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Shapeshifting Lexington producer Ellie Herring is set to return this month with the highly banging new 3-song EP The Limits, complete with sick cover art illustrated by Ellie herself, due June 22nd via Driftless Recordings. We're psyched to unveil the first track from the record, the propulsive tech…

Getting some serious vintage nature doc/educational filmstrip nostalgia from this meditative gem from Barry Walker's glorious new record Diaspora Urkontinent, coming soon via our friends at Driftless. Walker's gentle, ambient "tectonic pedal steel" elicits some super dreamy and soothing ex…

Leanne Macomber + Joel Ford released the most epic Young Ejecta jam yet over the summer, and now they're dropping an extremely limited Build A Fire 12" featuring two inspired remixes of the soaring track -- including a beautiful, spacey re-imagining by Ford's regular collaborator Napolian + a p…

Leanne Macomber + Joel Ford return with the biggest and most emotional Young Ejecta track yet: "Build a Fire" is a glittery, romantic electro-pop anthem, with Ford's skyscraping retro-futuristic synths and throbbing '80s dancefloor beats sending Macomber's ethereal, …

Here's a welcome, soothing change of pace from our friends at Driftless, a label that has blessed us with releases from the likes of CFCF, Young Ejecta, Ellie Herring, Airbird, and others since their inception in 2013. "Good Night" is a beautifully languid ambient lullaby from young Amaril…

Very psyched to announce that we've teamed up with Driftless, Our House, and Nine Mile to present this full day/evening of amazing artists on Thursday of SXSW at the Ginger Man. Featuring live sets from Hand Habits, She-Devils, Juanita Stein, Forgotten Species, Hayden Pedigo, and Matt Kivel dur…

We're extremely psyched to have Lexington, Kentucky producer Ellie Herring running things here on the site today. As we've already mentioned, Ellie's new EP rules, and it's officially out today on Driftless, so listen to that below, and hang out here with Ellie as she shares some…

Lexington, Kentucky producer Ellie Herring never makes the same move twice. Whether this constant state of flux is deliberate or simply the function of an inherent adventurous/restless streak (I suspect it's the latter), Herring's shapeshifting fluidity and apparent perpetual motion have m…

The ever-prolific Joel Ford follows up his stellar run of diverse recent releases from Young Ejecta, Airbird & Napolian, and Autre Ne Veut (among others) with a dazzling new solo EP under his Airbird moniker, out this Friday on Driftless...

BK producer/engineer extraordinaire Carlson -- who counts Oneohtrix Point Never, St. Vincent, Ford & Lopatin, Tamaryn, Wild Nothing, and others among his insane list of credits -- drops the first single from his own excellent forthcoming LP Going South, due June 10 on Driftless...