Katy Kirby is somethin’ real rare. Not just in relation to her pure voice, or true skill with words, but in a very now-specific way: Katy Kirby, somehow, in 2016, has figured out how to write a love song both fresh and authentic. Kirby released a three track EP aptly and simply named “3” in…
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[streaming] Snorri Helgason – Einsemd
First single from the upcoming album “Vittu til”. Snorri Helgason has a penchant for jumping, for letting go and moving on and embracing what’s next, for Kierkegaardian, gravity-defying leaps-of-faith. A look at Snorri’s remarkable career reveals that the 29-year old singer-songwriter not only possesses a talent for precisely timed jumps, leaps and bounds; he has…
[streaming] No King. No Crown. – Golden Silver
With the album “Without Yesterday”, No King. No Crown. releases ten beaufitul heart-warming new songs. Embedded in acoustic arrangements (cello, violin, guitars, piano, etc), the songs focus on the sensitive voice of frontman René Ahlig. Combined with his honest & authentic lyrics a melancholic and at the same time hopeful atmosphere is embracing the listener….
[streaming] Itasca – High Time
A dusty and beautiful reading of the “Workingman’s Dead” classic by Los Angeles’ mesmerizing Itasca from “Songs to Fill the Air”—an album to benefit WFMU. Kayla Cohen: Drums, bass, acoustic guitar, slide guitar and vocals. http://www.itascalosangeles.com/
[streaming] Curlicues – Pink Blossom
Curlicues is the musical project of Bristol-based artist L.A. Foster. Long in gestation, his first EP, “Orchids”, sprang forth in 2013, its songs the sole remnants of a catalogue of private home recordings, made as The Plums in rural Warwickshire, yet returned to and heavily edited some time later whilst living in Saigon, Vietnam. “The…
[streaming] Claudio Cataldi – Here She Comes Now
Claudio Cataldi comes from Palermo in Sicily, creates warm, deep electronic and acoustic sounds, and this EP features three of his own compositions as well as a stunning cover of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Here She Comes Now’. Claudio describes his work as, “music from different times and places, but with the same inner mood, and captured…
[streaming] Dylan Mondegreen – Every Little Step
Dylan Mondegreen is a pseudonym for Norwegian recording artist Børge Sildnes. He has been releasing quality pop music since the mid-2000s and has acquired a very dedicated fan-base worldwide. His previous S/T album, released on Shelflife in 2012, was met with critical aclaim. Pitchfork has said “Indie-pop has entered its soft-rock phase and it sound…
[streaming] Benoît Pioulard – Finity
On “Finity” Pioulard spins a deft web of sustained guitar tone that peaks, just above the red, in crucial moments – tethering an otherwise otherworldly composition to the very real, very messy world that we try to transcend through obtaining oneness with. A stately, gorgeous track, that for only two dollars, allows you to contribute…
[streaming] Allysen Callery – Crabapple
Track taken from the forthcoming album by Allysen Callery, “The Song The Songbird Sings”, out May 2016. Allysen Callery is self taught folk artist from Rhode Island, USA , her vocal delivery recalls the haunting style of the late 60′s early 70′s British Folk Revival. Her first two albums “Hopey” (2007) & “Hobgoblin’s Hat” (2010)…
[streaming] Jake Houlsby – Carousel
Newcastle-based singer songwriter Jake Houlsby is very pleased to announce the release of his folk-infused single “Carousel”. The follow-up to his debut EP, “Yannina“, “Carousel” sees the troubadour subtly exploring new territory with Ajimal and Bridie Jackson and the Arbour producer Mick Ross. Having steadily honed his craft since becoming the proud recipient of the…
[streaming] Mike Benecke – Astral Line
Taken from “Call The Waves”, debut album by Mike Benecke, slow, intimate and rich dream-folk songwriter from Los Angeles. From adolescence, mike wrote music, produced records, and toured with beloved “punk” and “indie” bands. Modern, melodic, heavy music. But must sounds rely on layers of distortion to make an impact? Can stompboxes and studio gimmicks disappear,…
[streaming] The Cosmic Array – Dear Ones
Penned by Abby Sohn and Paul Battenbough, “Dear Ones” is the first single from the album “Islands” (due for release on 6 May 2016). The Cosmic Array were founded via a collaboration between Paul Battenbough (No Thee No Ess, King of Despair) and Huw Rees (Rag Foundation, King of Despair) that started in late November…
[streaming] Iván Muela – Glow
Available as a free download, “Glow EP” gathers 12 minutes of melancholic piano passages splattered with dreamy sonic experimentation. Fuelled equally by a love for this instrument and an interest in self-imposing constraints in the creative process, this time Iván decided to only use sounds coming from a single recording session in a gran piano….
[streaming] Lowered – Arche (For Gongs)
The first in a series of minimal drone studies of acoustic instruments. This recording features 32″ tam-tam, together with field recordings and singing bowls. No artificial effects have been used. Deep melancholic bass swells emerge from the white noise of the trees, which give way to blackened low-end rumbles, floating midrange drones, and fragile, crystalline…
[streaming] David Åhlén – Hidden Light
It’s 2016 and the world is (still) in darkness. Big or small, the hurt is hurting everyone and this does not simply pass by David Åhlén just because he lives on a remote island in the Baltic sea. Together with his wife and five children, David is part of ‘Stenkumla parsonage’, a Monastic community and…
[streaming] Benedict Benjamin – Thin Skin
Benedict Benjamin is Ben Rubinstein, formerly of The Mariner’s Children and Peggy Sue. His debut album “Night Songs” is a collection of timeless compositions recorded in a series of churches, bedrooms and kitchens across London and Kent with producer Dan Blackett (Landshapes, Bella Union). Ben is first and foremost a songwriter versed in the classical…
[streaming] Trotting Bear – Peace In The Still
Taken from the new album by Trotting Bear, “Places”, available everywhere April 22, 2016. “We will go to places we have never been,” sings Andy Berkhout on the title track from Trotting Bear’s new album Places. Against the backdrop of a dynamic rhythm section, electric guitars, and vintage synthesizers, Berkhout and his bandmates explore the…
[streaming] Hammock – Dissonance
First single from Hammock‘s “Everything and Nothing” album, out April 1st. Hammock is a collaboration between guitarists Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson that developed out of informal recording sessions between songwriting projects. Byrd and Thompson initially had no intention of releasing their studio efforts. After building up a collection of almost 40 songs, however, they…
[streaming] CEEYS – Nocturne (by Carlos Cipa – rework)
CEEYS are the brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke, an instrumental duo from Berlin, performing experimental but accessible compositions and improvisations. Their sound is primarily defined by the interplay of cello and piano influenced by authentic electronic gear and instruments from the Cold War period. They create handmade percussive noise from the instrument’s acoustic material potential…
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