False Figure - Matilda Schyborger - Hiding Places - JP Soars & Anne Harris

False Figure - Incarnate (Album).

Oakland, California - based post-punk band, False Figure has just unveiled their new full-length album, Incarnate. The themes across Incarnate remain familiar to the band's legacy. Ranging from lamenting toxic interpersonal dynamics in "Favorite Game", finding sobering respite within the chaos of an unsalvageable world in "Original Sin", to a more immediate and explosive call to action in "Say Nothing". There's an undeniable flow to the songs on the record that don't leave you lingering in the same feeling for too long. 

Incarnate is an example of what modern post-punk could sound like while not being pinned to one particular repetitious theme. The tracks serve as a cathartic release for listeners, drawing from lived experiences that are universally shared. It is the intention of the band to speak to the inner world of its audience and connect in a meaningful way. Incarnate is available on LP and on all major digital platforms worldwide courtesy of the band’s label, Cruel Subordination Records.

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Matilda Schyborger - She’ll Be Fine (EP). 

Matilda Schyborger creates intimate indie pop shaped by jazz influences and honest storytelling. Blending the warmth in her vocals with the quiet strength of her lyrics, her music helps to find meaning in the ordinary and beauty in everyday moments.

Her EP ‘She’ll Be Fine’ is out now, led by the single ‘Nellie’. Recorded mostly live at Music A Matic Studios in Gothenburg and produced by Klara Goliger, the release captures an organic, close-knit sound that mirrors its themes of female friendship and emotional clarity. 

Across the EP, Matilda explores loyalty, vulnerability, and the quiet resilience of standing beside the people you love.
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Photo - Calli Westra

Hiding Places - One Hand.

Today, Brooklyn-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their latest single "One Hand," alongside a dramatic, DIY-style official music video featuring vocalist Audrey Keelin. A gentler tune than their previous singles, "One Hand" opens with a repetitive acoustic guitar, which breaks only for a moment into heavy riffage between verses and what may be considered a chorus. The acoustic influence harkens back to the band's earlier songs that expound their folk influences, like Merce Lemon and villagerrr.

"One Hand” is a meditation on how we can be so hard on ourselves in the face of keeping up long-distance relationships and friendships. It is hard to give grace to oneself when, for example, taking “too long to call for some reason.” This song is very hypnotic to play live and cuts into heavier, more intense, distorted moments at seemingly random times. 

In recording, we separated the main riff into three parts (Left, Right, and Center) and played it with three acoustic guitars, Nicholas, Michael and I each being responsible for playing one section of the riff, recording live in stereo. If listening in headphones, the achieved effect is a riff that dances spatially around the listeners head, increasing the hypnotic experience," songwriter and vocalist Audrey Keelin says.

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JP Soars & Anne Harris - Viper.

JP Soars & Anne Harris will release their highly anticipated collaborative album, Gypsy Blue Revue, on May 29, 2026, via Forty Below Records. The first single, “Viper,” is available now, with additional singles to follow. For more than two decades, JP Soars has built his reputation the way roots music was meant to be built — onstage, night after night. A fiery guitarist, soulful vocalist, and inventive songwriter, Soars blends American blues with rock & roll, Latin grooves, country, and gypsy jazz, guided not by genre but by feel.

That musical vision comes into sharp focus on Gypsy Blue Revue, a collaboration with acclaimed Chicago-based violinist, vocalist, and songwriter Anne Harris. The partnership began in 2019 after the two artists crossed paths on the festival circuit and joined forces at the Big Blues Bender in Las Vegas. The chemistry was immediate, and what began as a one-off performance quickly evolved into a powerful creative union rooted in Southern soul, roadhouse blues, rock, and eclectic folk influences.

The album was recorded live at a rural Ohio studio without click tracks or overdubs, capturing the immediacy and chemistry that define their performances. “We approached it exactly like a show,” says Soars. “All in one room, playing together. We just wanted it to sound like us.” The record also features Soars’ longtime bandmates: drummer Chris Peet and bassist Cleveland Frederick.

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Gitika Partington - Hiding Places - SAMAJAMA - Staci Gruber

Gitika Partington - Home / Love's a Refrain / Rocket Man.

Songwriter and choral director/arranger Gitika Partington has released thirteen albums simultaneously, and without originally setting out to, she has broken the current world record for the most albums released in one day, which as of 2025 stood at twelve. Comprising 130 original songs written and recorded over a five-year period, the project began with the idea of nine albums. Then ten. Twelve became the structure. Thirteen turned up anyway.

During the pandemic part of the process, Tom Robinson of the Tom Robinson band and BBC Radio 6 and Amazing Radio DJ described Gitika as ‘a force of nature’ for producing nine virtual choir videos with help from community filmmaker and choir member Bob Karper. Check out “video killed the radio star”! 

Gitika created the thirteen albums as part of a sustained songwriting practice rather than a commercial release cycle. Composed incrementally over the course of five years, including periods marked by significant challenges. Moments of unbelievable light were interspersed, and the weekly songwriting which felt like an anchor. The first twelve albums form a chronological musical record of time passing with a thirteenth album of songs that nearly got away- a body of work intended for wandering, reflection, and long-form listening rather than singles, algorithms, or drip-fed promotion. Lots of the songs are messages to Gitika from Gitika - stories and comments on the day she wrote them. Lots are about returning home, uncomfortable moments, little blasts of therapy, quirky moments. Pleasing no-one but herself.

This release is an artistic gesture as much as a musical one. This project emphasizes that creativity doesn't require permission or external validation. It encourages anyone making stuff to ignore self-doubt and focus on just making art for its own sake, valuing the creative process over the result. Bandcamp (HERE).



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Photo - Calli Westra

Hiding Places - Waiting.

Brooklyn-based indie rockers Hiding Places announce their debut album, The Secret to Good Living, May tour dates across the northeast USA, and release single "Waiting." The just-released single "Waiting," written by vocalist/guitarist Nicholas Byrne, is a grungy song heavy with distortion and grief. The video (also created by Byrne) juxtaposes live footage of the band alongside video of the demolition and an animated simulation of the iconic Kingda Ka rollercoaster (R.I.P.).

"Hiding Places’ first bassist, Anthony Cozzarelli, left the band in July of 2022. I wrote the chorus the day before Anthony left the band. I recalled the slow death of my uncle, and the painful anticipation that filled the interstitial space between here and gone. I wrote the verses six months later in the freezing cold on my way home from my studio in the industrial part of our neighborhood. I sang this song to my aunt years later as she was dying. We both cried," Byrne said.

The band, originally from North Carolina, caught our attention after self-releasing a trio of excellent EPs. Now a four-piece of Audrey Keelin, Henry Cutting, Nicholas Byrne, and Michael Matsakis, started as an almost tradition-like practice; meeting in rural Georgia for a week or two at a time to record and write; to open themselves up to songs that would visit and hone their technical ability to capture them. Marked by a consistently collaborative process throughout their career, Hiding Places' debut LP is their first collection recorded together in a professional recording studio. 

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SAMAJAMA - I Still Get BUTTERFLIES.

SAMAJAMA, a former global executive, lived a fast-paced and luxurious life, traveling the world and closing major deals for Fortune 500 companies. However, his true happiness always lay in coming home to his daughter and wife. The success of his career allowed him to purchase and build a beautiful horse farm and mountain home. Despite the wealth and glamour of his job, his heart was always with his family and the simple pleasures of life such as hiking, bonfires, and spending time with his beloved animals.

However, when the global epidemic hit and he went through a divorce, his life seemed to crumble around him. In a state of forced isolation, he turned to music as a form of healing. Over the years, his love for music evolved into songwriting and singing about the raw and emotive experiences of humanity. Music became his solace and lyrics became his source of healing.

Through this journey of recovery and resilience, SAMAJAMA found his way back to victory, always holding onto the belief that "music soothed him, but lyrics healed him".

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Staci Gruber - This Time Around.

The new single "This Time Around" from Boston-based singer-songwriter Staci Gruber is released this week. The rock meets Americana tune was recorded in Nashville and produced by Erik Halbig (Ty Herndon, Jamie O'Neal). Written by Staci and Michael Orland (American Idol), the track is a relatable and infectious honky-tonk anthem. Staci shares, "This Time Around is really a story of love that pulled too hard, truth that came too late, and a heart that finally listened when it mattered most". 

Staci shares, "This Time Around is really a story of love that pulled too hard, truth that came too late, and a heart that finally listened when it mattered most". 

Staci has found success performing with Dan Aykroyd and the Blues Brothers, writing an anthem for Billie Jean King, and performing at several large events with collaborator Michael Orland. Through her music and her research, Staci Gruber exemplifies the power of connection – whether through the transformative power of music or the scientific exploration of medical solutions—and reminds us all that no matter where we are, we are never truly alone. She shares, “Maybe music really can help people feel things they need to feel… I always hope that music allows people to understand someone else’s perspective – empathy in its truest sense.” 

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