Upcoming New Releases (The Ecology) - Week Ending Friday, July 25, 2025: New Music from Quadeca, Fever Ray, Editrix AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/u...

Did you grab your tickets for @hillsidefestival.bsky.social 2025 yet? Exclaim! and @popmontreal.bsky.social are co-presenting @bibiclub.bsky.social 🌞 Catch them, along with Femi Kuti, Tim Baker, Lucius, Hurray for the Riff Raff and more July 18–20 at Guelph Lake Island: exclaim.ca/music/articl...

Upcoming New Releases (Reprise) - Week Ending Friday, July 11, 2025: New Music from Wet Leg, Ólafur Arnalds, Emily Breeze AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/u...

Feature Pick comes from Vancouver Island. Victoria’s Neighbourly is a 4-piece Psych Rock band. They’ve released 1 full-length and 3 EPs. The most recent of these is Get In; a 6-song EP. Upbeat and ear-grabbing, with throbbing synths and edgy bass. neighbourly.bandcamp.com/album/get-in

London’s Nilufur Yanya released her 3rd album last Autumn, before going on a World Tour. She and Wilma Archer worked up a new batch of songs that make up a new EP. Dancing Shoes contains 4 dazzling tracks that showcase Yanya’s warm and engaging vocals. niluferyanya.bandcamp.com/album/dancin...

MEGAOMEGA, the Brooklyn collective fka Birthday Ass, is back with a single. The Art Rock band, led by Priya Carlberg, is surely gearing up for a new full-length. Muffin Man is a jaunty single with horns at the fore. megaomega.bandcamp.com/track/muffin...

The New Music I’m Listening To Contemporaneously This Week, June 28 - July 4, 2025: Including MEGAOMEGA, Nilufur Yanya, and Neighbourly! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/t...

My Feature Pick this week comes from Hamburg. Black Sites is a collaboration between Producers Helena Hauff and Kris Jakob. Their 1st work together in nearly 10 years is R4, a 10-track LP. Experimental Electronic Music with terse beats and mind-melting effects. tresorberlin.bandcamp.com/album/r4

A vibrant four-piece from New Zealand caught my attention with passionate vocals and tight hooks. Ringlets’ sophomore album, The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time For Walkies), rides the rails between Punk and New Wave with a fresh aesthetic. ringlets.bandcamp.com/album/the-lo...

Laura Stevenson is an Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter from Long Island. The former keyboardist for Bomb The Music Industry! continues her work with bandmate Jeff Rosenstock on her latest album, Late Great. Earnest and beautiful songs of the heart. laurastevenson.bandcamp.com/album/late-g...

The New Music I’m Listening To Expeditiously This Week, June 21 - 27, 2025: Including Power Pants, Laura Stevenson, Black Sites AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/t...

Winchester, Virginia’s Egg Pop quartet Power Pants continues to churn out Music at a steady clip. Their latest is a one-track EP that clocks in at four-and-a-half minutes. PP10 crams in four vigorous songs with no stops, and no holds barred. powerpantsrock.bandcamp.com/album/pp10-2

Upcoming New Releases (While He’s Away) - Week Ending Friday, July 27, 2025: New Music from Lorde, Blonde Redhead, Wet Kiss AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/u...

My Feature Pick for this week comes directly from my BandCamp Wishlist. Mathew Lee Cothran hails from South Carolina, and has just released his sixth LP as Coma Cinema. Grand Delusion is whimsical and folky Pop with clever lyrics. comacinema.bandcamp.com/album/grand-...

Este, Danielle, and Alana HAIM are sisters based in LA. The Pop band gained 1000s of fans by opening a leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. Their 4th album, I Quit, opens with interpolation of George Michael’s Freedom ‘90, and that sentiment hangs over the record. haimusic.bandcamp.com/album/i-quit

Tropical Fuck Storm is a quartet from Melbourne, Australia. Active since 2017, the band has just released their fourth album. Fairyland Codex is a rambunctious collection of quirky Art Rock with jagged edges. tropicalfstorm.bandcamp.com/album/fairyl...

Will Guthrie is an Australian percussionist, based in Nantes, France. He has amassed the nine-person ENSEMBLE NIST-NAH, and on their second album, Spilla, they have combined Gamelan, Chinese gongs, and Jazz. Meditative and lively. willguthrie.bandcamp.com/album/spilla

BLACK HELIUM is a Psychedelic Rock trio based in London. Their fourth album, The Animals Are Coming sees the band stretching out with extended jams of a hallucinatory nature. riotseasonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-an...

Uganda’s Hakuna Kulala is one of the most consistently original and groundbreaking record labels in the world. Proof of this comes from Kampala’s Catu Diosis. The MC and Producer’s debut, Anyim, is a 7-song EP of rhythmic and dynamic Afrohouse and Techno. hakunakulala.bandcamp.com/album/anyim

LA power trio Force Model has followed up their debut from last year with a five-song EP. Barricade shows off the band’s tight musicianship, with chiming vocals and catchy hooks. forcemodel.bandcamp.com/album/barric...

The New Music I’m Listening To Religiously This Week, June 14 - 20, 2025: Including Ghais Guevara, Billiam, Black Helium, HAIM AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/t...

Underground Hip-Hop MC and Producer Ghais Guevara hails from Philadelphia. Active since 2019, his latest is a mixtape, titled, The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby. Smashing experimental Production and mean flow. ghais.bandcamp.com/album/the-ot...

Upcoming New Releases (You’re A Fine Girl) - Week Ending Friday, June 20, 2025: New Music from HAIM, Yaya Bey, Coma Cinema AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/17/u...

Melbourne’s Billiam is back with a new 7” EP. The title track for Sylvie S Goes To Hawaii takes up Side A, and the flipside contains five one-minute songs. Rambunctious and off-kilter. hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie...

Love and light to all my American friends protesting Trump and all he stands for! No Kings! No tyrants!

My Feature Pick this week comes out of Los Angeles. Singer-Songwriter Annahstasia Enuke has released her debut full-length. On Tether, she displays her warm alto voice on a canvas of tender Folk and Pop instrumentation. annahstasia.bandcamp.com/album/tether

Australia’s King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard has varied their sound from album to album. By turns Rock, Electronic, Country, and Metal, the band knows no limits. Phantom Island includes orchestral instruments, making for a jubilant listen. kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/phanto...

WITCH is a Zambian band founded in the 1970’s, revitalized in 2013, and made their first album in forty years in 2023. They’ve followed that up this week with SOGOLO, a lively and energetic party album that will get you dancing. music.apple.com/ca/album/sog...

Welsh duo The Bug Club has been active since 2016. Their fourth full-length, Very Human Features, is thoughtful Pop with catchy melodies and winsome vocals. thebugclub.bandcamp.com/album/very-h...

Brooklyn’s MEGAOMEGA recently changed their name from Birthday Ass, but their eclectic style remains for their latest single, Everything Is Nice. Vocalist Priya Carlberg tiptoes through tricky time changes, buoyed by bouncy horns. megaomega.bandcamp.com/track/everyt...

The New Music I’m Listening To Rebelliously This Week, June 7 - 13, 2025: Including Rhys Langston, WITCH, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, The Bug Club AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/13/t...

Rhys Langston is a rapper, musician and Producer from Los Angeles. The prolific Artist has released twenty full-lengths in less than ten years. His latest, Pale Black Negative, displays his verbal acumen and clever production skills. rhyslangston.bandcamp.com/album/pale-b...

Upcoming New Releases (Is Big Business) - Week Ending Friday June 13, 2025: New Music from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Teri Gender Bender, Self Improvement AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/u...

A duo from Amsterdam has released their debut EP. Goya van der Heijden and Tobias Jansen are La Rat. Their self-titled release puts an experimental spin on Hip-Hop. Surprising turns and delightful hooks make it one of the most satisfying releases of the year. larat.bandcamp.com/album/la-rat

My Feature Pick this week comes from a composer, multi-instrumentalist and Producer from Paris. Léonie Pernet has been active since 2014. Her latest full-length is her third. Poèmes Pulvérisés is passionate French Pop with tasteful Electronic production. leoniepernet.bandcamp.com/album/po-mes...

Simbiatu Ajikawo has been performing as Little Simz for 10 years. In 2022 she won the Mercury Prize for her 4th album. The Hip-Hop Artist is back with her 6th LP, the direct and confessional Lotus. Guests include Obongjayar, Michael Kiwanuka, and Moses Sumney. music.apple.com/ca/album/lot...

Lake Ruth is a trio from New York that has released their third album. Hawking Radiation is larger than the sum of its parts, with dreamy vocals from Allison Brice, and rich production. lakeruth.bandcamp.com/album/hawkin...

Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow has been helmed by Thomas Fec (also known as Tobacco) since 2001. The Psychedelic SynthPop band has released their seventh album. Soft New Magic Dream is spacey and warm, with woozy synths and vocoder vocals. blackmothsuperrainbow.bandcamp.com/album/soft-n...

Van Hunt has become well-known not for his Music, but as the beau of actress Halle Berry. One hopes the LA Artist’s latest release, the six-track A Heart Full Of Questions EP, will find a broad audience. Soulful falsetto with smart arrangements. vanhunt.bandcamp.com/album/a-hear...

Bicep is an Electronic duo from Northern Ireland and based in London. Their latest single, CHROMA 010, bubbles with shimmering synths and gorgeous vocals, before giving way to the steady pulse of Techno beats. bicep.bandcamp.com/album/chroma...

The New Music I’m Listening To Colloquially This Week, May 31 - June 6, 2025: Including Bicep, Lake Ruth, Little Simz AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/t...

Upcoming New Releases (You’ll Dance To Anything) - Week Ending Friday, June 6, 2025: New Music from Pulp, Lifeguard, Harry the Nightgown AND MORE! newmusicjason.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/u...

My Feature Pick for this week comes directly from my BandCamp Wishlist. Cincinatti’s Lung consists of Kate Wakefield on cello and vocals, and Daisy Caplan on drums. The Swankeeper is a grand statement, with aggressive instrumentation and majestic vocals. lunglunglung.bandcamp.com/album/the-sw...

Ian Bavitz is a MC and Producer from Long Island, known as Aesop Rock. Active for nearly thirty years, ‘Aes’ has a unique flow that sets him apart from other rappers. Black Hole Superette, features has vocals from Armand Hammer, Lupe Fiasco and others. aesoprock.bandcamp.com/album/black-...

I’ve been a fan of Steven Umoh’s voice since 2020. The Nigerian-born musician, based in London, performs as Obongjayar, and has released his second full-length. Paradise Now shows off Umoh’s resonant voice, to a background of aggressive Electronic beats. obongjayar.bandcamp.com/album/paradi...

“Prolific” doesn’t come close to describing the output of San Francisco’s Ty Segall. Since his debut in 2008, he’s released 17 albums, while also being the member of ten other bands. His latest, Possession, has a Classic Rock feel, polished and catchy. tysegall.bandcamp.com/album/posses...

Singaporean painter and musician Nat Ćmiel is best known for their work as yeule. The artist has just released their fourth album. Evangelic Girl is a Gun brings together Glitchy Pop and Ambient Trip Hop. Alluring vocals. yeule.bandcamp.com/album/evange...

After the death of his wife in 2022, Alan Sparhawk took refuge in his friends and family, among them are Folk band Trampled By Turtles. On With Trampled By Turtles, the sound is enriched with warm harmonies and dynamic acoustic instruments. alansparhawk.bandcamp.com/album/with-t...

As Producer of Boygenius’ Grammy-nominated album, Sarah Tudzin is in demand. Regardless, she has made time for her solo project, Illuminati Hotties. The latest is a 5-track EP. Nickel on the Fountain Floor contains a mix of Pop, balladry and Punk. illuminatihotties.bandcamp.com/album/nickel...

Amir Mohamed el Khalifa is an MC and Producer from Washington, DC, better known as Oddisee. The rapper has been creating steadily for the past fifteen years, and his latest is a four-song EP. En Route is cool mid-tempo Conscious Rap with soulful production. oddiseemmg.bandcamp.com/album/en-route