Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, descend from their altostratus with a new single! "Let Me Know You" is out today with a music video from Denny Ryan.

With no guitars or drums anywhere in sight, just keyboards twinkling in stark space, Mess Esque assume an improbable new form on "Let Me Know You": the celestially curious star child, caught in the unfamiliar weight of a gravitational pull. Alone in a zone, Helen folkishly coos a... (read more)

As many Scots from both Highlands and Lowlands have done before them, musicians Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts made the long journey over the ocean to Canada in June 2023. Theirs was not a perilous sea voyage — it was for a transatlantic collaboration instigated by Nova Scotian bass player and musical arranger Pete Johnston. The trip resulted in a new album, due out April 25: Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia, Màiri and Alasdair’s long-overdue second collaboration together... (read more)

Introducing Sharpie Smile, Drag City's newest infatuation! A duo consisting of Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner (formerly of Kamikaze Palm Tree), their dreamy debut single “Love or Worship” is out today for Valentine's Day, with a music video fitting the lush mood.

Pulling on the strings of heartache, "Love or Worship" is an ethereal pop track touching on misconceptions of love, devotion and fidelity. With spiralling synths and bright guitar chords, the track builds on itself leading... (read more)

Broadcasting from inside her own head, Eiko Ishibashi’s songs offer a chilling observation of a drastically-altering reality. On March 28, the accomplished keyboardist/multi-instrumental composer will release her sweeping new production, Antigone — her eagerly-awaited 4th album of traditional songcraft on Drag City, not counting last year’s award-winning Evil Does Not Exist soundtrack. Today, Eiko releases Antigone’s all-consuming opening track: “October”.

Antigone’s soaring opener launches with an orchestral-cum-concrète buildup that jumps abruptly into Eiko... (read more)