Tame Werewolf: Chillwave from Iran
Iranian artist Tame Werewolf released a chillwave EP called Phasermania. Keivan Hosseini is the musician behind the project mixes retrowave and vocoder sounds in interesting arrangements.
Kevin Flick
Kevin Flick founded Puddlegum in 1997 and has been engaging in music journalism off and on since. He's also a recording/mixing engineer and loves to help bands work through the creative process. He has coproduced and mixed for artists such as Saeyers, Midi Memory, and Cathedral Bells.
Rumors are that he's a Brighton Hove & Albion FC fan. He's also obsessed with coffee. Kevin resides in the college community of Bloomington, Indiana, where he studied at Indiana University.
Brother. releases ‘Volume III’
me III, through Handwritten Records. This is their second LP (Volume II was an EP), one that they've been teasing since their Don't Worry single in 2019.
New Music Friday: Starflyer 59, vhs ghost, hotel pools, the lassie foundation, more
New Music Friday: The Lassie Foundation, Starflyer 59, BROTHE SUN SISTER MOON, Hotel Pools, and many more.
Omi Gelacio of Views From Space DISCUSSES NEW PROJECT and debut ‘POV’ single
Omi Gelacio talks with Puddlegum about his new dream pop Views From Space project. He also released the incredible debut single, 'POV', and music video, today. The song mixes, "dreamy, reverb, jangle guitars and vocals."
Beauty Queen drops ‘Hope It’s You’ single and video
Beauty Queen released a third single, 'Hope It's You', and music video from what we assume will be an album of songs through Sleep Well Records. This track is really polished, produced by Henry Moser of Henry Nowhere, and Beauty Queen's Katie Iannitello. A banjo opens the song and appears in the chorus, giving the song a fitting emotional edge.
Barrie releases ‘Dig’ / ‘Frankie’ 7″
Barrie is back with a 7" with two singles, 'Dig' and 'Frankie'. Side A track is full of layered textural instrumentation, while 'Dig' is programmed synths and drums.
Magnus Josefsson releases ‘December’ and ‘The Map’, featuring members from The Amazing, Dungen, The Ark, The Smiths
Magnus Josefsson has quite a background in the Swedish music scene, both as a producer, musician, and artist. His debut album features members of The Amazing, The Smiths, Dungen, The Ark, and is mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive. These are progressive rock instrumentals you can get lost in.
Clean Hands: new project of Nick de Ryss (Day Wave)
Clean Hands is the bedroom pop project of Nick de Ryss, drummer for Day Wave. He has released two singles so far and they're brilliant!
Cathedral Bells release ‘I Don’t Care Anymore’ single
Cathedral Bells released I Don't Care Anymore, their first single since releasing their Ether LP earlier this year. Matt Messore and band wrote and recorded this song, and I (Kevin Flick of Puddlegum.Studio) had the pleasure of mixing and mastering the track. Spirit Goth released the single today as part of their Singles series.