July/Aug 2020

RKC Playlist No. 118

Discover the best new indie music in our September 2020 playlist! Thank you for listening and for supporting independent artists :)

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Indie/Pop/Folk Compilation - September 2020 (alexrainbirdMusic)

Chris plylist

sep 20

Indy and Folk

Thanks so much for listening guys.

Check out my latest release here: https://open.spotify.com/track/4RiZkhKVJIokRDZmxM4by1

Come follow me on Instagram for updates and more music: https://instagram.com/marcus_alx

My new EP Bedroom Poetry. Go follow my Spotify profile for more: https://open.spotify.com/artist/48b8lNxNj0DY29Sz3ynREH

Goodbye

'Wild Wind' is our first full album and since we want everyone to be able to enjoy it, here it is free of charge!

However, if you do wish to support us so we can continue creating music you can by a digital copy of our album right here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wild-wind/id1150998479?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

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Dont Be A Fool

Photographs

www.plasimusic.com

Lyrics: 

See me as your enemy, or see me as your friend
It is 19 months since I was there, and held you in my hand
It is 18 since I told you, and you took away my name

Now when you saw me, you turned away your head
You won't forgive me, and I will understand
Now and then

Used to be your future, now you see me as your end
When you're hiding, we're colliding
Better be, and stop pretend
I was silent, you were blind
Better leave those fears behind

If you're still bleeding, see me as a friend
You won't believe me
And I will understand
Now and then
Now and then

You won't believe me
Won't be an end
I know you're done, ignored and gone, but I'm around
If you see light in fighting me, you'll be your enemy

And still today, you will not pretend
You won't believe me
And I will understand
Now and then

Now & Then

► Spotify

“Riding on the wave of a successful single release, with support from Too Future, Run The Trap, IndieFeed, and us here at EarMilk, west coast singer-songwriter Chase McBride releases his new full-length album, “Cold Water”. The collection of eight songs, written during a transitional creative period, reveal a fresh, more distilled version of McBride’s previous folk sound.” - EarMilk

'Cold Water' Out Now
Spotify: spoti.fi/2iYQAlS
iTunes: apple.co/2kdhfwv
YouTube: bit.ly/YouTubeColdWater

The oldest of the three
You said that the first time you spoke to me
You always had to lead
You seem to have everything you need

The days, they move easy
The waves, they don't mean as much to me as I used to believe
The days, they move easy
It occurs, when you are here the waves they wash away from me

To be honest
I could see
It in your eyes
When you kissed me tangerine
If all this
Is a dream
I wouldn't mind us
Drifting to sleep

The days, they move easy
The waves, they don't mean as much to me as I used to believe
The days, they move easy
It occurs, when you are here the waves they wash away from me

Cold Water

Days Move Easy

Song from Joel's debut full-length album THE NATURE OF US.
Hear more: https://open.spotify.com/artist/49IjdVEbQcukWy36sdRMzl?si=N8eI6aB1QAuCgEQMFfEkYg

LYRICS:
Hearts like leaves they float along
Where oh where do they belong
Hearts like leaves they float around
Will they ever find the ground?

Tired of winds that change my ways
Won't you give our hearts some weight
Won't you give our hearts some weight
So we fall in the right places

Hearts like leaves they're to and fro
Hard to know where they will go
Aren't you tired of floating on
Floating til your time is gone

Tired of winds that change my ways
Won't you give our hearts some weight
Won't you give our hearts some weight
So we fall in the right places

When the winds have changed my ways
Won't you give our hearts some weight
Won't you give our hearts some weight
So we fall in the right places

CREDITS:
Joel Ansett: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Recorder, Piano, Backing Vocals (composed by Jordan Mart & Julie Kucks) 
Ryan Doyle: Drums 
Joel Beussink: Bass Guitar 
Chase Weber: Slide Guitar, Synths, Percussion 
Brandon Weaver: Programming

Song by Joel Ansett
Produced by Brandon Weaver
Co-Produced by Chase Weber
Recorded at Iron Wing Studios (Newport, KY) and The Bongo Tree (Cincinnati, OH) 
Mixed by Brandon Weaver
Mastered by Alex Lowe at Red Tuxedo (Atlanta, GA)
Album Art & Photography by Zack Wilson

The Nature of Us

Stream

Give Our Hearts Some Weight

Add Left My Love to your Spotify playlists: https://open.spotify.com/track/2AtPuyBiHtA6b0OLVv3Dfy

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Left My Love

grave dance

CALLUM PITT - Fault Lines

Seems like all you do is fight and see the world in black and white
Spinning truths like you can move our minds as wind upon a kite
And we feel so small, like we can’t stem the tide at all
As papers sow the seeds of anger, setting off like a snowball

Well we got lies making divides from these soothsayers
Setting fires between two sides and I feel jaded
I push my head above the water
Pull away from the disorder, as the tides polarise

We got fault lines running through our bones
The division grows and leaves these empty holes

We rise and fall under the weight of words that fan the flames of hatred
When we demonise, we form a mind that will not be persuaded
Well I am so small and I can’t change too much at all
I’ve got no answers to these fractures, other than breaking these walls

Well we got lies making divides from these soothsayers
Setting fires between two sides and I feel jaded
I push my head above the water
Pull away from the disorder, as the tides polarise

We got fault lines running through our bones
The division grows and leaves these empty holes

© 2020 Humble Angel Records

Fault Lines

Everything Changes in the End

Tigerblood

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Goin' Back (feat. Zac Barnett) - Single

Goin' Back (feat. Zac Barnett)

Let You Down

Happiness in Liquid Form

Obvious Guy

Photography: Dominick Sheldon

Recorded / produced: Thomas Mitchener
Mastered: John Davis

Football

Riviera - Dancing On Tables

Check out Dancing On Tables upcoming UK tour dates at www.dacingontables.co.uk/tickets

Riviera

Good For You

For Sure

Listen to Toby Johnson's new single 'Tiny Fires', released July 10, 2020

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🎧 'Tiny Fires', released 10-07-2020
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📖 About the song:
Tiny Fires is the first single from Toby Johnson's second EP out on Mahogany Recordings. Tiny Fires is the belief that there is more to life than the pain you’re feeling. There's a light at the end of the tunnel, but you just can’t see it yet.

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📝 Lyrics:

An hour in real time passes like the second on a broken clock
I stay in bed all day just to realise that this’ll be the third on the trot
I set the foundation for a life that I don’t know how to build.
And I take a step backwards and I fall down the same old hills
And I hope that you return to me, it’s mighty lonely on my own in the city.
Hope I find some better company, where they’re willing to be caring for my pity.
And I do not want to wake up to the shame, but I’m far too tired for these games.
We’ll bury this with all our memories, right beside the last love that took it all away.

Oh, as sweet as you were,
you turned out to be fools gold in the dark dirt.
And you ripped through the house whirlwind tearing everything to the cold ground.
And your words through the phone forced the skin right off of my white bones.
And I lay, surrounded by these thoughts

And our Tiny fires, I swear they’ll burn some day.
And I want them wild and in some place it never rains.
‘Cause We belong, Deep inside the blaze,
just like we did back in our early days.

I move in straight lines and I follow cats eyes beside the road
I know directions but where they take me we’ll never know,
Please fire a flare so I know that you are out there,
Safe and sound, with a beacon over your head.
I hope that you are missing me, I feel it too when alone in the country
I miss the sirens and the song repeats, late nights that I wish I could remember
I’d do anything i need to make you stay, but your mind’s made you’ll leave anyway
I sure hope your train is delayed, ‘cause theres so much more I need to say.

Oh, as sweet as you were,
you turned out to be fools gold in the dark dirt.
And you ripped through the house whirlwind tearing everything to the cold ground.
And your words through the phone forced the skin right off of my white bones.
And I lay, surrounded by these thoughts

And our Tiny fires, I swear they’ll burn some day.
And I want them wild and in some place it never rains.
‘Cause We belong, Deep inside the blaze,
just like we did back in our early days.

Oh-oh-oh’s

And our Tiny fires, I swear they’ll burn some day.
And I want them wild and in some place it never rains.
‘Cause We belong, Deep inside the blaze,
just like we did back in our early days.

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Toby Johnson - Tiny Fires (with lyrics)

Lying to myself all of the time
Trying to pretend that I'm doing just fine
It always comes out in the worst way
Try to fall asleep but the daylight finds me

Are we right here? Are we slipping away?
Are we just old bones that need to decay?
Oh I don't know you're just spreading me thin
I tried making it work but I just can't win

It's funny how things - they never go the way I planned in my head

Maybe this is not for us
I'm not one to keep in touch
Trust me, you're not losing much
I don't like who I've become
You know where I'm coming from

This was never really what I wanted
Maybe my reality is haunted
Wish I could erase all of my flaws, at least I'm being honest
Can we take it back to where it started?
Swear to God I really tried my hardest
Don't know if I could listen to the silence
At least I'm being honest

written by: Nick Cozine, Tom McGeoch
produced by: MNYS & Paperwings

i liked you better before you were on hinge

Rose Tinted Eyes

Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2Ds6dCD
Apple - https://apple.co/2PyJFm1
Amazon - https://amzn.to/2Dsl1kI

Backing  Vocals - Matt Jarvis
Mastered by Reuben Cohen at Lurssen Mastering, CA

Shoulder

Revolution

Hands - Remastered

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://ditto.fm/silence-the-hollow-men

Swedish singer-songwriter Dennis Sjöström, also known as The Hollow Men, returns with new single 'Silence'.  After dealing with depression for the past few years, Dennis wrote the song about feeling lost and the loneliness of not fitting in, while also growing older and searching for a meaning in life. 'Silence' is the follow-up to 2018 singles 'Speak' and 'It's Alright', which have over 1.2 million combined Spotify streams. It's also the first time that Dennis has single-handedly written, played and produced all instruments.

Find The Hollow Men on
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thehollowmens/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2n1XDJJ6HBSQvn4essanna
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/thehollowmens
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehollowmens/

Silence

The Hollow Men - Silence

STREAM/DOWNLOAD: https://ditto.fm/need-you-right-now

‘Need You Right Now’ is about losing someone and the grieving process that comes with that loss... how we still feel echos of that person after they are gone and how we can never fully prepare for their departure. While clearly a sad song, it has an inspirational vibe and huge, epic choruses. 
It is also The Satellite Station’s first release via alexrainbirdRecords, the label run by alexrainbirdMusic - the world's largest indie/folk/rock YouTube channel (870k subscribers, 230m total views).

Find The Satellite Station on
Website: https://thesatellitestation.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thesatellitestation/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Cz6z3clgPkPz84faABaDS
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-80706727
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesatellitestationmusic/

Need You Right Now

The Satellite Station - Need You Right Now

Inspired by the rawness and honesty of artists like Elliott Smith, Julien Baker, Adrianne Lenker & Sufjan Stevens, Callum Pitt imbues his indie-folk with a grand, orchestral, chamber pop sensibility plus an alt-rock edge. Despite using music often as a canvas to openly discuss depression & anxiety, as well as political unrest, Callum still manages to imprint feelings of optimism and unity - alongside genuine warmth and honesty - throughout his songs.

28-year-old Pitt has been working on his craft for over a decade, beginning as a teenager in the Newcastle pub scene and gradually refining his thoughtful, poetic songwriting voice, leading to festivals such as The Great Escape, Deer Shed & The Long Road and support slots with artists including Donovan Woods, Adia Victoria, Jordan Mackampa and Cattle & Cane. Callum’s development as a songwriter has been recognised with accolades such as ‘Alan Hull Award’ for songwriters in 2019 & the ‘Fender Player Plus’ competition in 2022. As a result of his tireless work ethic, as an independent artist, Callum has amassed over 6 million streams, with releases landing on Spotify’s coveted ‘New Music Friday’ playlists 17 times & received radio play from BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music. 

Meanwhile, he’s studying a masters in Occupational Therapy, and has worked with children, young people & adults with disabilities through various outlets, including therapeutic music work, giving him a new perspective on the cathartic and unifying power of music.

mgmt: andy@kaleidoscope-music.co.uk
bookings: davidh@freetradeagency.co.uk