New Music From the Inbox: Featuring Ra Ra Riot, Imaginary Cities, Saturday Looks Good To Me and More

Ra Ra Riot are celebrating Record Store Day and their upcoming tour with the Shins with a special limited edition 10" release titled Binary Mind. The song "All I Fear" is a track that harkens back to their earlier LP's and lacks the synth pop the band have recently adopted. Listen below:






The River Cry is the solo project of singer Hilary Claire Woods who used to be the bass player in Irish indie rock band JJ72. The beautiful song "Honeymoon" is taken off her debut eponymous album which was released earlier this year. You can buy the album from her website or bandcamp.

The River Cry-Honeymoon


Winnipeg's Imaginary Cities new album, Fall of Romance, is out now. Listen to their anthemic new single from the LP "Chasing the Sunset."





New single titled "Break In" from Saturday Looks Good To Me who's new album One Kiss Ends it All will be available May 21st via Polyvinyl.





New song from Irish indie band Bell X1 titled "Starlings Over Brighton Pier". Taken from their new album Chop Chop which is in early July.





Finally, watch the video from Swedish electro act I Used to be a Sparrow and their new song "Warpaint On Invisible Children" from the duo's recently released LP You Are An Empty Artist.

Video: I Used To Be A Sparrow- Warpaint On Invisible Children

New Music: Great New Tracks From Empress Of, Imaginary Cities & Saturday Looks Good To Me

A lot of really good new songs coming into my E-mail inbox the last couple of days. Can't ignore them........

Brooklyn songstress Lorely Rodriguez, aka Empress Love, continues her impressive output of releasing shimmering and swooning indie pop songs and her expansive new track "Hat Trick" is no exception. This song is the first single from her Systems EP, out April 2nd via Terrible Records.

For fans of St. Vincent, Beach House

Winnipeg indie pop duo Imaginary Cities are set to release their new album, Fall Romance, out May 28th on Votiv.

If you are unfamiliar with Imaginary Cities they a are collaboration between Weakerthans/Waking Eyes member Rusty Matyas and singer-songwriter Marti Sarbit The couple gained critical acclaim a couple of years ago with their LP Temporary Resident and a college hit with the song "Say You."


Download Imaginary Cities' new single "Chasing The Sunset" below:

For fans of The Weakerthans, Library Voices, Kathryn Calder.





Saturday Looks Good To Me is the indie project of Detroit native Fred Thomas, who is about to release his first album in six years. In the ten years the project has been in existence Thomas has employed an ever changing line up of musicians that have explored everything from noise to afrobeat.

"Imaginary Friend" is the first track from One Kiss Ends It All which will be available May 21st on Polyvinyl. The low-fi blissful track makes use of the the beautifully voiced Carol Catherine. Listen below:

For fans of Girls, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Allo Darlin'