Today, Austin-based songwriter, filmmaker, and one-man tour de force Mobley releases his highly-anticipated new album We Do Not Fear Ruins via Last Gang Records. The sci-fi concept album centers on Jacob Creedmoor, an artist and a dissident in early-80s New York who is arrested and imprisoned in suspended animation for 300 years. We Do Not Fear Ruins follows Jacob as he emerges into a future unlike anything he’s known before. The album’s expansive, wide-ranging sound mirrors his journey through time, while meticulously crafted lyrics meditate on yearning and possibility amid the wreckage of Jacob’s life.  Get "We Do Not Fear Ruins"...

New Album, Goodbye Long Winter Shadow,  Out May 9th via Last Gang Records West Coast Dates with Basia Bulat Begin April 30   New York-based musician Maia Friedman unveils a new single, “In A Dream It Could Happen,” from her upcoming record Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, out May 9th via Last Gang Records.  Goodbye Long Winter Shadow is immaculately balanced. Within the succinct two minutes of “In A Dream It Could Happen,” each note and word feels necessary. It’s a composition that evokes Nilsson Sings Newman, as Friedman’s entrancing voice is paired with minimal percussion and delicate strings.  Friedman explains,...

Today, Austin-based writer, performer, producer, filmmaker, and one-man tour de force Mobley shared his grooving new single + video “Yesterday’s Another Day” from his upcoming new album We Do Not Fear Ruins, out April 23 via Last Gang Records. The song’s earworm bassline and psychedelic arrangement set the stage for Mobley’s airy vocals, which celebrate romantic love and triumph over past struggles with the refrain “yesterday’s another day.”  The song is paired with a slick retrofuturistic video that depicts the concept album’s main character, Jacob Creedmoor, as the frontman of a band performing on a fictional early ‘80s variety show,...

Amy Millan today shared her new single “Make way for waves,” the second from her forthcoming solo album–and first in over 15 years–I Went To Find You, out May 30, 2025, via Last Gang Records. Quietly majestic, skittering, and soothing, the song was the preliminary collaboration between Millan (the co-lead singer of Stars and longtime member of Broken Social Scene) and album co-writer/producer Jay McCarrol (award-winning musician/composer known for the critically acclaimed 2023 film BlackBerry and 2025 SXSW standout Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie).  “This song has a very special place in my heart. It’s the first song...

New Album, Goodbye Long Winter Shadow,  Out May 9th via Last Gang Records Tour Supporting Basia Bulat Kicks Off Next Week New York musician Maia Friedman unveils a dazzling new single/video, “Russian Blue,” from her forthcoming record Goodbye Long Winter Shadow, out May 9th via Last Gang Records. “Russian Blue” unfurls with Friedman’s alluring voice and lulling percussion, and features a gorgeous duet of clarinet (Daniel Pencer) and flute (Anh Phung). The song was written in dedication to Friedman’s Russian Blue cat, her “soulmate” throughout her childhood and early 20s. She further explains “Imagine being 13 in 1999: there was...