Two one-of-a-kind Chicago players, Bill MacKay & Michael Zerang, join forces on Scarlet Hour, the duo's first collaborative long-player, out on January 29, 2027. Today, listen to the lead single "New Song" and watch an accompanying video directed by fellow Chicagoan Michael Vallera.

Bill and Michael are both longstanding pillars of the Chicago music scene; composing, recording, and performing both solo and collaboratively on dozens upon dozens of records, shows, and jam sessions. Zerang has played with such... (read more)

The psychedeli-supergroup of Boris and Michio Kurihara (Ghost, White Heaven) first collaborated back in 2006 on the album Rainbow - and we're celebrating it's 20th anniversary with a deluxe vinyl issue (the first vinyl release outside Japan!) on Dec. 4. To begin the festivities early, you can now hear the hypersonic collaboration play the title track, "Rainbow", taken from Live At FEVER 20181229 - a new live album from the group showcasing tracks from Rainbow as well as Boris and Kurihara originals,... (read more)

Dynamic-experimental-folk duo Alasdair Roberts & Fredrik Rasten present a new collection of traditional folk songs of Scottish origin - Seven Weathers, out January 29. Today, we share the first advance single, an epic take on the tragedy of "Lady Maisry", with an accompanying music video.

Alasdair Roberts has been making music for some three decades now - his explorations of Scottish (and other) traditions have informed thirteen albums, some of original material, some of traditional songs. Fredrik Rasten is an... (read more)

While it may have been recorded on Mayo's smartphone, "Bagga 1, Lagga 1" is more than simply a "note to self" - to our ear, it is a prime example of Mayo's unique approach to essaying the guitar. The track charges in headfirst, Bagga evoking train songs,... (read more)