The debut album by Submarine Lights, produced by McKenzie Smith (Midlake, St. Vincent), began as an experiment in long-distance relationships, with songs variously written and recorded in Texas, Washington, DC, and New York City. Bringing together members of the The Chemistry Set, Polyphonic Spree, Calhoun, and St. Vincent, New York natives Stephen and Meredith Duncan layer soaring harmonies, subtle beats, liquid guitars, silvery strings, and memorable melodies into a collection of intimate and sometimes creepy moments.

​​​Hungry Skinny is a rock and roll band from San Francisco, California. The band – comprised of Garrett Riley (vocals/guitar), Sean Russo (vocals/bass), Ty Thorpe (drums), and Remy Vale (guitar) – formed in San Francisco’s tenderloin district in 2011. They have recorded and released 3 EP’s with Light Rail Studios; “Ain’t Walkin’ You Home”, “Nobody Cares”, and “Birth & A Murder”.  Their new LP – Hot Dang is available now, and they will be touring the U.S. starting in November 2015 in support of the album.

Virginia natives Carbon Leaf weave their signature indie-rock blend of Celtic, Appalachian, folk, and country into a rousing new brand of music best described as ‘ether-electrified porch music’.

The five-man band’s steadfast arrangement of guitar, bass, drums, and mandolin is rounded out with more exotic instruments, like the bouzouki, fiddle, accordion and penny whistle, all tied together by lead singer Barry Privett’s bold, straightforward baritone.

Their album Love Loss Hope Repeat Reneaux is available just in time for their fall tour that just started.

At the beginning of 2015, things had never looked better for The Black Lillies. Winning legions of fans through relentless touring and riding a wave of critical acclaim, the band had already successfully surpassed their PledgeMusic fundraising goals, selected a producer and booked studio time to record their new album when frontman Cruz Contreras was hit with unexpected news: two of the group’s five members would be amicably moving on. Contreras contemplated the group’s future and faced down a looming deadline to finish writing the new album for a yet-to-be-determined lineup.

“In the past, I might write a song once a month when I felt inspired, and at a much more leisurely pace,” explains Contreras, “but this time around, I realized I would have to write an entire record in two weeks before we hit the studio. I felt confident I could do it, but I also had no proof.”

The proof is now etched into vinyl with Hard To Please, the band’s fourth studio album — an alternately rip-roaring and deeply intimate record, showcasing both Contreras’ lyrical evolution as a writer and a more sonically sophisticated side of the band than we’ve heard before. Whether it was due to the pressure of the ticking clock, the injection of creative energy from recording with new faces, or simply the steadfast desire of a hardworking band to always outdo themselves, the album stands as the finest yet in The Black Lillies’ outstanding catalog.  Grab it on wax now!