Void by Vanessa Funke This #FeatureFriday we have Void by Vanessa Funke from the first track ‘Void’ takes you on an emotional journey. There’s a difficult beauty in pain even if it is too hot to hold at times, too big to carry, too hard to penetrate, too painful to tolerate but this music shows a […]
Rides Out by Hot Donkey As a kid, and I’m old enough to think anyone under the age or 40 is a kid so I’ll be more specific, as a teenager I came to the concept that not everything I hear first time is going to hit me. For every Van Halen there’s a Husker […]
Trauma Stew by Cynful Ukes Today we have an emotional and human journey. It comes with several gut punches. It doesn’t flinch and it doesn’t soft soap. Cynful Ukes’s Trauma Stew is an collection of songs that takes you by the hand and leads you through a life lived. The first time I listened to […]
How about some Pixie Pirate Mythpunk Folk Rock? Quartered: Songs of Palimpsest by S. J. Tucker This week’s #FeatureFriday artist is S. J. Tucker and her album – Quartered: Songs of Palimpsest. The first thing you have to acknowledge about Quartered: Songs of Palimpsest is the commitment to art it feels embued with love and […]
This #FeatureFriday we have some cool indie with Oblle and their 5 track EP Shapeshifter Shapeshifter by Oblee From the opening instrumental track of “Shapeshifter” you’re not sure what you’re getting with Oblee. You could be thinking it’s going to be some lo-fi instrumental project and as great as that is it hides some great […]
Psychedelic Garage Rock Loveliness wrapped up with a pop sensibility. This #FeatureFriday we have the glorious, Rayguns of Love by The Striped Bananas Take all the cool stuff from the 60s, filter it through the 70s, ferment it it 80s college rock let it stew through the 90s post grunge guitar indie pop while avoiding […]
Doom Folk Metal? Yes please. This #FeatureFriday we have the excellent Mean Bone by @buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social Mean Bone by Buzzard The first thing that hits you about Buzzard is the absolutely filthy guitar tone. A stack of octave pedals crushing your brain. The second thing is what a good fucking name Buzzard is, I mean fucking […]
Aldona’s Daughter by Stunt Lover Name one album that starts with as good a line as, “You’ve got your knitting needles and I’ve got my sledgehammer / you get judgmental and I get a stammer when I’m nervous / I get a stammer when I’m nervous.” and I’ll give you the evil eye. Aldona’s Daughter […]
Stunt Lover – New Single Cisyphus City Cisyphus City by Stunt LoverFirst off, Stunt Lover is back at it and it’s a a blast – Imagine a dive bar in downtown Hades, they have a house band that sounds like a Tom Waits and David Lynch after party. Tidal waves of crashing/angular guitars, snarling vocals, […]
This week with it being Bandcamp Friday we have chosen to pick an artist or release each. So if you are looking for some great music out our recommendations below. Maybe check out the playlist and previous articles at the bottom of the page. Be groovy and wotnot make a musician happy and buy something… […]
1991 by Maisie Marra “Maisie Marra is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real persons or events is 100% on purpose.” This week’s #FeatureFriday is Maisie Marra’s 1991 by elvira depressedly Beneath the guitars, the lo-fi crunchy drums and the gorgeous vocals there’s a lyrical thread that tells a story and whether it […]
Muay Thai Bag by Foxcall #FeatureFriday This week, we all listened to “Muay Thai Bag” by @jonathanmerkt.bsky.social’s an album of 5 short tracks that builds in intensity as it progresses. My favorite was the 4th track, “A Mad Fairy.” Aaron Smith You like shoegaze? Lofi? Then this one is for you. Short and sweet five […]
A Place To Go When You Need To Hide by Rose Alaimo “A Place to Go When You Need to Hide” is a concept album about the high highs and low lows of life and how these can be difficult to navigate without losing ourselves in them, and how we have a place inside of […]
And the Bones by Dr. Organ The cracks became a chasm Gathered in a junkies orgasm I just pray that he’ll survive it And walk past his body again – Walk Past the Body again This #FeatureFriday is Dr Organ an artist I first became aware of through the bandcamp randomiser I love music that […]
Power Pop Goodness! This week’s #FeatureFriday is WIENER DEMEANOR by Cheer Captain. One of the first artists that I came across on Bluesky was Cheer Captain. I’m a nosey bonk and after a couple of film based interactions with Graham of Cheer Captain I decided to check out their music. Sometimes this profile stalking can […]
Effusion by Sweet Freeze Effusion by Sweet Freeze From the offset ‘Effusion’ by Sweet Freeze gives you a sense of isolation. With it’s metallic sounding spaces, it’s thin synthetic strings and the 3 or 4 not guitar motifs. The vocals sound intimate yet jarring without sounding obtuse. It’s a personal recording dripping with an honesty […]
#FeatureFriday again! This week’s album is “Beginnings Revisited” by Jim France Beginnings Revisited by Jim France There’s a simplicity to Jim France’s songs. They are well written, nicely paced and considered. They tell stories. Jim’s lyrics are unfussy, they get to the point. The lead vocals are almost singy songy spoken word but are often […]
Recording in Progress by Aaron Smith This #FeatureFriday we have @Aaaronsmith377.bsky.social and his three song EP – Recording in Progress. Anyone who has come across Aaron and his music will know that not only is he a story teller but he is a solid human being. He has a moral center that permeates his music. […]
When they done coming for us they gonna come for you… Believer, a.k.a. The Last Shall Be the First by Ray Curenton The final line from the rap in No Empires! (feat. April Rucker & Civil) says all you need to know about some of the themes that Ray Curenton is trying to get out […]
The Inner Sleeve Podcast A new podcast about indie music by indie musicians… Welcome to The Inner Sleeve, a behind the scenes podcast by Lights And Lines – your favourite record label! Each week Mike Five, Gozer Goodspeed, and GRIM17 peel back the layers of the independent music scene, talking about some of the highs, […]