today’s indie picks move through swiss solo craft, self-love recovery, compassionate folk storytelling and nashville indie-rock colour. these four tracks keep the focus on human feeling, personal change and songs built with clear independent purpose.
please please me – mykungfu
mykungfu turns long-built solo craft into the warmest of melodic indie-pop
please please me is a melodic indie track with a homegrown feel, shaped by careful songwriting and the kind of personal touch that comes from building songs carefully and away from noise. it carries bags of easy warmth, tasteful production, and it really does let it directness and charm sit front and centre. it’s the kind of acoustic indie that really is worth listening to.
friend of the blog mykungfu is the solo project of winterthur musician domi schreiber, who first developed his own songs while touring at home and abroad as a guitarist. since 2009, the project has grown into a fully formed live and recording identity, appearing on international stages in different line-ups. this release introduces the upcoming ep a burning heart, marking a fresh step from an artist with steady roots and a clear melodic instinct. let’s have more of this in 2026, it’s a beautiful track.
thank u for making this mykungfu 🔥
someone’s got to – catlea
catlea turns self-love into a luminous indie-pop anthem
someone’s got to is an intimate indie-pop track built around acoustic guitar, sweeping strings and vocals that carry both heartache and resolve. its central refrain turns pain into a vow, transforming the need for external validation into something braver, clearer and more self-directed.
catlea writes from a deeply personal place, turning recovery, dependency and emotional reckoning into a song about choosing yourself before waiting to be chosen. recorded across barcelona, london, cincinnati and israel with long-term producer jason boshoff, guitarist oscar garcia-bragado and strings from roni seller, the track opens the forthcoming aftermath ep. vulnerable but empowering, it feels like a mirror for anyone trying to turn a difficult pattern into a healthier future.
thank u for making this catlea 🌱
searching for savannah – ridge banks
ridge banks, cheri carmody and bill hinks turn loss into compassionate indie folk
searching for savannah is a heartfelt indie-folk track built around a simple prayer and a deeply human story. rather than turning its subject into politics, the song focuses on one mother searching for her missing daughter, making grief, hope and uncertainty feel painfully close.
ridge banks, cheri carmody and bill hinks wrote the song to raise awareness of migrant children separated from their families after crossing the u.s. border. inspired by an idea from hinks, the release gives a name and emotional centre to a wider humanitarian crisis that can too often become statistics. with its focus on love, perseverance and compassion, it asks listeners to remember the families still searching and the children still missing.
thank u for making this ridge banks, cheri carmody & bill hinks 🕯️
alchemy – bad island easter
bad island easter bring nashville indie-rock into a bold, evolving shape
alchemy is a vivid indie-rock track from tomorrow will be like yesterday, the latest ep by nashville band bad island easter. written by matt lowell and aaron shepherd, it carries the feel of a band pushing their sound forward, balancing guitar-led drive, synth detail and a strong sense of collective identity.
bad island easter are the songwriting trio of aaron shepherd on vocals and bass, sebastian mogan on synth and matthew lowell on guitar, with jack shepherd joining the live line-up on drums. produced by sebastian mogan and mixed by common man studios, the ep also includes another original single, a kinks cover and live recordings from the band’s first headline show at the basement in nashville. it feels loose, inventive and full of character.
thank u for making this bad island easter 🌀
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