this very album.
The outfit recorded the LP with Jordan Koop at the notorious Noise Floor studio.
The band is also planning a tour throughout Western Canada this year.
Grand Canyon
In an era of digitally created and beat driven music, Grand Canyon is the antithesis of mainstream music. The six-piece outfit draws from classic influences such as The Byrds, Warren Zevon, and Fleetwood Mac.
With Le Grand Cañon, Grand Canyon displays a masterpiece filled with sweaty, romantic tales, complete with late night yearnings fueled by emotionally charged chord patterns.
“Shangri La-La Land” sounds like it was recorded in a dark and smokey cantina in El Paso, Texas.
Grand Canyon’s semi-self-titled debut album is out now via Bodan Kuma Recordings.
Jason Andrew
Jason Andrew is an artist out of San Diego, California. His debut album All In Good Time is a montage of personal stories told through song.
Andrew’s track “Cut It Down” is a an americana masterpiece infused with layers of beautiful acoustic instrumentation.
Everything on the record was written, performed, recorded and produced by Jason Andrew.
“Cut It Down” is the first song on Jason’s album All In Good Time which was just recently released in December. It’s a beautiful work of folk art.
Indigo Bunting
Indigo Bunting is an avant garde art-pop trio out of Austin, Texas.
“Reading Wrong” is a powerful indie-pop track infested with whimsical vibrations of an extraterrestrial nature.
Using auditory alchemy, the outfit transforms a Scientologist mythos into wonderfully-wrought melody that transforms into a terrifying trip.
“let me die from having being drunk on indigo skies, my liver…overflowing with stars.” ― Sanober Khan
Old Pup
Madison-based Old Pup is a psychedelic Americana outfit with a love for lap steel, singing saw, and surrealism.
The project was created by multi-instrumentalist Will Hansen, who plays all the instruments on the recordings.
“Alexandria” is a magnificent track off Old Pup’s debut album “JunkDrawer Daydreams”.
Old Pup’s full length debut album is out March 1st, 2019.
In the past, we’ve perhaps overlooked the independent electronic scene a bit. Most of the music we feature is probably somewhere between more alternative folk, pop, and rock. However, I’d like for this to change somewhat, not only as a musician, but as a listener, and independent music outlet as well.
Here are three very cool electronic jams we absolutely love, and they just so happen to also be the first three tracks kicking off our brand new electronic playlist streaming on Spotify. I hope you dig. And please, give the playlist a follow ya filthy animals.
Bonobo
Perhaps one of the more affluent artists we’ve featured on the blog, Bonobo exhibits an expansive, and truly unique multi-instrumental palette with his latest electronic project.
And now, here is the tantalizing tonic track entitled “Ibrik” from ‘fabric presents Bonobo’.
We were thrilled when Bonobo’s new song hit our inbox. The soundscape is an unlikely fusion of the contemporary age of plastic opulence and an ancient song that’s slowly fading away.
In closing, “Ibrik” is an intimate display of delicate beats, soaring melodies and sweeping atmospheric sounds that articulates the void between popular western beats and the mournful cry of middle-eastern melodies.
Highschool Jacob is an indie electronic-pop artist based out of Los Angeles.
HSJ creates catchy melodies of indie origin, tells enthralling tales of tall proportions, and makes heartwarming music in an attempt to defy the worn out and generic canals of popular music.
Here is his new radical electronic indie jam, “Sunrise I Fall”.
There is an air of esoteric beauty infused into the song’s fabric, an air that keeps the listener on the edge of their seat.
The vocals of HSJ seem to melt into the iridescent soundscape of vidid pinks and blues. It’s beautifully intricate, yet wonderfully relaxed at the same time. A true indie gem amidst a wasteland of mimicry and boastful voices.
Here is a heartwarming note from Scion: “I made ‘Fall’ one summer night in 2018. This song is one of three I’m releasing today and they all feel part of my soul.
Fall is about surrounding and falling in love with each moment of every day. I feel like the word fall is looked as negative, but I look it as a positive. Being able to fall in love with every moment, everything you are doing, everything you are feeling to me takes a lot of courage and strength.
And in doing so you will feel the deep connection between everyone and everything in this world. When I made this song I had to really let go, surrender, and really feel everything. So when listening I hope it will remind you that it’s okay to surrender and that it’s not showing any weakness, but shows the opposite, strength. It’s okay to feel.”
Scion’s minimal electronic masterpiece “Fall” is now streaming everywhere music is available. Give the artist a follow on Spotify and if you enjoyed these three tracks, then you will perhaps like our new playlist embedded below.
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