We came across Wanderer by chance on Soundcloud and it's always something special when curiosity for whatever reason leads us to a musical discovery that just sounds so good from the offset. Not having anything sent by a agent or PR company we have gleaned the following from their website. They have put up quite a few songs in recent days & weeks, here's a selection.
Wanderer is an introspective musical project hailing from Germany, delving into the depths of psychedelic dream pop and indie rock. Their sound weaves a rich tapestry of floating synth pads, atmospheric guitars, and deep, hypnotic bass lines. Through their music, Wanderer explores themes of cosmic solitude, enduring love, and the profound journey of self-discovery.
They also have a Manifesto: We are wanderers of invisible roads, crossing worlds within worlds — planets turning in silence, each carrying echoes of something lost. We move through cities of noise and mirrors, through the grand marketplace of vanity, where everything shines, but little is real. Here, souls barter their longing for the comfort of forgetting. Yet some keep walking. Not rushing, not chasing — just moving forward, guided by a pull they can’t explain. Beyond the surface, past what can be named or sold, there are quiet doors. They do not open with force.
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Brand New Box of Matches is an award-winning independent bluegrass band out of Knoxville, TN. Elizabeth Sherman’s lovely vocals shine on haunting ballads and raucous honky-tonk inspired tunes, while Ryan Hardison’s catchy banjo & guitar playing along with his wry lyrics will have your toes tapping and face grinning.
The duo has three full length albums on CD and all the major streaming services. 2022’s Strike One is a collection of classic bluegrass and country tunes, 2023’s Flame & Water is a completely original album that covers everything from relationships to ghost stories to substance abuse. Their original album, Light It Up!, was released on April 5th, 2024 and several songs off the album received significant radio play across North America, Europe and Australia.
Their latest original single (it's been out awhile but we love it), Cold Tonight Here in Georgia, is an exciting bluegrass tune that features Elizabeth’s powerful vocals and while Ryan provides some hot banjo picking. Written by Ryan Hardison & Elizabeth Sherman of Brand New Box of Matches in Knoxville, TN.
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Eclectic Norwegian cult act Ulver wish everybody a Happy New Year! by gracefully releasing their complete new album "Neverland" digitally on the day of New Year's Eve! Only the digital release of "Neverland" has been shared on December 31, 2025, while the physical release will arrive later on February 27, 2026. "Neverland", the fourteenth studio album by Ulver is the sound of an escape. A journey into undiscovered lands.
Following three albums – "The Assassination of Julius Caesar" (2017), "Flowers of Evil" (2020), and "Liminal Animals" (2024) – rooted in more traditional song and production structures, "Neverland" marks a new chapter in the revered Oslo band's history.
"With 'Neverland' we embraced a more 'punk' spirit – more dreaming, less discipline – freer, quite simply", the band comments on the creative process behind the album. Bursts of daybreak synths and whooshes of sound set the atmosphere, before the wolves start digging into the dynamics of ambient calm and anarchic mysticism. Dreamy and transportive textures develop into trippy percussive energies, and as the album unfolds, a lush and vibrant, and at times exotic space opens.
Apart from a few recurring distant voices and vocal chops, "Neverland" is a largely instrumental record, reminiscent of the mood and structure of that place where late '90s IDM sounds met the meandering structures of post-rock.
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