Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: in-studio performance @ KEXP radio

Watch the video of the in-studio performance by country musicians Gillian Welch and David Rawlings with Paul Kowert on bass on The Afternoon Show @ KEXP radio in Seattle, recorded on August 18, 2026.

Low Horizon: Weak

Houston, TX lo-fi rock trio Low Horizon are back with Weak, their new single as a taster for their forthcoming full-length A Hundred Times The Same Way. The foundation of the track is a growling and unrelenting guitar riff propping up singer John Gottlieb celebrating coming out of his shell now that he has found love, but also slightly worried that it might not last.

Alex O'Toole & Simeon Bartholomew (n000000000): n000000000.1

Australian noise duo Alex O'Toole (drums) and Simeon Bartholomew (guitar) are about creating music on the spot n000000000 project, as an outlet besides their usual forays into math rock and post-rock in various bands in the Sydney underground. After performing all improvised live shows they decided to lock themselves for an album, so that a wider audience can find out what they are all about.

Careful listening to each other when embarking on such a journey is key, because it would all fall apart if they wandered off into different directions. O'Toole and Bartholomew have developed an instant rapport, enabling them to lock into a groove and make a sharp turn that they did not know was coming until it presented itself as a logical step for the piece.

Johnny Dowd: crowdfunding campaign for "Pictures From Life's Other Side" on vinyl

A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to release Johnny Dowd's Pictures From Life's Other Side album on vinyl. It will be a 2LP with the full album, plus newly recorded acoustic versions on Side 4:

Salomea: axxxis

With their amalgam of jazz, soul and hip-hop German-American quartet Salomea made friends in both genres, and quite a few outside those two three. On their latest album axxxis the band's singer and composer Rebekka Salomea leads her band through emotional minefields, snap shots taken during night life and of course the wicked ways of love. While the subject matter has been covered umpteenth times she has found new ways to tell the tales that need to be told.

With a band that can follow every subtle turn she throws at them, with drummer Leif Berger working a double shift as the driving force and safety net, Rebekka Salomea is ready to make a mark outside Germany. She has a voice that loses none of its power when she turns it down to a whisper. This is their fourth album, so putting on an one hour plus show with high-quality songs just outside the mainstream is no problem at all.