Choice 5
Published on the 5th of each month, Choice 5 features five new albums and/or EPs from artists around the globe.
October 2018
I Love You Means I’m Lucky by John David & the Jerks | Minneapolis
Making Waves by Deep Sea Divers | Boston, MA
Meant 2 Be by Happy Curmudgeons | Detroit, MI
Sleepless Town EP by Ossian Smith | Finland
The Truth About Dogs and Wolves by Five Mile Smile | Belfast
September 2018
10.000 Feet Below by Eliza Neals | Detroit, MI
Driven by Vibrant Heels | Quebec City, PQ
Nine Fine Lines by Sinclair Soul | Harrisburg, PA
Race to the Sound by Last Charge | Long Island, NY
Souvenir by Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors | Nashville, TN
August 2018
Falling Forward by Donoma | Kenosha, WI
The Misses by Joshua Ketchmark | Nashville
Revenge of the Nearly Deads by The Nearly Deads | Nashville
Shadowlight by Forrest Hill | San Francisco
Stay by Kylie Nicole | Los Angeles
July 2018
Bicycle Face EP by The Persian Leaps | St. Paul, MN
The Curse of the Crystal Teeth EP by Baby Bones | Louisville, KY
Devil In the Moonshine by Outlaws & Moonshine | Indianapolis, IN
RSM by The Rhythm Surf Monkeys | Baltimore, MD
These Are the Days by Colorway | Northampton, MA
June 2018
Bonehead by Rueckwater | Tampere, Finland
If All Goes Wrong by Aaron Clift Experiment | Austin, TX
Internal Waves of Love by Zele | Croatia
Motor Car & Weather Balloon by Ben Brookes | Portsmouth, UK
Shakespeares and Waterfalls by The OHO | Finland
April 2018
Beyond the Grey EP by Beyond the Grey | Kansas City, MO
Summer + Spring by Nick Black | Memphis, TN
Paramnesia EP by The Divided Line | Toronto, ON
Scattered Shadows On a Double Bed by Fox & Coyote | Minneapolis
Loss of Contact with Reality EP by Heyoka’s Mirror | Calgary, ON
March 2018
Difference Between Fine & OK by Kayla Avitabile | Phillipsburg, NJ
Long Shot by Meaghan Farrell | Nashville, TN
Streetlights by Ryan Pleckham | Grant Park, IL
Twenty/Twenty by Alyssa Tess | Midhurst, Ontario
What’s This Beating by Jase Hackman | Nashville, TN
February 2018
At the End of the World by Sleep Signals | Minneapolis
Deep in the Waves by J. Briozo | Minneapolis
Hearts in Need of Repair by Sarah Morris | St. Paul, MN
A Shiek’s Legacy by Thomas Abban | Minneapolis
Timeless Soul by Jeremy Poland and Lantz Dale | Mankato, MN
January 2018
Beneath the Surface by Anchored | Dallas, TX
Don’t Worry, It’s Not Contagious by Jeremy Porter & the Tucos | Detroit
Energy Exploded by Paisley West | St. Louis, MO
Revolutionary Soul by Derek Davis | California
Tug of War by Gina Sicilia | Nashville, TN
December 2017
Bleeder by Bleeder | Shenandoah, VA
Cold Damned Season by Six String Noise | Athens, Greece
Coping Mechanisms by FOAM | Perth, Australia
Drive by Richard Schroder | Nashville, TN
The Stories We Tell Ourselves by Nothing More | San Antonio, TX
November 2017
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basketcase by Elliot Schneider | California
Gallatin by Matt Siffert | Nashville, TN
Hey Muse! by The Suburbs | Minneapolis, MN
Playin’ History by Joe Bouchard | Killingworth, CT
This Place Ain’t for Me by Chris Wills | New York, NY
October 2017
Curse of Lono EP by Curse of Lono | London, England
Detachment by Barock Project | Italy
Dreamland by Matt Hannah | Minneapolis, MN
The Gardner by Abraham Sarache | The Netherlands
Some Place Some Where by Nescora | New York, NY
September 2017
Are You Real? by Beware of Darkness | Santa Monica, CA
Blue Healer by Blue Healer | Austin, TX
Experience by Kaleido | Detroit, MI
Promised Land by Smokey Fingers | Lodi, Italy
Save the Fallen by Headzero | London, England
July 2017
Canis Majoris by Esquela | Bovina, NY
Famous Monsters by The Psyatics | Las Vegas, NV
Listen to Your Mind by Sam Arnold & Secret Keepers | Austin, TX
Retro. Revamped. by Whiskey Kiss | Phoenix, AZ
The Threshold & The Hearth by The Ragbirds | Ann Arbor, MI
June 2017
Apparitions by Funk You | Augusta, GA
Chasing Rainbows by Wishing Well | Helsinki, Finland
Crime Wave EP by Port Juvee | Calgary, AB
The Spark Within by Chris Timms | Brisbane, Australia
World at Large by World at Large | Stavanger, Norway
May 2017
Coming Clean by The Favorite Things | Minneapolis, MN
The World We Built by The Wild Reeds | Los Angeles, CA
Ursa Minor by Red Cloud | Eugene, OR
Home Alonely EP by OK, Alright | Fayetteville, AR
LA Don’t Love You EP by GRIT | Los Angeles, CA
April 2017
Arboles Ossific by Phantom Phunk | Tampa, FL
Awake by Moving Structures | Los Angeles, CA
Finally Home EP by Sunset Harbinger | Los Angeles, CA
Radiate / Dissolve by Rogue Valley | Minneapolis, MN
Waiting for Martin by Water Street | Blairstown, NJ
March 2017
As the Wind Blows by Bailour | Kotka, Finland
Battlefield by Jeff Ruby | Nashville, TN
Color / Echo EP by The Invisible World | Independence, MO
Into the Sun EP by Inbokah | Columbus, OH
Telescopes by Pale Blue Dot | Charlottesville, VA
January 2017
Body Wars EP by June Divided | Philadelphia, PA
End of the Times by The Corridors | London, England
Murtsgod EP by Dogstrum | Seattle, WA
Sex Was Gold EP by Matthew Stewart | San Francisco, CA
Snakes In Blossom by Angertea | Szentes, Hungary
December 2016
Break Open the Head by Suit of Lights | New York, NY
Some Kind of Youth by Dead Buttons | Seoul, South Korea
Songs for a Lonely Night by An Autumn Sunrise | Scranton, PA
Straight for the Sun by Spacebear | Houston, TX
Strays by Womack | Forssa, Finland
November 2016
Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen | Wilkes-Barre, PA
New Personal Record by Seth Timbs | Nashville, TN
Shake Well Before Opening by Mozey | San Antonio, TX
Too Wild to Tame by Laura McCormick | Tullahoma, TN
When the Dust Settles by Noble Savages | San Francisco, CA
October 2016
Hearts + Knives by James and the Wild Spirit | Nashville, Tennessee
Happily Neverafter by Murder F.M. | Dallas, Texas
Old Habits Die Hard by Dimino | Washington, DC
Redemption by Atomic Symphony | Switzerland
We Are the Reckoning by Peter Katz | Toronto, Ontario
September 2016
Dawn of a Darker Horizon by Scythe For Sore Eyes | Helsinki, Finland
Forever! by (Hed)p.e. | Los Angeles, CA
Naubinway by Adam Levy | St. Paul, MN
So We Live So We Die by A Boy Named John | Parsipanny, NJ
Theta Healing by Last Frontier | Naples, Italy
August 2016
Big Blues by Jesse Davey | London, England
Grandmother Corn EP by Grandmother Corn | Helsinki, Finland
Love Sick Radio EP by Austin John Winkler | Oklahoma City, OK
The Stress Kills by GreyMarket | Tampa, FL
Verisimilitude by Embassy of Silence | Finland
July 2016
Better a Fool Than Aloof by Elliot Schneider | Bay Area, CA
The Brightness EP by Butch Parnell | Brooklyn, NY
The Privateer by The Tosspints | Saginaw, MI
Return to New EP by Mark Daniel | Connecticut
When We Were Young by The Energy | Brooklyn, NY
June 2016
Denial by Halina Garl | London, England
From Prussia with Love by Nervous Germans | Austria
The Luxury of Time, Pt III by Broke Royals | Virginia
Outside the Lines by Telamor | Gloucester, MA
The Sun is New Each Day by Armonite | London, England
May 2016
Buffalo Mouth EP by The Echo and the Sound | Los Angeles, CA
Light & Bloom by Holly Ann | Portland, OR
Manic by The Digs | Boston, MA
Strobe Sessions by Falling Stars | Chicago, IL
Waati Sera by Adama Yolomba | Bamako, Mali
April 2016
Dead City Dreams by Time Killers | Keminmaa, Finland
Half Way Home by Bad Touch | Norwich, England
Hypnerotomachia by Inior | Rome, Italy
Lawless Local Heroes by Han | Aduard, Netherlands
Origo EP by St. Niklas | Norway
March 2016
Community Service by Chris Moore | Brooklyn, NY
Magic Formula by White Limo | Gothenburg, Sweden
Our God Is a Possum God by Silverton Youth Choir | Oregon
Southern Gothic by The Shoe Birds | Mississippi
Welcome to Babylon by Disciples of Babylon | Hollywood, CA
February 2016
Cold Heat by Burntfield | Helsinki, Finland
Ordinary Things by Sarah Morris | St. Paul, MN
Red Roads of Home by O’Leary | Charlottestown, PEI
Reign of the West by The Grave Jinglers | Farmingdale, NY
That Sense by Underhill West | Xanthi, Greece
January 2016
Chasing Shadows by Black Tide | Miami, FL
Elephants Never Forget EP by Bubbles Erotica | Chicago, IL
Ravens & Writing Desks EP by Arsenic Unbirthday | Cagliari, Italy
The Struggle EP by XO Stereo | Los Angeles, CA
Things Moving On Their Own Together by Stephen Chopek | New York, NY
December 2015
Her Foreign Language by Matthau Mikojan | Tampere, Finland
Hollow Hearted EP by Empty Trail | Austin, TX
Songs For a Lonely Night by Autumn Sunrise | Scranton, PA
Until the End EP by Melanie Crew | London, England
Wet Floor by The Ramblers | Lisbon, Portugal
November 2015
Daggars & Suede EP by Jillian Speer | Los Angeles, CA
Ghost EP by The Left Ready | Kalispell, MT
In a Starry State by The Great Depression | Cannon Falls, MN
The Night Creeper by Uncle Acid | Cambridge, England
When I Leave Ohio by Sandy Bell | Woodstock, NY
October 2015
Anesthesia by Strong Addiction | Helsinki, Finland
Creatures of Habit EP by Lawless Hearts | Jacksonville, FL
Dancing in Gold EP by The von Trapps | Montana
Desert Dreams EP by Autopilot | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Never Giving Up by Brett Vogel | Los Angeles, CA
September 2015
All In EP by Static Fiction | Huntington Beach, CA
Core by A.D.D. | Chicago, IL
Fearless EP by Doghouse Swine | New Jersey
The Infinite Fire by The Frame | Syracuse, NY
The Truth Syndicate Diaries by Radiodrone | California
August 2015
Leah Capelle EP by Leah Capelle | Chicago, IL
Out Comes Woman by Honeybird | Hollywood, CA
Puppet Show by Wasted Puppets | Rovaniemi, Finland
Purple Gaze EP by Insekt Life Cycle | Manilla, Phillipines
Tales of Pain by The Cyon Project | Torino, Italy
July 2015
Maps by Soapbox Army | New York
My Black Arts by The Dream Logic | New York
Oddities/Contradictions by Electro-Lights | Mississippi
Reynolds and Stopschinski by Invincible Czars | Austin, TX
Transparency by Straight Line Stitch | Knoxville, TN
June 2015
Hardest of Hearts by Don Paris Schlotman | Brooklyn, NY
Hi Fi or Die by Kevlar Bikini | Zagreb, Croatia
Love Kills by My Own Ghost | Luxumbourg
Private Jet Flashback by 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco | England
The Row by Siren | Pesaro, Italy
May 2015
Falling Back to Earth by Daylight Robbery | England
Once In a Blue Mood by Chris Nelson | Lebanon, PA
Shark For a Week by We Live In Sod Houses | Sioux City, IA
Shot Like a Rocket by Big Engine | Jacksonville, FL
Starseeds and Dreamcatchers by Barry Myers | Florida
April 2015
Enjoy the Ride by EB11 | Spain
The Distance Between by Kaos India | Modena, Italy
Snake Side Brotherhood by Six String Noise | Athens, Greece
Longing For the Incomplete by Kouzin Bedlam | Finland
Back to Life EP by A New Tomorrow | London, England
March 2015
Spika by Paskura | Moscow, Russia
Defined EP by Adage | Winston-Salem, NC
Fuel Yer Delusion, Vol IV by Mutts | Chicago, IL
Cognisense EP by Vie Jester | Pasadena, CA
Catharsis by Aurin | Fair Lawn, NJ
February 2015
Something In a Dream by Lynch | Chicago, IL
Freakbeat by The Trousers | Budapest, Hungary
Denizens of the Depths by RetConStruct | San Jose, CA
Southern California by Tijuana Bullfight | Los Angeles, CA
Very Heepy, Very Purple by Avi Rosenfold | Israel
January 2015
Phillip Brandon EP by Phillip Brandon | Los Angeles, CA
Falling Awake EP by Falling Awake | Hot Springs, AR
That Is a Pegasus by Sarah Donner | Princeton, NJ
These Veins EP by Charlee Remitz | Nashville, TN
Chunkasaurus vs. Falconnon EP by Chunkasaurus | Vancouver, BC
December 2014
A Life Exceptional by Craving Strange | Long Island, NY
Monuments by We Are the Catalyst | Sweden
Power of a Woman by Jason Masi | Alexandria, VA
Riesgo Electrico Vol.1 EP by Nash | Argentina
Rock Rebel Gold by Feel never Real | Dallas, TX
November 2014
The Ash by The Ash | Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Forgetting What Was by Sakara | Springfield, MA
Not Thinking, Not Dreaming by Distant Lights | Austin, TX
Summoning the Sun EP by Rentap | The Netherlands
Tribes by Testing Tomorrow | Los Angeles, CA
October 2014
A Manuel for Defeat by No Show Ponies | Austin, TX
Snapshots of Reality EP by Tom Moriarty | England
Spanish Sound EP by Velshur | Byron Bay, Australia
Very High Frequency by V.H.F. | Los Angeles, CA
Sailor of the Seven Seas by Northern Whale | Youngstown, OH
September 2014
Chain Reaction by Distorted Harmony | Tel Aviv, Israel
Social 66 by Social 66 | Akron, OH
That Damn Disaster EP by Prosevere | Memphis, TN
Walk Me Out by Our Friend & the Spiders | Montreal, PQ
Yesterday’s Tomorrow by Victor Sierra | France
August 2014
Black Gold by Iron Bells | Louisville, KY
Daydreaming Ride EP by Tongue | Belgrade, Serbia
Evan Egerer EP by Evan Egerer | Pasco, WA
Lady Flint EP by Lady Flint | Marseille, France
Stratology by Stratus | Orebro, Sweden
July 2014
Bards of Melatonia by The Melatauns | New Orleans, LA
Classic: Rock Album by Jenny Oaks Baker | Annandale, VA
Midnight Train EP by Jacob Latham | Bloomington, IN
Mission Critical EP by Joy Focus | Chicago, IL
Watch the Rain EP by Goodnight Tonight | Kent, OH
June 2014
A Shade of My Former Self by The Charm The Fury | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Latter Days by Drown Incus | Lucerne, Switzerland
Reborn EP by WitchCo | Mexico City, Mexico
Watchmaker Years EP by Timmer | Switzerland
The Devil Made Me So It by Brand New Machine | Dallas, TX