Steven Wilson has posted binaural mixes of Happy Returns / Ascendant Here On..., Time Is Running Out and Luminol on YouTube. Listen with headphones! The clip for Happy Returns / Ascendant Here On... was directed by Youssef Nassar.
March 20, 2026
Sean Thomas Gerard: Stay In Your Light
Singer-songwriter Sean Thomas Gerard's safe space is his garage, where he can record his music: Americana with a seasoning of symphonic melodic indie pop. His new album Stay In Your Light is basically a love letter to his wife and two daughters, one they can listen to for many years to come - maybe even after when he is no longer alive.
That sounds like a tall order, but he carefully sidesteps the pitfalls that would have made it overblown, rose-tinted exersise. By applying some slightly skewed keyboards and going for chord changes that haven't been be played to death the Wilmington, NC based artist created his own unique sonic textures that might sound familiar, but turn out to be far more complicated upon closer inspection.
Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee: Don't Leave Your House To An Amateur
Chicago based musician Craig Benedict Valentine Badynee is on the fence between art and baroque pop on his Don't Leave Your House To An Amateur, collecting the singles he starting releasing in 2024, plus two new songs: Blackamailer, Blackmailer and Everybody's Talkin' For Me..
He does some serious soul-searching about failed relationships, unuseful but well-meaning advice, and being freed from the shackles of parenting, softening the blows that life has dealt him by wrapping his music in lush arrangements and channeling the phrasing of his favourite jazz vocalists.
Frog: Je Ne Sais Pas
photo: Jarod A. Walker
The current incarnation of quirky NYC band Frog consists of resident genius Daniel Bateman and his younger brother Steve on drums. The jazzy pop is in full bloom on the new single Je Ne Sais Pas, a hybrid of They Might Be Giants, the Modern Lovers and Billy Joel. It is about getting older and realising that the days of being considered cool are long gone: "Jen I'm appalled that you never called // I was passionate, bald, and enthralled // All of these fuck-ups, sixth floor walk-ups". Bateman is not afraid to make fun of himself, sometimes by proxy, and this vignette bodes well for the upcoming album Frog For Sale, due for release on April 17th.
Morgendust: "King of Lonely Souls" video
Dutch '80s inspired quintet Morgendust have made a video for their new single King of Lonely Soul: "The guitars have some nice call-and-response going and the vocals have reached a new level of urgency with this dark tale of a fight with an unnamed nasty entity."
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