Johnny Bell returns with a new single, “Staying Home.” Rooted in restraint and rich with feeling, the track leans into simplicity without losing the quiet intensity that defines his sound. This is the latest reveal from Mountain States, arriving May 8, 2026 via Centripetal Force and Ramble Records.

Now that we’ve established that Tacoma Park is NOT in Maryland, we can get on to more important geographical clarifications. For example… how PARIS is indeed in Maryland. Not too far from Chesapeake Bay! Check out the full video. youtu.be/gGY0eQ-D1-E And order the album on the Bandcamp! ✌🏼

You already know how the devil went down to Georgia and met up with Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. But, have you heard about The Legend of Johnny Bell? www.centripetalforcerecords.com/incircles/ta...

You already know how the devil went down to Georgia and met up with Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. But, have you heard about The Legend of Johnny Bell? www.centripetalforcerecords.com/incircles/ta...

Tacoma Park isn’t in Maryland…. but Paris is! Right there in Calvert County!

“Paris” is the second reveal from ‘Baltimore’ - the forthcoming album from Tacoma Park. With its kosmische groove and motorik drive, this earworm is ready for the backroads, freeways, and scenic byways that you’re taking this spring. Available digitally, as well as on vinyl, on the Bandcamp.

Test Press Tuesday w/ @johnnybellsounds.bsky.social Preorder at the Bandcamp! johnnybell.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...

For the naysayers, like @lidders.bsky.social! The debate is settled! www.centripetalforcerecords.com/incircles/ta...

Synth and Steel! Why choose when you can have both?

Five posters left! Get yours reserved with a pre-order of Mountain States on vinyl. Artwork by Daniel McCoy. johnnybell.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...

beautiful double-cassette released on @centripetalforce.bsky.social four years ago today ! ** click through to read the liner notes by Glen Burnout **

Once again, it's time for my monthly roundup of the best country (and country-ISH) music on @bandcamp.com for Bandcamp Daily. February's includes @queenesther.bsky.social, @rissipalmermusic.bsky.social and 3 lovely benefit comps from @centripetalforce.bsky.social & @seawindofbattery.bsky.social.

Pre-order up now for New Mexico-based banjoist Johnny Bell's incredible Mountain States. Releasing May 8. ramblerecords.bandcamp.com/album/mounta... #experimentalbanjo #americanprimitiveguitar @centripetalforce.bsky.social @johnnybellsounds.bsky.social

Johnny Bell’s Mountain States is a co-label presentation with California’s Centripetal Force and Australia’s Ramble Records. The album is going up for pre-order today over on the Bandcamp, with Departure Valley being the first glimpse into Bell’s progressive touches on the banjo. Check it out. 🪕🪕🪕

@jenpkelly.bsky.social has some good search term advice. No reason to get lost in map land. Baltimore might be in Maryland. Tacoma Park is not. But you can find the forthcoming album available for pre-order on the Bandcamp. tacomapark.bandcamp.com/album/baltim...

THE FUTURE IS BANJO II

T H E F U T U R E I S B A N J O

Test Press Tuesday w/ Tacoma Park!

T H E F U T U R E I S B A N J O @ramblerecords.bsky.social

One more great Perilous Fight comp ... thx to @centripetalforce.bsky.social + @seawindofbattery.bsky.social (and all the artists) for getting together for a good cause.

Volume 3 of The Perilous Fight is out today from @seawindofbattery.bsky.social and @centripetalforce.bsky.social. With another potent slate of artists plying their art for the cause of freedom, proceeds from this one go to Amnesty International USA. seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

Honored to be part of this compilation benefiting Amesty International, out today from @seawindofbattery.bsky.social and @centripetalforce.bsky.social seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

Seriously though. If you know anyone that lives around Santa Cruz, CA, send them to the Bitchin Bajas show Thursday night at Moe’s Alley. Agnes Martian plays as well!

More than $2500 for the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Minnesota-based Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Friday we will present volume 3 of The Perilous FIght. It is titled ‘United We Stand’. Stand united with us in our support for community, empathy, and inclusion. on the Bandcamp

Seriously though. If you know anyone that lives around Santa Cruz, CA, send them to the Bitchin Bajas show Thursday night at Moe’s Alley. Agnes Martian plays as well!

There’s a rad video for Tacoma Park’s “Untied” …. You can check it out via @klofmag.com here: klofmag.com/2026/02/taco...

This Thursday, February 19th, (((folkYEAH!))) presents an evening of exploratory sound at Moe’s Alley in Santa CA with Agnes Martian opening for Bitchin Bajas. Doors open at 7 PM and music begins at 8. C’mon out! #disparatesoundsfordisparatepeople #synthesizers

Update thus far: we have raised nearly $2,500, which is being distributed to the National Immigrant Justice Center & the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. @centripetalforce.bsky.social ♥️ Vol. 1: seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe... Vol. 2: seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...

“Untied” is the first track being revealed from ‘Baltimore,’ the forthcoming album from Tacoma Park. It’s heady. It’s captivating. And it’s up for preorder over at the Bandcamp. ‘Baltimore’ is available digitally, as well as on vinyl - limited to 100 copies. centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com

Bandcamp Friday is a wonderful way to help refill the coffers and get the upcoming releases moving through the pipeline. Your support is everything. It is always valued and appreciated. ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼 centripetalforcerecords.bandcamp.com

I’ve been listening to this for the last hour- an amazing group of musicians that I would probably never have been exposed to and a great cause. A must add to your Bandcamp collection

All proceeds from The Perilous Fight will be donated directly to the National Immigrant Justice Center, supporting critical legal and humanitarian work for immigrants facing detention, deportation, and systemic injustice. seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-perilous-fight-vol-1-justice-for-all

@jenpkelly.bsky.social is a prolific writer and supporter of indie music. On Christmas Day Jennifer found out that she has cancer. She is currently going through chemotherapy. And now she needs our help. Please consider contributing what you can to her go fund me. www.gofundme.com/f/support-je...

‘Elsewhere’ marks the 3rd time I’ve worked with Agnes Martian. The 1st was a short run of their first album ‘The Future Light Cone’ in 2022. In 2024 we worked we worked together on a cassette project with Laraaji, Music for Connection, and Hair and Space and Museum. Modern space rock at its best.

The Far Sound’s first album was on a shoestring budget, so it was great to get this one out of vinyl, as well as a two cd set (which includes the first album as a bonus). Meeting Rick a couple months back when he rolled through Santa Cruz with Federale was a 2025 highlight. ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

One of the most enjoyable parts of running the label is building lasting relationships. I met John years ago when he played in Nashville. We got to talking about music and animal welfare. Shortly after we were working on his self titled album. Proceed is the second project we have collaborated on.

The autumn of 2025 kicked off with Michael Hix’s new project, Wonderful Aspiration of the Source. It’s a wonderfully exploratory work of ambient guitar, shaped by Hix’s Buddhist meditation practice and his growing affection for his b-bender guitar. wonderfulaspirationofthesource.bandcamp.com

Newcomers to CF may be unaware of the label’s more fuzz laden origins, and that’s understandable. After all, most recent releases have leaned in a more ethereal and ambient direction. Slow Dawn’s ‘Sonic Death Flow’ is a welcome return to psychedelic overdrive. And their second with the label.

Recently out on @centripetalforce.bsky.social, Agnes Martian’s Elsewhere album is a true godsend for all fans of 70s kosmische synth records, Library music LPs and all forms of space rock. recordcratesunited.com/2025/12/30/a...

I looked forward to working w/ Gold Dust for months. In the Shade of the Living Light is an amazing jump in musicianship and craft. As a Western Mass native myself, I’m enthralled w/ the New England folklore on which the album is centered. Oh yeah. J Mascis on electric sitar is pretty rad as well.

There is certainly no lack of pedal steel on the Centripetal Force roster, and working with @dasroyalarctic.bsky.social provided another opportunity to showcase the beauty and versatility of this amazing instrument. And Thurston Moore put it in his top 40 for 2025. That’s pretty dang rad.

Collaboration was definitely a theme of 2025. The year’s third release, II from Gnäw, was a group effort b/w Centripetal Force, Ramble Records, Radio Khiyaban, and Stoned to Death. Outside Noise wrote: "Experimental duo Gnäw capture the essence of the desert with the temperature of the boreal.”

The second release of 2025 was Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian’s ‘Noor-E Vojood’ - his second album, and also the second time that I had the honor of collaborating with Cardinal Fuzz and Radio Khiyaban on one of Heydarian’s albums. This release was a long time in the making, and it was worth the wait. ✌🏼

2025 opened in sublime fashion with a partnership with WIAWYA and numün. It was quite the enjoyable way to open up the year. Winter was rolling on, and the soundtrack brightened each day. The album was released digitally, as well as on vinyl and cassette. See Bamdcamp. CF.67 numün - Opening

A whole lotta creativity, talent, and hard work here. None of it gets easier. But it’s still a lot of fun. numüm | Mohammed Mostafa Heydarian | Gnäw | The Royal Arctic Institute | Slow Dawn | Gold Dust | Wonderful Aspiration of the Source | Jon Camp | The Far Sound | Agnes Martian ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

The work Andy at @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social does for independent music is extremely valuable, and his tirelessness impresses me. His end-of-the-year list always impresses me. It’s an honor to have Michael Hix and Wonderful Aspiration of the Source included as one of his favorites from 2025.

Appreciating this one from last year on @centripetalforce.bsky.social. Has a singular feel, with Drew on guitar, zither, and mbira. cygnusa.bandcamp.com

Sure, I’m a little late to the game. I think it’s funny just the same.

Honored and flattered to have four projects included on this year’s @aquariumdrunkard.com year in review list. It’s quite the treasure trove of fantastic sounds and makes me realize how much music goes by unnoticed throughout the year. Glad they released it now. I need time to digest! ➡️