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Our introduction to Honey Owens came years ago via her awesome cosmic-house outfit the Miracles Club, which quickly led us to dive into the experimental psych-folk-blues of her beloved other/main project, Valet. On the new Valet record, due next month on Kranky, Owens explores expansive, dreamy shoegaze, and it might just be the most beautiful thing she's done so far...

Last time we heard from San Francisco's Grass Widow, they were ripping "Milo Minute" in the zoo for some psyched gorillas. They one-up that infectious previous single with this awesome new jam, taken from their forthcoming limited split 7" with Nature, out next month on M'lady's Records...

Beautiful home nature footage (cameos by a bear, some deer, a waterfall) is juxtaposed with swirling, gauzy images of the band in this appropriately dreamy clip for Still Corners' cinematic “Into the Trees," directed by Ollie Murray. The song is taken from the group's debut LP Creatures of an Hour, out now on Sub Pop...