After gracing us with her impressive debut solo EP earlier this year, UK-based Bryde (a.k.a. Sarah Howells) returns with the equally stunning EP2 (Seahorse Music). Like its predecessor, EP2 contains four brand new original songs that range from edgy and energetic to warm and emotional. A lead single “Honey” was released a month or so back and gave us a glimpse into the most energetic, full band powered track yet from Bryde. Clocking in at just two minutes, this catchy number

It's been nearly four years since we've heard new material from Swedish singer-songwriter Amanda Mair. Her self-titled debut album, produced by Philip Ekström (The Mary Onettes), was released in 2012 by Labrador Records and contained three standout singles ("House", "Doubt" and "Sense") that put Amanda on the musical map. In April 2016, we heard the first new material from Amanda in the form of a new single "Wednesday" - a moving, pulsing, and ethereal song. And just last wee

Now for some authentic, fresh acoustic country music: We're having a listen to Nashville's AJ Gatio and his debut release entitled "Music City Mixtape: Vol. 1", which contains five original songs recorded with producer Taylor Mack. The lead track "Roll With It" was released in July and was the first glimpse of AJ's singing and songwriting talents. The overall sound is an eclectic mix of "new country" with upbeat, sing-along songs ("Roll With It", "Soak It In", "Press Play"),

We are already in love with Anna Pancaldi's previous EP releases ("Dear Joey," and "Black Tears") and are beyond excited about this talented, unsigned, London-based singer-songwriter's new single release on October 10. "Keep On Keeping On", produced by James Kenosha (Rhodes, Gavin James), is the name of the song, and is taken from Anna's forthcoming EP which is scheduled for release in early 2017. SoundThread had an early listen to the song and we can tell you that it sounds

"Everything Behind Us is a Dream" is the most recent album from Chicago-based artist We/Or/Me, the musical alias of singer-songwriter Bahhaj Taherzadeh, joined by several fellow musicians, including Adam Selzer, Luke Ydstie, Amanda Lawrence, Cory Gray and Alia Farah. The 11 beautifully composed songs on this impressive release are soft, thoughtful and sentimental - in both sound and lyrics. The predominant instruments across all songs include Bahhaj's simple, yet sophisticate

"Waitin' Around" is the debut EP from solo artist Alex Pieschel who lives in "middle-of-nowhere" (as he puts it) Columbus, Mississippi. Released in May of this year, the songs on this EP were recorded on a four-track cassette tape recorder (except for the digitally recorded title track), mixed by fellow Columbus musicians Max Hartleroad and Miles Jordan of the band Hartle Road, and mastered by Josh Smith of the band Della Memoria. Album artwork for the "Waitin' Around" EP is

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Amanda Bergman's "Docks" is that this is the most perfect album in so many respects. This is what classic long plays (LP's) are all about: 5 tracks per side that you need to listen to from start to finish, in the order they were laid down. The opening track on each side is the one that pulls you in, and the last is the one that lets you gently step off the ride. And this ride is so good that you want to get back in line ag

"You can't help yourself" leads the chorus of the first track on Bryde's debut EP, simply titled "EP1". But my advice is that you really should help yourself to the four beautifully written and performed gems on this EP. On her Facebook page, Bryde (a.k.a. Sarah Howells) describes herself as "a girl & an electric guitar singing fierce & fragile songs", and that is exactly what you will find on this EP - all songs are written and played by Bryde herself. The opening track ("