they are gutting a body of water

Philly shoegaze band they are gutting a body of water are prepping an absolutely massive mixtape with their upcoming new release "Kool Faith / Loosies II," a 29-track collection featuring guest appearances from a slew of other indie artists like Hotline TNT, Cashier, Total Wife, and more.  Check out "Charger Spec," their collab with Horse Jumper of Love below and pre-order the double-LP here from ATO.

Deer Park & Valeria Litvakov

Here's a cool and weird new collaborative track from Deer Park and Valeria Litvakov.  Dig on the lo-fi bedroom alt-rock of "The Neverhood" below and download it here, along with the duo's other new track "Better than Mine" here from Deleted.

TV Buddha

Spunky, lo-fi Chicago band TV Buddha have a new album of quirky indie rock heading our way in October with the forthcoming "Hallelujah Anyway" LP.  Listen to "Oh Master, Let Me Walk with Thee" below and pre-order the record here from Ever/Never.

Helen

Grouper's Liz Harris released an album with her side project band Helen way, way back in 2015, and October finally brings us that band's sophomore effort.  Check out excellent, fuzzy new tune "Dead Shark II" below and pre-order the "Linda's Head" LP here from Kranky.

Manual

Danish artist Manual makes a chilled out mix of bedroom electronica and indie folk, kind of like a lot of the sounds we used to get in the early '00s...headphone music for afternoons in cafes or libraries.  Check out new tune "Iso" below and order the new "True Bypass" LP here from Darla Records.

Crush of Souls

And now for some lo-fi darkwave vibes from Crush of Souls.  Dig on the bedroom goth of "Sudden Death" below and pre-order the forthcoming "Captive Youth" LP here from Avant! Records.

Hannah Sandoz

Here's some strange and ghostly lo-fi folk from Chicago artist Hannah Sandoz taken from last year's "MF / HS" split EP with Mirror Fish.  Float away in the eerie and ethereal hiss of "All of God" below and get the cassette here from Snart Snart Records.

Dagmar Zuniga

New York artist Dagmar Zuniga makes a kind of spectral, lo-fi folk full of ghosts and tape hiss.  New album "in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music" sounds like something beamed in from another dimension, radio waves just barely audible on old transistor radios.  Absolutely beautiful and haunting stuff.  Check out "Plenty for All the Masses" below and grab the album here from AD 93.

One Wax Wing

Okay boys and girls, let's dig on some bedroom electronica from Austin's One Wax Wing, the electronic side project of Grand Ephemeris's Jason Harrison.  "Let Slip" feels kind of like a mix of the crate-digging trip-hop sounds of the late '90s, the indie electro-folk vibes of the early '00s, and the chillwave blitz of the early '10s, at once wholly familiar and brand new.  Check out the album opening "Crate Diggers Local 227" below and download the whole EP here from the artist.

Full disclosure, i am friends with the artist.

Lone Distance Driver & Omilgop

Meekness is not weakness.  Earlier this year, South Korean artist Omilgop released the excellent "Funeral," a slowcore-tinged, lo-fi, bedroom rock opus.  He follows that up with an equally excellent collaborative effort, "Our Unsung Memories," with San Diego artist Lone Distance Driver.  "Sunset Memory" plays like something i would have played to death when i was a teenager, underground alt-rock to soothe the soul.  Check it out below and download the album here.

dottie

Last month, Austin artist dottie released a new album of bedroom dreampop and ambience called "Intention."  Check out the hazy new age vibes of the title track below and get the whole thing here from the artist.

April Magazine

San Francisco artist April Magazine provides the lo-fi and ethereal hiss and hum for us this gloomy Wednesday morning in Central Texas.  "As You Turn" is a dreamy little nugget of bedroom fuzz.  Check it out below and get the new "Falling Window" EP here from the artist.

Satomimagae

Japanese artist Satomimagae just announced her upcoming new album "Taba," heading our way in April.  New single "Many" is a gentle and wistful piece of electronic folk, the sounds of watching the universe from your bedroom window.  Check it out below and pre-order the new LP here from RVNG Intl.

The Gabys

Lo-fi band The Gabys are back with a new EP of wonderful little ditties.  The new self-titled EP is not quite as fuzzy as 2022's also-self-titled EP, this time around letting the songs play like bedroom homages to the Velvet Underground.  Check out "Cursed" below and get the 7" here from Fruits & Flowers.

Jonnine

I'm not quite sure how to describe the music of Australian artist Jonnine.  Her sounds are something akin to music for ghosts, bits and pieces of different instruments and vocals floating in the ether, occasionally coming together, but more often than not just feeling like the skeletal remains of something that used to be, or the beginning of something new and different.  It's equal parts haunting and mesmerizing.  Check out "Southside Girl" below, download the new album of same name here, and order the LP here from Modern Love.

Midwife

Here's a pretty and melancholy little lo-fi number from Colorado dreampop/shoegaze/bedroom folk artist Midwife.  New album "No Depression in Heaven" is out in September.  Pre-order it here from The Flenser and listen to "Killdozer" below.

Honey Radar

You got a minute to listen to a new song?  And i mean a literal minute.  Well, here's some new lo-fi fuzz from the now Philadelphia based Honey Radar.  Dig on the Guided By Voices vibe of "Combat Paper" below and pre-order the band's upcoming new album "Ribbon Factory" here.

body / negative Covers Elliott Smith and Tim Buckley

Fresh off of last year's excellent "everett" LP, LA artist body / negative just dropped two wonderful stripped down and lo-fi covers of Elliott Smith's "Twilight" and Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren."  Check them both out below and download them here from Track Number Records.

body / negative

My wife took the boys and their friends over to the Lego store and for the moment, my house is quiet.  It's just me and the dog, and the gently sounds of LA artist Andy Schiaffino and their project body / negative.  New album "everett" is out next month and features production from Midwife and mastering from Slowdive's Simon Scott.  Pre-order the album here from Track Number Records and listen to the ambient piano tones of "Sleepy" below.

Halloween

Here's some lo-fi bedroom grunge from Philly band Halloween.  The group's self-titled EP is out now.  Get it here from Tenant Recordings and listen to "Ancient Pain" below.