An indie playlist featuring the best Indie pop / rock tracks from April 2023. Full playlist at www.birp.fm // Updated monthly, so save your favorites!  Indie, Bedroom Pop, Lofi, Surf Rock, etc.

Indie Playlist • BIRP! April 2023

April 2023

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Resin

Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios

Love Goes (Live At Abbey Road Studios)

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a teenage diary

best in you

I'm the Patron Saint of Recovering Perfectionists.

www.hayzus.com.

In My Head

The Road
Lyrics

When the road is calling you, go When you can’t wait forever
In my mind or my home
It was right, in the moment we knew With a taste of good weather
For a time it was me and you

But your heart lays heavy, lays heavy on mine 
We used to have this ’til we let it slide
Now all of the moments we’re just passing time 
We’ve been killing each other to keep this alive 
Oh...

Midnight, and thunder rolls
With the spark that once held us
Lighting a final show
You see the road should never go back
It’s just a siren song, that leads to where we don’t belong, 
anymore...

But your heart lays heavy, lays heavy on mine 
We used to have this ’til we let it slide
Now all of the moments we’re just passing time 
We’ve been killing each other to keep this alive Oh...
To keep this alive 
Oh...

I hear her calling me, I hear her calling 
I hear her calling me
I hear her calling me, I hear her calling 
I hear her call for me
I hear her calling me, I hear her calling
I’m weak and I’m falling when I hear her calling me 
I hear her calling me, I hear her calling
I wish I was stronger but I hear her calling me

Her heart lays heavy lays heavy on mine
We used to have this ’til we let it slide
Now all of the moments we’re just passing time 
We’ve been killing each other to keep this alive 
Oh

To keep this alive Oh...
To keep this alive 0h...

[Backing vocals]
(Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive, 
Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive,)

[Lead vocal joins]
Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive, 
Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive, 
Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive, 
Keep this alive, keep this, keep this alive.

The Road

I'LL BE WAITING 
#cianducrot #illbewaiting #cianducrotillbewaiting #cianillbewaiting #cianducrothalleljuah #cianducrotallforyou #cianallforyou #cianducrotacoustic #singer #songwriter #newpop #newmusic #soulful #pop #slowpop #sadpop #emotions #feels #sadsongs

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Leave your keys if you're not coming home
You packed your bags full of letting go
You were moving in, now you're moving on
There's no getting used to you being gone
You were down now you're giving up
Just a false start if you're quitting on us
Another year, just another lie
Wish you'd call so I could say goodbye
And let you know
I'll wait for you every night
If you ever wanna fall in love
If you ever wanna bet on us
If you ever wanna be my one
I'll be waiting
If you ever want one more night
If you ever wanna make things right
If you ever wanna change your mind
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
Never thought that you'd be giving up
Guess with all the climbing, you're tired, and you fell out of love
Maybe if you don't crash the landing
You'll end up right back where I'm standing
And then you'll know
I'll wait for you every night
If you ever wanna fall in love
If you ever wanna bet on us
If you ever wanna be my one
I'll be waiting
If you ever want one more night
If you ever wanna make things right
If you ever wanna change your mind
I'll be waiting
If you ever wanna fall in love
If you ever wanna bet on us
If you ever wanna be my one
I'll be waiting
If you ever want one more night
If you ever wanna make things right
If you ever wanna change your mind
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting

I'll Be Waiting

Note from Will: Creative expression is essential, as are our oceans and whales. All proceeds from this record and merch will go directly to my dear friends at Oceanic Preservation Society (the film, The Cove). My vision is to encourage other creatives (with the necessary means) to release their art in support of the causes that they care most about to both increase awareness of and donations to organizations doing important work. Let’s create, and find new ways to connect with our greater community.

oceanicpreservationsociety.funraise.org/fundraiser/will-boesl

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Will the Whale is the solo project of Will Boesl, a child of a child of the sixties. Their sound is gentle and kind, with songs born from their meditation practice and filtered through their love of sixties folk rock and psychedelia.

Only Things of the Heart Remain is a 10-song journey with some old and some new. Will’s simple yet memorable melodies float softly among a bed of acoustics, bass, and drums. Accents of pedal steel, dobro, electric guitars, and harmonies help bring the songs to life. Lyrically, Will dances within the realm of spirituality as the theme of the album title grounds the songs as a whole: when all else falls away, only things of the heart remain. This album is dedicated to all people who feel deeply and have a need to express themselves. This is a celebration of authentic expression of the genuine, true self.
credits
releases February 24, 2023

Written by Will Boesl (+ Andy Lane in track 1)
Produced by Bennett Littlejohn
Recorded at Littlebone Studio in Asheville, NC
Mixed & mastered by Bennett Littlejohn
Guitar, drums, harmonica, keys, vocals by Will Boesl
Bass, guitar, pedal steel, dobro, keys by Bennett Littlejohn
Album artwork by Jacob Elkins

Special thanks to Lizzy, Andy, Ryan x2, Jacob, Caterpillar, James, Matt, Helyn + Song Circle, Dr. Bone+Julie+Chipper, Brian, Harmon, Wednesday Meditation Group + Friday Creativity Group, Dina, Melissa, mom + dad, and OPS

Ebb and Flow

Rocketship

Drop Cherries

God Above

Dandelion Eyes

Do Ya?

I Won’t Love is for anyone holding on, toying around with a past love; anyone who has found themself in an ongoing situationship, wondering if they're getting in their own way. After breaking things off with my first real love, I left New York to spend time with my mom in Phoenix, Arizona. It felt like I had left half of my heart with someone else, and that I’d never know my full self ever again. I wrote this song to almost say, “call me when you hear this” to them. The process of bringing it all to life in the production was absolutely seamless; my good friend, Devan Skaggs, and I sat in his home studio in Phoenix while he did the most wonderful job producing, mixing, and mastering this record. For anyone unable to imagine themselves ever being able to find love again, this song is for you.  

Written by - Róisin Marie DeBonis
Produced/Mixed/Mastered by - Devan Skaggs

Lyrics:

You’re overseas, I’m in between 
I love you, but I don’t know what to do 
So I let you go, hoping you’d miss me
You’d call me, say you’re on your way back home 

Well it’s just a thought 
A passing thought 
We’re in our ways of making, making love 
And if you’d see it for what it was 
Then maybe you’d see where I’m coming from 

I won’t love, oh I know it 
I won’t love anyone but you 
Tell the skies above and the earth below it
I won’t love anyone but you 

You broke a heart for me, but it’s not enough 
I’m on your mind it seems, you just can’t make it up 
You told her you’ve been dreaming of me 
You called my name tangled in her sheets 
You broke her heart for me, it still just ain’t enough 

But it’s just a thought 
A passing thought 
We’re in our ways of making, making love 
And if you’d see it for what it was 
Then maybe you’d see where I’m coming from 

I won’t love, oh I know it 
I won’t love anyone but you 
Tell the skies above and the earth below it
I won’t love anyone but you 

Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Yeah
I won’t love anyone but you 
Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Yeah
I won’t love anyone but you

I Won't Love

Gold Spectacles - Anywhere Else

112 KBPS FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!

Stream & Buy - https://razor-n-tape.fanlink.to/LookingIn

Underground System returns to Razor-N-Tape with the Looking In EP - a 5-track offering of fresh originals and remixes. Ranging from low-slung balearic grooves, to driving left-field funk and urgent uptempo backbeats, the record is a fine-tuning of the US sound, complete with their signature flute and synth soundscapes, driving percussion, and catchy offbeat vocal hooks. On the B-side, RNT mainstays Nenor and Clive From Accounts take two of the tunes into clubbier territory, with a pair of remixes primed for the dance floor.

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www.razor-n-tape.com​
www.razor-n-tape.bandcamp.com

Looking In EP

Stream & Buy

Underground System - Your Distraction

Cracker Island

Oil (feat. Stevie Nicks)

Flowers On The Wall

Mason Jar

Reverie

this that real talk stuff

you are so many things to me
i can’t remember what i mean
well come on
it’s too easy
you’re pulling the strings every time
you are so many times of day
i can’t remember what i say
when your scratchin the border
i’m pullin my head back around

is it always on your mind
like it’s always on mine
what’s been always on your mind
i don’t mind siftin through

there are so many words around
i can’t remember how they sound
when i’m facing a stranger 
i’m melting back into the world

there are so many lives to live
and there are these feelings that i get
that pull me 
back out of
my place and i chase some around

is it always on your mind?
like it’s always on mine?
what’s been always on my mind
where’s the time?
scared to move

sunburn

WAYLOUD

It's You

Gonna Go To Japan

Good Time All The Time

"Let's hope that our dreams turn out alright"

My incredibly talented wife is releasing a mystery-horror fiction novel called “Evergreen Peaks” this year and it’s beautiful and terrifying and thought provoking and she asked me to help her produce an original soundtrack for the book. “Wine Witch” is the first single from the EP- the chapter where times are good, drinks are flowing, and the party’s on... Until Martha goes missing. We made it into a song that you can dance or surf or eat pizza to.

Learn more about the novel:
https://mailchi.mp/f568cf78f394/everg...

www.calmcanopy.com

Wine Witch

Sylvia Lily & Calm Canopy - Wine Witch

112 KBPS FILES - DON'T BE A DUNCE!

Stream & Buy - https://razor-n-tape.fanlink.to/79point5

79.5 is the sound of New York City. The Brooklyn-based band presents their forthcoming self-titled album on Razor-N-Tape.

Soulful and psychedelic, the collection’s masterful melodies may be hard to categorize, from 70’s underground disco to acid jazz to sugary sweet pop. Its very existence is a protest of the old boy’s club in the music industry. And, a personal triumph against all odds, while illuminating the most beautiful collaboration between friends.

79.5 is singer, songwriter and composer Kate Mattison, singer and rapper Lola Adanna, drummer Caito Sanchez (Charles Bradley, Lee Fields), bassist Andrew Raposo (Midnight Magic, Hess Is More) and sax player + flautist Izaak Mills.

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www.razor-n-tape.com​
www.razor-n-tape.bandcamp.com

79.5 79.5 - Our Hearts Didn't Go That Way feat. Durand Jones

Dark Skies

Drive Your Car

I See Love

I See Love (From Hotel Transylvania 3) [feat. Joe Jonas]

http://stpanther.lnk.to/thesedays

Written by Daniela Bojorges-Giraldo 
Published by Big Deal Beats / Gold Room Special Music / St. Panther Publishing (BMI) (Administered by Words & Music)
Produced by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau 
Drums, Bass, Vocals by St. Panther
French Horn by Nate Mercereau
Organ by Steve Wyreman
Strings by Shaina Evoniuk
String Arrangement by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau
Recorded at Elysian Park and Lower Peter's Canyon
 Engineered by St. Panther and Nate Mercereau 
Mixed by David Nakaji at Slick Suze Sound in Los Angeles, California. Assisted by John Bruington.
Mastered by Daddy Kev at Cosmic Zoo

YOU MIGHT JUST THINK I MIGHT JUST HOLD BACK THIS TIME
BUT, BABY, I GOTTA KEEP IT MOVING
‘CAUSE LATELY I’M UP WAY TOO LATE
I SPEND ALL MY NIGHTS WAITING FOR SLEEPING
 
I JUST DON’T GET REST NO, NOW BABY.. THIS IS REAL
I MIGHT JUST NEED YOU TO SPEAK A WORD TO ME
SET ME FREE
 
‘CAUSE THESE DAYS KEEP MOVING
MOVING ON
AND I JUST CAN’T KEEP LOOKING BACK
I GOTTA KEEP IT MOVING
 
‘CAUSE THESE DAYS KEEP MOVING
MOVING ON
AND I JUST CAN’T KEEP LOOKING BACK
I GOTTA KEEP IT MOVING
GOTTA BE STRONG
 
STRONG BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH MY VEINS
FOR DAYS I MISBEHAVE
PLEASE DON’T JUDGE ME, BABY
YOU GOTTA WORK THROUGH THE MUD
 
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME, BABY
‘CAUSE I WANNA FLY WITH YOU
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME, BABY
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME, BABY
PLEASE DON’T LEAVE
 
‘CAUSE THESE DAYS KEEP MOVING
MOVING ON
AND I JUST CAN’T KEEP LOOKING BACK
I GOTTA KEEP IT MOVING
 
‘CAUSE THESE DAYS KEEP MOVING
MOVING ON
AND I JUST CAN’T KEEP LOOKING BACK
I GOTTA KEEP IT MOVING
GOTTA BE STRONG

These Days

Things Are Different

Just a music producer artist guy who loves steamed vegetables and is mostly blind in one eye. Here's my story.

In the 2020 clusterduck-shmitstorm, I quit my corporate job and moved from the Toronto area to Vancouver Island with my wife and two cats where I'd write and record the first Calm Canopy singles (, , , ) in a makeshift bedroom studio, which were all released over the span of a few months.

2021: the new songs made their way into new ears via various Spotify editorial playlists such as Indie All Stars, Fresh Finds, Fresh Finds: Rock, Fresh Finds: Indie, Fresh Finds: Pop, RADAR Canada, New Music Friday Canada, undercurrents, and Ready to Rock. I was floored. I felt like dancing; I did. I enjoyed a square of the darkest chocolate I could find. Then I got back to work.

Today, I continue to produce my indie rock/pop anthems of inner discovery from my home studio in a small town located West of Toronto. 🇨🇦 Thank you for lending me your ears.

- Mike

"Calm Canopy is one of those artists you should appreciate [...] it's a one-man-band who knows how to pen a song, play, record, and do everything else" - It's All Indie