Advance Base is a new musical project by Owen Ashworth, the 33 year old man who spent the entirety of his young adulthood going around calling himself Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. Following a trajectory away from the synthesizers & teenaged feelings of his awkward, weepy years, Advance Base is a quieter, more confident, more piano-y outlet for Mr. Ashworth's considerable songmaking talents.

High energy home recorded psych-pop from Indianapolis, IN

Collaboration between So-Cal folk weirdo Whitman and Violin Goddess Anni Rossi.

Beat-boxxed drums, mega-verbed, LA weirdo psych soul.

Described by my buddy as Nick Drake soaked in reverb, Thomas Meluch makes beautiful atmospheric folk music.

Bluegrass side project featuring 3 members of the Decemberists.

San Francisco Lounge-Pop band centered around Matt Adams.

Solo project of Cory Gray, who has played trumpet or piano on almost every album (that matters) recorded in Portland in the last 8 years. Decemberists, Norfolk and Western, Darren Hanlon, Graves, The Dodos, etc.

One-man electronic mope-pop.

Athens, GA psych pop from former Of Montreal-er, Jason Nesmith.

Female fronted spazzed-out post punk.

Electronic solo project from former Desolation Wilderness frontman.

Solo effort from one of the masterminds behind LAKE.

Amazing lo-fi pop from the Chicago Math teacher you had a crush on.

Euro-Disco-Chamber Pop from Sweden.

Low-Key San Diego hush folk.

Alt-Alt-Psychicana from Tucson, AZ.

Upstate New York freak-folker Laura Goetz. Hauntingly beautiful tunes. Former member of Castanets and frequent collaborator with Viking Moses.

Chilled-out-lounge pop from Portland, OR. Much sexier than the name implies.

Hello shark has been a musical escape since 2006. Linc Halloran grew up in coastal new England and has been singing songs in living rooms across the country as well as being loud with uncountable band members. Dreaming of naked swimming holes during the day followed by sloppy sing slings at night has become a regular.

Bloomington Pixie Psych

Tennessee all-star band made up of James Toth (Wooden Wand), Timothy Bracy (Mendoza Line), and Bingham Barnes (Glossary).

I know nothing about Joey DeMarco yet, except that his upcoming record, Dead Channels, that I was lucky enough to get an advance copy of, has already become my summer chill-time jam. It's pretty fantastic.

Former drummer of Dr. Dog plays all the instruments on this homage to all classic forms of rock n roll.

Anacortes, WA Island Folk.

Fuzzy verbed-out noise Country

Solo project of Little Wings/'Be Gulls guitarist, Lee Baggett. Disciple of the Neil Young vein of 60's California folk sound.

Beautiful female-fronted country-pop from Dallas.

A personal hero of PIAPTK, Little Wings is the freaky folk project of artist Kyle Field. Weird and mesmerizing, simultaneously childlike and wise beyond his years. Absolutely incredible. And damn... what a beard!

San Juan islands dwelling doom folk.

Olympia, WA via North Texas one-man band. Currently in retirement to focus on running a ltd ed vinyl label.

Witty Olympia three part harmony pop.

Portland based songwriter/artist/filmmaker.

The only band I've ever worked with based solo on a demo. Weird, spastic, blooze punk from Denton, TX.

Antique-folk band from Portland who double as M. Ward's backing band.

The record label that releases all this stuff.

Super catchy indie pop with backflips and mid-air splits..

Solo Project from multi-instrumentalist RFK Heise of System and Station.

The godfather of prolific lo-fi pseudo-brit pop. Wikipedia says it best when they say:
"Robert Steven Moore (born January 18, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. In addition to having numerous albums released on labels around the world, the prolific Moore has self-released over 400 cassette and CD-R albums since 1968, as well as dozens of home videos, mostly through the R. Stevie Moore Cassette Club, a home-based label. His eclectic work incorporates a variety of musical styles, both popular and experimental. From 1978 to November 2010, Moore lived and recorded in his apartment studios in Montclair, New Jersey, and then Bloomfield, New Jersey,[1] before relocating to his native Nashville in December 2010. He is the oldest son of Bob Moore, veteran Nashville A-Team bassist, producer, and orchestra leader, as well as a longtime sideman for Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and many others."

Oakland-based electro-pop

Harmony drenched fuzz reminiscent of the heyday of the 90s Texas noise pop bands.

Fred Thomas (City Center)'s sugary indie-pop project.

Blue Collar indie-chamber-pop from Portland, OR.

Fuzzy full-out Dallas wall-of-sound guitar rock.

Brooklyn based Anti-Folk/Pro-AwesomePopTunes

Brendon Massei has been wandering the country as Viking Moses on an endless tour for the last 15 years. He's got one of those voices that grabs you by the guts. He's good. REALLY good.

Nu-Outlaw Country that would make Willie and Hank proud, and will make you laugh through your tears.