Weekend Showcase 2.35 has a bit of everything from everywhere. Maybe you want some blistering indie rock or enjoy old school country? Is euphoric indie pop or shimmering world music and electronica your thing? Soul-crushing ballads and moving indie folk are what you fancy? Possibly you want to get moving to some spatial shoegaze, classic blues-rock and funk, and hip-shaking […]

The final long weekend of summer has passed, which means the kids are back in school and the grind of the 9-to-5 returns. To help ease you back into your routine, The Matinee September 6th has eight new singles. There is everything from soothing bedroom pop to euphoric shoegaze-y dream-pop to blistering punk-rock. So sit back, relax, and hear some […]

Over the past year, we’ve listened to thousands of singles – way too many to count. Throughout the year, we’ve shared many of them through three regular features – The Melodic Tonic, The Matinee, and The Weekend Showcase. While we could have rolled up all those singles into one mammoth playlist, that would have meant a playlist of nearly 1,500 songs, not to […]

It’s time to reflect on some of the great music of the past year. We’ve heard a lot of great albums and singles, making it difficult to narrow our list down to just a handful of great efforts. That said, we’re going to try. We start our look back at 2015 with listing our Favorite EPs of the Year. We’ve […]

Escape II by Bloodhounds On My Trail It’s a shame that Bloodhounds On My Trail released their latest EP, Escape II, at the end of November, at a time when many sites and blogs were creating their “best of” lists. As such, this great album likely will be overlooked, but it shouldn’t. Throughout the five original songs plus the bonus […]

The day after Thanksgiving means two things – Black Friday sales and the start of the perpetual playing of Christmas music. If you’re looking for some music to energize you as you wait in the long queues or to have a change of pass from the umpteenth version of “Silent Night”, we have some music that fits the bill. On […]

The Weekend Showcase November 14 Edition returns with more new music from around the globe. Twenty-eight artists you ought to know are featured, and they are representing Australia, Canada, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, and the United States of America.   If this is your first time visiting The Weekend Showcase, you can click on the links below to […]

The Matinee November 12 moves from hypnotic shoegaze to delirious and wonderful power punk-pop. The mini-playlist will leave you breathless. Let’s get to the tunes by six great bands / artists from Australia, Canada, Norway, England, and the USA.   Bloodhounds On My Trail – “Jolly” (Melbourne, Australia) Last year, Melbourne-based Bloodhounds On My Trail released their debut EP, Escape, […]