LOST TAPES – We Thought It Was Okay At The Time (2013-2015) (Shelflife, 2017) In un’epoca in cui la musica viaggia sempre più su canali “dematerializzati”, capita al contrario che i formati più antichi ritrovano nuova vita, specialmente in campi per cultori, come le cassette per i musicisti sperimentali e il vinile per gli appassionati…
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AUSTRALIAN TESTING LABS INC. – Music For Aircooled Motoring (Polytechnic Youth, 2017) Quale musica ascoltare su un iconico furgoncino che, come una macchina del tempo, rimanda a una quarantina d’anni fa? Ovviamente qualcosa che rimandi all’estetica dell’epoca, qualcosa che sappia di tecnologia rudimentale e visioni di un avveneristico futuro dominato dalle macchine. Deve aver pensato più…
[streaming] Visionary Hours – Empty Hills Just After Rain
“Empty Hills Just After Rain” is a new track by Visionary Hours, taken from the compilation “Anticipation Of An Uncertain Future”, that features tracks from upcoming albums from Preserved Sound label. Get the whole compilation for free here. Combining the sound of strings, guitar, voice, flute and clarinet, Visionary Hours creates slowly evolving modern-classical pieces,…
[streaming] Julien Baker – Funeral Pyre
Singer/songwriter Julien Baker announced that she’d signed to storied indie-rock label Matador Records by releasing a new single, “Funeral Pyre”. “Funeral Pyre” will be out on Matador, as part of a 7″ inch with “Distant Solar System”, an outtake from Baker’s 2015 debut album “Sprained Ankle“, that will be re-released via Matador on March 17….
VV.AA. – Illuminations (Dronarivm, 2017) Come già nei quattro anni passati, il periodo più buio e freddo dell’inverno rappresenta il momento più adatto per l’etichetta russa Dronarivm per aprire idealmente il nuovo capitolo annuale delle proprie produzioni, quello nella cui quiete naturale possono assorbirsi al meglio le sensazioni che promanano dalle stimolanti proposte ambient-drone che…
[video of the week] London Grammar – Rooting For You
Official live video for the new track “Rooting For You” by London Grammar. London Grammar are a British trio formed by Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic ‘Dot’ Major. Their debut EP “Metal & Dust” was released in February 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings Ltd, while their debut album “If You Wait” was released…
JULIE BYRNE – Not Even Happiness (Basin Rock / Ba Da Bing!, 2017)* La scrittura di quelle che, in superficie, possono apparire semplice canzoni non è mai un processo banale e proprio per questo può richiedere tempi lunghi, necessari a cesellare parole e affinare minuti dettagli sonori. Tale motivazione spiega i tre anni trascorsi da…
[streaming] Mary Lattimore – Borrego Springs (ft. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma)
Mary Lattimore and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma crossed paths in the high desert plains of Marfa, Texas and reunited to jam + record in New York City shortly thereafter. “Borrego Springs” is six minutes of beautifully balanced improvisations from this day spent together and completes Returned To Earth. Lattimore’s painterly flourishes are grounded by Ledesma’s expressive interplay…
JOHANNES MALFATTI – Surge (Glacial Movements, 2017) Cosa volete che sia una traccia di quasi un’ora di durata, rapportata ai tempi geologici che attraverso terra e ghiaccio hanno scolpito il paesaggio delle Alpi austriache? La relatività dell’elemento temporale impregna di sé fin dal titolo il brano che corrisponde al debutto solista di Johannes Malfatti, compositore…
[streaming] Slows Down – On And On
The first song from the new Slows Down cassette tape “EP 3”, out January 15th. Slows Down is the project of musician Alexander Hawthorne, that ranges from sadcore / chamber pop to drone / psychedelic. https://www.facebook.com/slowsdown
CLARA ENGEL – Your Halo Is A Swarm Of Bees E.P. (Polar Seas, 2017) A margine del suo folk-noir potente ed evocativo, Clara Engel presenta anche un profilo più sperimentale, già manifestato in ripetute frequentazioni con artisti ambient-drone e adesso anche, in formato solista, nelle sei improvvisazioni sulla chitarra raccolte in “Your Halo Is A…
[streaming] Gem Club – Spirit And Decline
New track by Gem Club. Gem Club was formed by Christopher Barnes, with cellist Kristen Drymala, at the end of 2009. Their first EP, Acid and Everything, was recorded in Barnes’ Somerville, MA home and self-released on June 2010. The EP was written as part of the RPM Challenge, a challenge for musicians to write…
[video of the week] Kim Janssen – Bottle Rockets
Official music video for, ‘Bottle Rockets’, by Kim Janssen. Directed, shot and edited by Martijn Bastiaans. Filmed in the Faroe Islands and at Martijn’s home in Utrecht, the Netherlands. Mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, Future Islands) and featuring Marla Hansen (Sufjan Stevens, The National), “Bottle Rockets” is the first taste of Janssen’s forthcoming third…
DANIEL W J MACKENZIE – Every Time Feels Like The Last Time (Eilean, 2017)* Dalla brumosa quiete dei giorni invernali di inizio anno, si scorgono appena i contorni di una proposta musicale che non avrebbe potuto trovare contesto temporale più adeguato: è quella del quinto album di Daniel W J Mackenzie, musicista e artista visuale inglese ormai…
[streaming] Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums – Graceland
“Graceland is taken” from the debut album by Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums “Better Friends”, out March 2017. Bill Botting & The Two Drink Minimums are: Bill Botting (Allo Darlin’) Hannah Botting (Owl & Mouse) Paul Rains (Tigercats/Allo Darlin’) Tom Wade (Owl & Mouse) Jonny Helm (The Wave Pictures) http://www.facebook.com/billbottingband
[video of the week] Lowly – Word
First single out of the debut album from Lowly, that will be released on Bella Union 10th February 2017. The band describe their music as, “noise-pop, and everything in between.” In this case, ‘noise’ refers to the textures and treatments that the quintet mould from synths, laptop and guitar, which give Lowly’s spacious songs unpredictable, shape-shifting…
[streaming] High Plains – Cinderland
High Plains is the duo of Scott Morgan and Mark Bridges. Morgan, based in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, is predominantly known for his drifting, textured soundscapes released under the pseudonym loscil. Bridges is an accomplished, classically-trained cellist residing in Madison, Wisconsin. The two met in Banff, Alberta while they were simultaneously there on residencies at…
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