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February 2015

This month we're all excited about new music by Ty Segall, Sharon Van Etten, Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders and Justin Townes Earle. Listen here. 

January 2015

During January we were loving listening to new music by Mark Ronson (featuring Kevin Parker), St. Vincent, Jessica Pratt, Justin Townes Earle, Django Django, Twerps, Blue King Brown, Awon, Thom Yorke, World's End Press, No Zu, Father John Misty, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Parquet Courts, Mark Ronson (featuring Kevin Parker), Lanie Lane, Caitlin Harnett, Lia Mice and Father John Misty. Tracks in italics can be heard via the January Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

December 2014

In December we were loving new music by Joey Aich, Dick Diver, The Babe Rainbow, SBTRKT, Collarbones, Peaking Lights, Total Giovanni, Citizen Kay, Azealia Banks, Twerps, Tkay Maidza, Milwaukee Banks, Les Sins, Klo, Ariel Pink, Richard In Your Mind, and Sunbeam Sound Machine. Tracks in italics can be heard via the December Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

November 2014

In November we were psyched about new music by Twerps, Alta, Koi Child, Jessica Pratt, Sunbeam Sound Machine, Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders, Gem Simba, Kinematic, Ariel Pink, Belle and Sebastian, Anthony Atkinson & The Running Mates, Trust Punks, Bored Nothing, Total Giovanni, Husky, Machine Translations, Augie March, Glad2Mecha, Steve Gunn, Thurston Moore, Parquet Courts (or should we say Parkay Quarts?), Tweedy, Day Ravies, My Brightest Diamond, Les Sins, Goat, Kista & Glad2Mecha, alt-J, and Forest Swords. Tracks in italics can be heard via the November Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

October 2014

In October we were loving new music by Bored Nothing, Flying Lotus, Ariel Pink, Dorian Concept, Trust Punks, Andras & Oscar, Bonobo, CW Stoneking, Peter Bibby, Andras & Oscar, Footy, Brighter Later, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Peaking Lights, Sui Zhen, The Harpoons, Ross McLennan, SBTRKT, Caribou, Jungle, Banoffee, DMAs, Airling, Tricky, The Harpoons, Angel Olsen, Zammuto, Laura Jean, The Frowning Clouds and Bahamas.
Tracks in italics can be heard via the October Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

September 2014

In September we were super keen on new music by Sunbeam Sound Machine, alt-J, Davey Lane, Interpol, Augie March, The Frowning Clouds, Ariel Pink, Big Deal, Sounds Like Sunset, Steve Smyth, Zammuto, The Ocean Party, Zeus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Steve Smyth, Fictonian, Steve Gunn, The New Pornographers, Cass McCombs, Bear In Heaven, C.W. Stoneking, Spoon, Alvvays, Boats, The Zebras and Twerps. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the September Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

August 2014 

In August we were loving new music by FKA Twigs, Banoffee, Anthony Atkinson and the Running Mates, Adult Jazz, Foxygen, Japanese Wallpaper, Tobias Hengeveld, Angus and Julia Stone, #1 Dads, Kimbra, SBTRKT, Kindness, Bored Nothing, Sylvan Esso, alt-J, Jazz Spastiks, Watsky, Pell, Hilltop Hoods, Sweet Jean, Beep, Dan Kelly, Firekites, One Day, Augie March, Snakehips, J Mascis (featuring Cat Power), Joelistics, Jungle, Shabazz Palaces, Laura Jean, OOIOO, Beverly, #1 Dads, Alvvays, Woods, Lowtide and Julia Holter. Tracks in italics can be heard via the August Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists. Listen here.

July 2014

In July we were into new music by White Fence, Los Angeles Police Department, The Black Angels, Gum, Rob Snarski, Woods, Courtney Barnett, Phosphorescent, Meenk, Tiny Ruins, Bat For Lashes, Gum, Banoffee, Ramona Lisa, alt-J, Little Dragon, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Parquet Courts, Luluc, Straight Arrows, Spoon, Bob Mould, Total Control,The Antlers, Ali E, Sharon Van Etten, Husky, First Aid Kit and The Felice Brothers. Listen here.
Tracks in italics can be heard via the July Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists, along with tracks from our July Feature Albums by Conor Oberst, Total Control and Luluc.

June 2014

In June we were loving new music by Aldous Harding, Kate Tempest, Augie March, Angus and Julia Stone, Lower Plenty, Jack White, Parquet Courts, Luluc, Firekites, Milwaukee Banks, First Aid Kit, Sharon Van Etten, Woods, Nick Mulvey, Damon Albarn, Taylor McFerrin (feat. Nai Palm), Conor Oberst, Laura Jean, Herzog, Parquet Courts, Adult Jazz, Gum, First Aid Kit, Royston Vasie, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Firekites, Temples, Marlon Williams, Chad VanGaalen and Gruff Rhys. Listen here.
Tracks in italics can be heard via the June Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists, along with tracks from our June Feature Albums by First Aid Kit, Straight Arrows, Hospitality and Ought.

May 2014 

In May we were listening to new music by Dick Diver, St. Vincent, Angus & Julia Stone, Milwaukee Banks, Nick Mulvey, Bob Mould, Jack White, Frankie Cosmos, Teen, Polica, Little Dragon, The Zebras, Pixies, The Icypoles, Yujen (feat. Chet Faker), Temples, Tobias Hengeveld, Saki, Teebs, Hello Satellites, Tiny Ruins, Dave Graney & Clare Moore, Eagle and the Worm, The Icypoles, Jonesez, Ramona Lisa, Sui Zhen, Eels, Daryl Donald and Chet Faker. Listen here. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the May Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlist, as well as tracks from our May Feature Albums, by The Murlocs, tUnE-yArDs, Chad VanGaalen and Sylvan Esso.

April 2014

In April we were getting into new music by Cloud Nothings, Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Breton, Black Lips, Second Hand Heart, Kelis, Astronomy Class, Jack White, Luluc, Ramona Lisa, Jazz Spastiks, Step Brothers, Astronomy Class, Ratking, N'fa Jones, Sisyphus, East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Wild Beasts, Jazz Spastiks, Chet Faker, The Black Keys, HTRK, Hello Satellites, First Aid Kit, Emma Russack, tUnE-yArDs, Woods, The Murlocs, Todd Terje (feat. Bryan Ferry), Emma Russack, Citizen Kay, Cibo Matto, Jazz Spastiks (feat. Apani B Fly), Mikhael Paskalev, Angel Olsen, HTRK, Fraser A Gorman, Beck, The War On Drugs, Sun Kil Moon, Teeth & Tongue and Dave Graney. Listen here. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the April Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists as well as tracks from our April Feature Albums by Mac DeMarco, EMA, Woods and Ghetto Ghouls. 

March 2014

In March we were right into music from Mikhael Paskalev, Black Lips, The Black Keys, Astronomy Class, Midlake, HTRK, DMA's, Deleted Scenes, Mac DeMarco, Nun, Ned Collette & Wirewalker, Jazz Spastics (feat. Moka Only), Tom Brosseau, Heads of Charm, tUnE-yArDs, Lo-Fang, Perfect Pussy, Gardens & Villa, Ernest Ellis, Ramona Lisa, Eels, Mac DeMarco, Sharon Van Etten, Hoodlem, Hello Satellites, Elizabeth Fraser, Sally Seltmann, Glen Hansard, Beck, Dorsal Fins, Mogwai, Oscar Key Sung and Dan Brodie. Listen here. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the March Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists, in addition to tracks from our March Feature Albums by Angel Olsen, Real Estate, Sun Kil Moon, The War On Drugs and Teeth and Tongue.

February 2014

In February we were listening to Neneh Cherry, Sally Seltmann,  Kelis, St Vincent, Saskwatch, Tinariwen, Lapsley, Angel Olsen, HTRK, Frankie Rose, Little Dragon, Cults, Tiny Ruins, Blank Realm, DMA's, Thee Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra, Harmony, Cloud Control, Disco Doom, Remi, Widowspeak, Stonefox, Lorde covering James Blake, plus new music from Band of Horses, Shivum Sharma, St Vincent, Beck, Scenic, Yuck, Mick Turner, No Joy, Damien Jurado, Twin Caverns, Gem Club, Superfood and Beat Culture. Listen here. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the February Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists, as well as tracks from this month's Feature Albums by Warpaint, Dum Dum Girls, Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings, and Beck. 

January 2014

In January we were loving new music from Savages, The Growl, Standish/Carlyon, Toro Y Moi, Kelley Stoltz, Mac DeMarco, London Grammar, Beck, James Blake, Lapsley, I, A Man, Warpaint, Sun Kil Moon, Moondice, Common & No I.D., Woods, R.A. Rosenborg, Chromeo (featuring Chaz Bundick), Lupa, Sides of Chaz (a side project of Chaz Bundick, aka Toro Y Moi), Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, St Vincent, Bruce Springsteen, Vampire Weekend, Skinny Legions, Matthew E. White, Run the Jewels, Richard Buckner, Del the Funky Homosapien, Nick Drake, Beck, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Dick Diver, Mark Kozelek and SOLO (a.k.a. Sophie Lowe). Listen here. 
Tracks in italics can be heard via the January Now Playing Spotify and 8tracks playlists.

December 2013

In December we were enjoying new releases by Cass McCombs, Yuck, Jose Gonzalez, HTRK, Lorde, Day Ravies, St Vincent, The Necks, Hello Satellites, Warpaint, The War on Drugs, Jesse Davidson, Neil Young, Jublet, Chet Faker, Lupa, Heads of Charm, Kurt Vile, Grizzly Bear, Remi, Lily and Madeleine, Cass McCombs, Mick Turner, Cults, The Ancients, The John Steel Singers, The Frowning Clouds, the 2013 Milk Records sampler (feat. Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Fraser A. Gorman, Royston Vasie and The Finks) and more. On this page you'll also be able to hear tracks from this month's feature albums by Dick Diver, Parquet Courts, Beaches and Phosphorescent. Listen here. 

November 2013

In November we were getting into new music from The Velvet Underground, Yuck, Bruce Springsteen, Georgia Fair, Foreign/National, Flume & Chet Faker, Sumie, Glasser, The Bamboos, Architecture in Helsinki, Banoffee, Per Purpose, Colourwheel, The Ancients, Phosphorescent, King Krule, The Icypoles, Major Leagues, Morcheeba, Citizen Kaye, Broken Bells, Jordie Lane & Rose Cousins, Yeo, Sore Eros and Kurt Vile, Minor Alps, Grizzly Bear, The Paradise Motel, Day Ravies, Ron S. Peno & The Superstitions, Warpaint, Little Scout, Best Coast, Mazzy Star, Neko Case and Mogwai. You can also hear tracks from this month's feature albums by Cave, Swearin', Arcade Fire and The Poets of Rhythm. Listen here.

October 2013

In October we were enjoying new music from Straight Arrows, Ron S. Peno and the Superstitions, Broods, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, M.I.A., Mark Kozelek & Desertshore, Tobias Hengeveld, Kurt Vile, SMILE, Sonny & The Sunsets, Sufjan Stevens, Beaches, Courtney Barnett, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Aydin James Sayar, Polica, Jordie Lane, Kes, Bill Callahan, The Murlocs, Machine Translations, The Paper Kites, Connan Mockasin, World's End Press, Kelley Stoltz, Per Purpose, The Bats, Boomgates, Gooch Palms, Palms, Sun Kil Moon, Feist and Timber Timbre, Lauryn Hill, The Ape, Shine 2009, Saskwatch, Fuzz, Sally Seltmann, Bushwalking, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Volcano Choir, Ross McLennan, Matt Walker and a great remix of a Jagwar Ma track. You'll also find tracks from our October feature albums by Best Coast, Cass McCombs, Zeahorse and Mazzy Star on this page. Listen here. 

September 2013

In September we were listening to new music from Dyson Stringer Cloher (Mia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher), The Ape, Mazzy Star, The Bamboos, Adalita, Jordie Lane, Kelley Stoltz, Deltron 3030, Beck, Boatfriends, Grizzly Bear, Sleigh Bells, Yon Yonson, Bill Callahan, Elvis Costello and The Roots, Emiliana Torrini, Deerhunter, Montero, Kes, Cass McCombs, McKisko, Neko Case, Toro Y Moi, Palms, The Paper Kites, The Avalanches messing with a Hunters and Collectors classic (in the nicest possible way), Spiderbait, Kishi Bashi, Illy (joined by Tuka, Allday & Elemont), Grey Reverend, Summer Flake, Julia Holter, Department, Snakadaktal, Laura Veirs and Pikelet, plus we've got tracks from our September feature albums by Sebadoh, Ty Segall, Horrorshow and Washed Out. Listen here.

August 2013

During August we were getting into tracks by Little Scout, Courtney Barnett, Machine Translations, Bushwalking, Karl Smith, Gentlemen, Horrorshow, SMILE, Pez, Brighter Later, Julia Holter, Washed Out, Pikelet, Belle and Sebastian, Billy Bragg, Mac Demarco, Baptism of Uzi, Ben Salter, Alpine, Feist, Salvia Plath, Brothers Hand Mirror, Snout, Chet Faker, Matthew E. White, Polica, Remi, Adalita, Alison Wonderland, The National and more. We've also had feature albums by Pond, Pixies, Laura Veirs and King Krule and you can hear a selection of tracks by all of these artists here.

July 2013

In July we were listening to Pikelet, Jim James, Beck, Underground Lovers, Big Scary, Brighter Later, The National, The Mark of Cain, Ross McLennan, Civil Civic, Sweet Jean, Bliss N Eso, Urthboy, The Child of Lov, The Drones, Mavis Staples, Beach Fossils, Hiatus Kaiyote, The Darling Downs, J.J. Cale, Sibylle Baier, Karen Dalton, The Community Chest,  The Ape, Emiliana Torrini, Mazzy Star, Adalita, Bushwalking, Elvis Costello and the Roots, Minibikes, Ooga Boogas, The Murlocs and Banoffee, amongst others! On top of all that, we've had feature albums by Pluto Jonze, Jessica Pratt, Ben Mason, Kieran Ryan and Jagwar Ma. Click here to listen.

June 2013

During June we were enjoying tracks from Super Wild Horses, The National, Underground Lovers, Beaches, Sailor Days, Aluka, Standish/Carlyon, David Byrne and St Vincent, Mount Kimbie, Bonobo, Bibio, DJ Shadow, Daft Punk, Pixies, Ross McLennan, Vampire Weekend, Beck, Daft Punk, Wild Nothing, Ben Salter, Eels, Snakadaktal and Bill Callahan. If you click here, alongside tracks by those artists, you'll get a selection of tracks from our June feature albums by Tricky, Junip, Jen Cloher and Laura Marling.
 

May 2013

Check out the Spotify or 8tracks playlists below to listen to Thee Oh Sees, The Black Angels, The Irresistable Force, Laura Marling, The Underground Lovers, The Knife, Jack White, Yacht, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Alpine, Radiohead, Sweet Jean, Kurt Vile, Jordie Lane, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Hiatus Kaiyote, Mount Kimbie, Jen Cloher, Ross McLennan & more, plus tracks from the May MadfaMusic Feature albums by Hanni El Khatib, James Blake, Super Wild Horses and Matthew E. White. 

MadfaMusic May 2013 from MadfaMusic on 8tracks Radio.

 

April 2013

In April our ears were tuned to tracks by James Blake, Wilco, High Highs, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Toro Y Moi, The Strokes, Wild Nothing, Billy Bragg, Polica, Ta-Ku, Ainslie Wills, Woods, Standish/Carlyon, Underground Lovers, Atoms for Peace, Super Wild Horses, Aluka, Ta-Ku (feat. Chet Faker), The Drones and much more. Via the Spotify and 8tracks playlists below you can enjoy tracks by all of these artists plus songs from the April MadfaMusic feature albums by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Kurt Vile, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Black Angels.

MadfaMusic April 2013 from MadfaMusic on 8tracks Radio.

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