4 January is the feast of Saint Simon Stylites, who spent 37 years living on top of a pillar, eventually 50 m high. He is thought to have eaten, prayed and slept on a 1 m square platform, never descending to the ground except to exchange his pillar for a higher one.
Entirely analog, lush melodic pop with a tender heart from L.A. artist Human Barbie sounds bigger than the bedroom project it is. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 22, 2020
This massive Magnetic Fields tribute album benefits "No More Dysphoria," a nonprofit supporting the transgender and non-binary communities. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 3, 2019
From UK group Good Good Blood, a pair of tracks that surround hypnotic repeating phrases with barren, folky guitar. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 14, 2021
Melodic alt-pop in the vein of Soccer Mommy is driven by winding guitar lines and augmented with dreamy shoegaze elements. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 14, 2021