Ok Goodnight - Jont - Spencer Krug - Carolina Bluegrass Style

Photo - Zack Spencer

Ok Goodnight - Spiral.

Ok Goodnight have self-released their new single "Spiral". Available on all streaming platforms, the new single uncovers feelings of regret, nostalgia, and unconditional love. “Spiral” is the second single from the forthcoming album stop/go, which is slated for release on June 12th.

With an impressive catalog that has amassed millions of streams on digital platforms and a riveting stage presence, Ok Goodnight have turned heads as an act to watch closely. Their new single "Spiral”  continues the alluring and brooding auditory journey the band have claimed as their own. Featuring polished piano motifs beneath Casey Lee Williams' ethereal, almost Imogen Heap-esque vocals, the decadent, yet nostalgic track marks an important musical shift for the band.

Alongside the digital release of the track is an animated music video by multi-media artist Stephen Mlinarcik, which is also available today. Mirroring the overall “spiral” concept that the track gives off, the video morphs into various shapes and colors, highlighting the overall anxiety and fragility the track emanates. Combining stop motion, claymation, collaging, digital animation, and physical surrealism, Stephen Mlinarcik perfectly brings the avant-garde, cinematic visual world of “Spiral” to life. 

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Artwork - Vanni Mangioni

Jont - Ride On.

Arriving as a deeply personal and expansive body of work, Walk Right Through finds Jont at a creative and spiritual peak. Rooted in singer-songwriter, indie, and folk traditions, the album unfolds as a living document of presence, transformation, and emotional truth. It’s an offering shaped by years of perseverance, reflection, and hard-won clarity.

“I’m deep in the jubilation dancing that goes on when it’s gone right and your prayer of gratitude, your anthems to celebrate the essence of your being, are now somehow larger and more energetically witnessed by The Universe,” Jont shares. “In that space, all one can think and feel is ‘you know what? I actually did it. I did create one of those ones. One that will really count.’”

The project emerged during an intense and almost inexplicable creative surge. At the beginning of 2024, 10 songs arrived in 10 weeks, each carrying what Jont describes as the same urgent message: “Get me out. I want to be sung and heard now.” Rather than forcing the process, he followed it, allowing the material to reveal itself in real time.

Anchoring the album is its lead single, “Ride On,” a song that arrived under particularly meaningful circumstances. Written on the day of Jont’s dear friend Barbara’s passing, it carries both grief and release; an emotional threshold that sets the tone for the recording process that followed.

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Spencer Krug - Same Fangs (Album).

Canadian songwriter Spencer Krug announces Same Fangs, his new solo album released last Friday on Pronounced Kroog. The record arrives at a moment of renewed attention. Following the recent resurgence of “I'll Believe in Anything” through Netflix’s Heated Rivalry, a new wave of listeners has been pulling his catalog back into focus. Across Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown, Moonface, and his solo work, Krug’s projects have quietly accumulated hundreds of millions of streams over the past two decades. 

But Same Fangs doesn’t look backward. It tightens the frame. Written and recorded on Vancouver Island, the album carries the imprint of where Krug lives now. Cedar and damp air. Long stretches of quiet. Fog settling over low mountains and small-town streets. Days shaped around family life, with songs worked out at the piano in between. There’s space in these recordings, but also pressure. Something held close rather than pushed outward.

Built around piano and voice as its red thread, Same Fangs is minimalist, arty, and occasionally pop-leaning, but never ornamental. The performances are direct. The focus is on touch, phrasing, and movement. There’s a lineage here with classic piano pop, echoes of Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, and Leonard Cohen, not in imitation, but in feel. The weight of the voice against the keys. The way a melody leans into a line and lets it sit. 

The songs were drawn from demos shared throughout 2024 and 2025 via Krug’s Patreon, then re-recorded in a concentrated week at The Noise Floor on Gabriola Island with Jordan Koop. Piano and vocals anchor every track, but each one opens slightly outward. Percussion, strings, electric guitar, and guest vocals from Elbow Kiss move in and out of the frame, adding texture without breaking the spell. Contributors were encouraged to write their own parts. Nothing feels overworked.


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Carolina Bluegrass Style - Delilah.

We are always on the look out for something a little different on Beehive Candy. Having settled many years ago that the best alternative version of Tom Jones sixties classic 'Delilah' was by Scotland's The Sensational Alex Harvey Band we now have another contender (and in our opinion comfortably third in place). So the background - Carolina Bluegrass Style and Slim Husky Records are proud to announce the release of the band’s newest single, “Delilah,” an electrifying bluegrass interpretation of the timeless 1960s classic originally made famous by Tom Jones.

Known for their fearless approach to American roots music, Carolina Bluegrass Style transforms the legendary hit into a hard-driving bluegrass powerhouse packed with blazing instrumentation, soulful vocals, thunderous rhythm, and the unmistakable mountain energy that has become the band’s trademark sound.

The new release captures everything fans have come to expect from Carolina Bluegrass Style: tradition fused with innovation, classic storytelling wrapped in modern intensity, and a performance style that refuses to stay inside the lines. “Delilah” delivers a fresh emotional punch while honoring the spirit and drama of the beloved original.

Fresh off being named 2025 Josie Music Awards Bluegrass Group of the Year at the legendary Grand Ole Opry, Carolina Bluegrass Style continues carving out a unique lane in modern bluegrass music with their blend of bluegrass, country, rock, swing, and roots influences. “This was one of those songs that instantly felt like it belonged in our world,” said the band. “The passion, heartbreak, and raw energy in ‘Delilah’ gave us the chance to really cut loose and make the song our own.”


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Winona Oak - My Life As A Moth - Maddie Lenhart - Liv Wade - Ok Goodnight - Greg Dread feat. Don Letts

Winona Oak - Breaking Point.

Swedish singer-songwriter Winona Oak has shared her delicate yet powerful new single and video ‘Breaking Point’ alongside the announcement of her second album ‘Bloom’ released on 25th September via Nettwerk. 
 
Following recent singles ‘Do You Hate Me Now’, ‘Horses’ and ‘Stay the night’, new album ‘Bloom’ marks a new chapter for Winona Oak and is a testament to survival, showcasing both her emotional and musical growth and devotion to connection. Allowing herself to slowly open up again with honesty and hope after a period of grief and heartbreak, her new record lets the listener into a deeply personal world where beginnings emerge from endings. 

Winona released her EP ‘Salt’ last spring, which was a poignant personal documentation of her physical and emotional states. Throughout the last year, she has been working on new music and a more organic progression in her raw and unvarnished sound, whilst still writing candidly about the highs and lows of life; loss and repair, heartbreak and love, resistance and patience. Winona says, 
 
“Like a flower emerging after a long winter, blooming isn’t instant - it’s the result of surviving the darker seasons.Bloom reflects the transformation - the idea that even after pain life still finds ways to grow. It’s a gentle but powerful reminder that healing isn’t about forgetting the past, but about allowing yourself to open again to the light."

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My Life As A Moth - The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted (Album).

My Life As A Moth is the project of a Swedish-born, East London-based artist whose music blends post punk, experimental rock, art pop, industrial textures and alternative guitar music into something immersive, eerie and emotionally charged. The project began during lockdown, at a time when she felt lost and disconnected. Sitting down at a dusty keyboard she had not played in a long time, she found a dead moth between the keys. Struck by how sad and strangely beautiful it looked, she wrote a song called “My Life As A Moth.” That moment became the starting point not just for a track, but for an entire artistic identity.

That instinct to transform difficult feelings into something vivid sits at the heart of her new 12-track album, The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted. Written during a period of deep personal change and therapy, the record draws on experiences of trauma, manipulation, coercive control and gaslighting, but it is just as much about resilience, clarity and the parts of ourselves that survive. Her writing often takes personal experience and filters it through surrealism, symbolism and world-building, creating songs that feel both deeply intimate and slightly otherworldly.

At the center of the album is the idea of the “starlet” and her “parade of the broken hearted” as figures who carry beauty, integrity and empathy through a harsh and distorted world. The record is rooted in contrast, as the songwriter puts it, the album is inspired by “the rose in the mud, the light in the dark, the growth that comes from hardships, the stars you see above a scrapyard.” There is pain running through these songs, but also strength, mystery and a sense of something bigger than what is happening on the surface.


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Maddie Lenhart - Let Him Fly (Live from the Treehouse).

Nashville country artist Maddie Lenhart releases beautiful live cover of Patty Griffin's "Let Him Fly." Maddie Lenhart’s take on “Let Him Fly” feels less like a cover and more like a quiet moment you’ve been invited into. Recorded live in a single take at Treehouse Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, her version strips everything back to its emotional core, honoring the songwriting of Patty Griffin while gently nodding to the familiarity of The Chicks.

The arrangement is airy and weightless – soft acoustic guitar and pedal steel drift underneath without ever pulling focus, giving the song space to fully breathe. At the center is Lenhart’s vocal – genuine, unmistakably her, and delivered with a honeyed ease that feels completely natural. There’s a quiet confidence in her delivery that draws you in.

What stands out most is the restraint. Lenhart doesn’t try to reshape the song in a dramatic way – she trusts it. That trust allows each line to settle exactly where it needs to be, creating a dreamy, suspended feeling that carries throughout. Raised in the heart of Virginia’s countryside, Maddie Lenhart was singing before she could talk and writing songs long before she could put them on paper. Since moving to Nashville, she has written hundreds of songs, earned over 40 independent cuts, and released her debut single “Sober,” which has surpassed 800,000 organic streams. In 2025, she released eight new songs, all landing on Spotify and Apple editorial playlists.

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Melanie Orr Photography

Liv Wade - Carolina.

After releasing the internationally acclaimed EP Radios and Buffalos in 2024, multi-talented Indigenous recording artist Liv Wade is set to return with a new five-song collection entitled Fur Queen. Overall, it displays Liv’s wide-ranging musical approach, with the latest single “Carolina” being a dramatic ballad that blends traditional storytelling with soaring modern production.

Liv describes “Carolina” as growing out of recent global political agendas that have taken away the fundamental rights of many individuals. As a queer, two-spirit artist with Metis roots, she has long advocated for diversity, equity, equality and inclusion, and the song plainly gets the message across that she is “free to be myself and not afraid to tell the truth.”

Liv says, “We tried to showcase how cruel and calculated people can be, perpetuating lateral violence against each other, while calling out the cowardliness of individuals behind closed doors and screens, passing judgement without understanding layers of complexity and intersectionality. On the flip side we also wanted to highlight those folks pushing back, celebrating diversity, joining in solidarity, healing in community and not letting others’ insecurities determine their worth.”

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Photo - Zack Spence

Ok Goodnight - 22.

Ok Goodnight self-releases their new single “22”. Available on most streaming platforms, the new single contemplates the feelings of betrayal, loneliness, and forgiveness that follow after the bittersweet end of a friendship. Serving as the first single since the release of 2023’s The Fox and The Bird, “22” offers a glimpse into what the next Ok Goodnight record will sound like.

The Boston-based four piece are no strangers to releasing music that leaves a lasting imprint. With an impressive catalog that has amassed millions of streams on digital platforms and a riveting stage presence, Ok Goodnight have turned heads as an act to watch closely. Their new single "22" marks the beginning of a new era for the band, acting as the lead single for their third studio album stop/go coming on June 12th, 2026. With a sonic style and aesthetic indicative of Turnstile, Paramore, or PVRIS, the new single "22" combines heavy guitar riffs with dark, nostalgic synths and carefully integrated samples.

Pairing with the digital release of “22” comes an invigorating visual created by filmmakers Margot Budzyna and Christian Tasiopoulos. Stylized in an atemporal fashion amidst a surreal, dreamlike aesthetic, the new video showcases movers disassembling a room as a metaphor for uncertainty and change.

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Greg Dread feat. Don Letts - Serious Dropout (Album).

For this special release on Echo Beach, London Dub legends Greg Dread and Don Letts join forces with Frankfurt Dub collective Serious Dropout. Greg Dread selected highlight tracks from the collective’s timeless catalogue and fuses them into a thrilling seamless mega mix while Don Letts provides vocal shouts, resembling the atmosphere of a live sound system experience. They combined elderly and brand-new material.

Founded Frankfurt in the mid 90s, Serious Dropout is a collective of producers, DJs and musicians with various projects blending Dub Reggae with different forms of Electronic music reflecting their various musical backgrounds ranging from Techno House and leftfield Electronica to Reggae and Dancehall, Breakbeat and Drum`n`Bass.

Greg Dread is a writer, producer, drummer, dj and founding member of leading UK Dub band Dreadzone, operating since 1993. In the 80s, he was a member of Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones, formerly of punk legends The Clash. Don Letts is known for his work as a Grammy-winning filmmaker, creator of legendary music videos and also as an acclaimed Selector since the late 70s, when he helped to form the connection between Reggae and Punk by playing Dub records in The Roxy, London’s first Punk club. He remains a defining voice in British subculture.

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