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07 November, 2025
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Lala Lala - Does This Go Faster?

Sounds easy on the surface, but layers beneath are deep.

Joanna – Gardener’s World

Hello Flower Out December 5 Via Feelings

Deep Cut Alert: way ahead of its time, but we think it would've (should've) done well in its time too. Like a less shit Oasis meet Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Farao – Magical Thinking

Magical Thinking Out November 14 Via marvaða

One for the cool customers.

Sunflowers – Workworkwork

You Have Fallen... Congratulations! Out November 7 Via Fuzz Club

Put this one on and let it explode so you don't have to.

Stella Donnelly - Year of Trouble

Love and Fortune Out November 7 Via Brace Yourself Records

Came for the title, stayed for the music.

Hirons - The Rabbit Hole

Future Perfect Out November 7 Via Western Vinyl

Light, breezy, and uplifting. Easy hook, but watch out for that sax!

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31 October, 2025
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Maquina – Misfit

Out Now Via Fuzz Club

Here's a spookier long jam for ya.

Luvcat – Blushing

Vicious Delicious Out Now VIA AWAL

Weird Nightmare - Forever Elsewhere

Forever Elsewhere Out Now VIA Sub Pop

Got Canadian ‘90s written all over this one.

Flock of Dimes - Keep Me in the Dark

The Life You Save Out Now VIA SubPop

One to light the way home.

Leilani Patao - Bird Whistle

Daisy Out Now Via Audio Antihero

Digging these loose and strummy vibes.

Tiberius - Painting of a Tree

Out Now Via Audio Antihero

Smooth instruments with vocals that wrap you up like cashmere.

Everyone Says Hi – Communication

Out Now VIA Chrysalis Records

Needed less than a second to fall for this one.

The Noisy – Nightshade

Out Now Via Audio Antihero

Ending the list on what feels like a hopeful note. This tune defies space and gravity.

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24 October, 2025
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Matthew C. Whitaker - Lucid Dreamer

Got that Lee Hazelwood feel for all the feels.

Fast Money Music - Round and Round

A great tune to reminisce to.

Daffo –Sideways

Where the Earth Bends Out Now VIA Concorde Records

A tune to match the dimming and shortening sunshine in those autumn months

Automatic - Black Box

Is It Now Out Now VIA Stones Throw

Smokey vocals and tippy happy beats

Better Joy – Steamroller

Don't think you'll mind getting flattened by this one.

Jouska – California

How Did I Wind Up Here Out Now Via Koke Plate

Easy to get lost in this melty, wavey, goodness.

Red Ivory - Crashing Down

Please Leave I Need To Wake Up Now Out November 28

Great vocal support from detracting instrumentation.

Ist Ist - I Am The Fear

Dagger Out February 6 VIA Kind Violence Records

This one comes flying at ya all gleaming and post new wavey.

Clara Mann - My Life (Feat Owen Spafford)

Rift Out Now VIA state51

Great cover.

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26 September, 2025
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Ghostwoman – 5 Gold Pieces

Civilized World Out Now Via Full Time Hobby

I’d give 10 gold pieces just to have another listen to these lot.

Hatchie – Lose it Again

Liquorice Out November 7 Via Secretly Canadian

Easy breezy, nice and easy.

Famous – Revelation

Indefinite Hiatus Out Now

As unhinged as it is captivating.

Hirons – Being the Cause

Future Perfect Out November 7

Brave, unique and approachable.

Sunflowers – I Got Friends

You Have Fallen…..Congratulations!!! Out November 7 Via Fuzz Club

Just the right noise to chaos ratio.

Hilary Woods - Endgames

Night Criú Out October 31 Via Sacred Bones

A song that comes at you like a storm building off a distant shore.

Constant Smiles – Allowed to Be

Moonflowers Out November 7 Via Felte

Wraps around you like your favourite duvet.

Stella Donnelly – Feel it Change

Love and Fortune Out November 7 Via Brace Yourself Records

Enjoyed listening to this one but felt like I was eavesdropping the entire time, pretty candid and sweet.

Flock of Dimes – Defeat

The Life You Save Out October 10 Via Sub Pop

Juxtaposition vocals and sounds, interesting tune.

The Paper Kites – Every Town

If You Go There I Hope You Find It Out January 23 Via Nettwerk

A warm start to your day.

Frog - SAX-A-MA-PHONE VAR. XII

I’m not saying it’s about sex, but it’s not not about sex either.

Tiberius Wright - Moab

Fucking feels right here.

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02 September, 2025
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These New South Wales – Instinct

Going with our gut on this one.

Constant Smiles – Time Measured in Moonflowers

Moonflowers Out November 7 Via Felte

Catch your breath to this one.

Shame – Spartak

Cutthroat Out Friday Via Dead Oceans

Most shit doesn’t matter but this shit does.

The Wild Things – I Can’t Wait

80s nostalgic vibes. Don’t you wish all breakups were this fun sounding?

Daffo – Dagger Song

Where the Earth Bends Out September 26 Via Concord Records

Tunes like these are why everyone memorises the lyrics to sing back to them before their gigs.

Pile – Deep Clay

Sunshine and Balance Beams Out Now Via Sooper Records

Listen to Pile or get Piles, so the legend goes.

Dean Johnson – So Much Better

I Hope We Can Still Be Friends Out Now Via Saddle Creek

An unforgettable tune about forgetting.

Wednesday – Bitter Everyday

Bleeds Out September 19 Via Dead Oceans

Enjoy complaining? Put it to a beat and cash in on it.

Flock of Dimes – Afraid

The Life You Save Out October 10 Via Sub Pop

Keep the change.

Wyldest – After The Ending

The Universe is Loading Out November 14 Via Hand in Hive

Welcome to the bonus round.

Cut Worms – Evil Twin

Out Now Via Jagjaguwar

Those signature vocals shine through with some shiny new tunes to back-em-up.

Automatic – Lazy

Is It Now? Out September 26 Via Stones Throw

A track that’s anything but lethargic. Keepen an eye on these ones.

The Boojums – Wings of Fire

Doubtful these lot have ever boon boo’d.

Tiberius Wright – Felt

Out Now Via Audio Antihero

A track boasting a Sisyphusian effort that flows as well as it twist-turns.

Alexei Shishkin – Ode To Carl Dennis

Out Now Via Rue Defense

A great one to get your slouch on catching up with a friend over a beer. Play this at my wake.

The Noisy – Grenadine

A song that reminds us of nights that start at 3am with someone tapping on your window (that’s not trying to kill you) with their car idling down the block, because your parents are immigrants and they would literally kill you rather than letting you have one adventure at an unsociable hour, if they heard the engine block sputtering away because everyone you know drives a piece of shit and is one too.