Track taken from the new album “Fortunate Vices”, out March 4th. Alameda is the Portland-based five piece outfit founded by singer/guitarist Stirling Myles and cellist Jessie Dettwiler, joined by clarinetist Jennifer Woodall, guitarist Tim Grimes and drummer Barra Brown. Compared to the baroque pop of Nick Drake and the slow-core dream pop of early Low,…
Tag: alt-folk
THE WAVE PICTURES – A Season In Hull (Wymeswold, 2016) Negli ultimi anni, Dave Tattersall e compagni si sono orientati con decisione a uno stile ridanciano e fragoroso, frutto da un lato della fascinazione per la tradizione rock americana (“City Forgiveness”) e dall’altro delle scanzonate scorribande alcooliche insieme ad Herman Dune (“Gin” e “My Ass”)….
[streaming] Laish – Song For Everything
Danny Green, aka Laish, returns with his first official release in two years with the emotive EP, “Song for Everything”. He is known for honest, self-reflective songs and alluring live performances. The lead song is a heartfelt declaration of hope for a lasting love, imbued with an awareness of the flaws inherent in relationships. Danny…
JOSEPHINE FOSTER – No More Lamps In The Morning (Fire, 2016) Se tra le tanti voci femminili del folk contemporaneo se ne dovesse menzionare una sola le cui interpretazioni sarebbero potute tranquillamente dispiegarsi in diverse risalenti collocazioni temporali, questa sarebbe senz’altro Josephine Foster. Lo conferma appieno “No More Lamps In The Morning”, lavoro che contiene cinque…
JO MANGO & FRIENDS – Wrack Lines E.P. (Olive Grove, 2016) La collaborazione rappresenta da tempo l’essenza delle manifestazioni artistiche di Jo Mango, cantautrice scozzese che, oltre ad aver pubblicato a proprio nome due album in dieci anni di attività (il più recente, l’ottimo “Murmuration”, risale al 2012), ha lavorato accanto a una lunga schiera…
DAWN LANDES & PIERS FACCINI – Desert Songs E.P. (Beating Drum, 2016) Da qualche tempo Piers Faccini, oltre che cantautore in prima persona, sta sempre più diventando scopritore di talenti (da ultimo Jenny Lysander) e ideale “spalla” di voci femminili; merito della sua sensibilità e del credito conseguito nel corso di una carriera pur tardivamente…
[streaming] Modern Studies – Ten White Horses
A recent past, a decade ago. A Belfast-born Victorian harmonium is entrusted to the care of Glasgow chamber-folk singer Emily Scott. It looks like it should sound: imposing and statuesque, ornately carved with wax-dripping candle holders, organ stops with enticing names and elaborate levers, yet the years have taken their toll. The ‘mouse-proof’ treadles are…
VV.AA. – Berlin Songs Vol. 4 (Self Released, 2015) Per la quarta volta in dieci anni torna a manifestarsi la raccolta “Berlin Songs”, nata da estemporanei cd-r compilati da Jan Junker e Sebastian Hoffmann, che fin dalla prima apparizione miravano a offrire uno sguardo trasversale sulla pullulante scena artistica della capitale tedesca, concentrandosi in particolare sui…
[streaming/download] Still Light – Cross of Snow (Single Version 2015)
A year end gift from Kirill Nikolai/Still Light and Music Won’t Save You: a free download of a new version of “The Cross of Snow”, track originally featured in “Rosarium” (Tonefloat Records, 2012; http://soletwistedheir.com/), partially re-recorded and produced by Kirill Nikolai in December 2015, featuring Carol Anne McGowan on vocals. Download it here: Still Light – The…
THE DECLINING WINTER / ISNAJ DUI – The Leaves In The Lane / Stone’s Throw split (Rural Colours, 2015) Due artisti dai percorsi estremamente trasversali nei rispettivi campi hanno condiviso le due facce da dodici minuti di un vinile 12”: da un lato (letteralmente) Richard Adams con le trasformazioni rurali di The Declining Winter, dall’altro…
[streaming] Mothers – Too Small For Eyes
“Too Small For Eyes” is the opening track of Mothers’ debut LP, “When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired”, available 2.26.2016 via Grand Jury Music (US)/ Wichita Recordings (ROW) Produced by Drew Vandenberg – who has worked on albums by Of Montreal, Deerhunter and Porcelain Raft – at Chase Park Transduction in Athens,…
TINY RUINS & HAMISH KILGOUR – Hurtling Through E.P. (Bella Union, 2015) Due storie personali e due percorsi artistici sviluppati secondo tempi e modalità diverse, ma entrambi radicati in maniera decisiva in Nuova Zelanda, si sono incontrati in due occasioni a New York, dove hanno intrapreso una collaborazione intrigante, adesso tradotta nell’Ep “Hurtling Through”. Ne…
MARRY WATERSON AND DAVID A. JAYCOCK – Two Wolves (One Little Indian, 2015) Una nuova avventura condivisa per due artisti dalle biografie alquanto diverse: l’eredità folk è inscritta nei geni di Marry Waterson, figlia di Lal Waterson e George Knight, che dopo i lavori con il fratello Oliver Knight in “Two Wolves” esce dall’alveo artistico familiare…
[streaming] Lonesome Leash – Momentum
Taken from “Precious Futures”, out October 30 on Mind Rider Records. Lonesome Leash is the solo moniker of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Walt McClements. Known for previous involvement in the bands Dark Dark Dark, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship?, Lonesome Leash channels all of these musical experiences…
[streaming] Laish – The Great Divide
From Daniel Green (Laish): “I drew up a list of musical friends and heroes and asked each one to submit a cover song chosen by someone else on that list. I love hearing good covers, it is such an interesting process seeing how people approach performing and recording someone else’s material. I also wanted be…
[streaming] Mouth 4 Rusty – Hard Hand To Hold
Taken from the forthcoming “We Come Alive” covers album, Mouth 4 Rusty version of the Willy Mason song, with Scott Craggs on drums. Mouth 4 Rusty are a male/female duo playing songs about morality, love and loss, childhood, life in general and the relationships between ourselves. Simple, traditionally-inspired songs that people can relate to, hummable…
[streaming] The Driftwood Manor – Fraction Of A Wolf
The Driftwood Manor mix Irish traditional music and folk with a range of other influences, from Eastern music to alternative rock and electronica. The band have released three albums and six eps since 2008 on a number of independent labels and were voted in The Irish Times’ Breakthrough Acts of the Year for 2011 following the…
[streaming] Make Like A Tree – Happy B Song
“Happy B Song” is the first single from Make Like a Tree’s forthcoming album, “Animal”. Make Like a Tree is a representation of travels expressed in music and photography created by Sergey Onischenko, a wanderer from Ukraine who has been hitchhiking around the world spreading his indie-folk tunes with a touch of non-conformism and Beat…
[streaming] Urban Wildlife – You Came Along
“You Came Along” is taken from “Ship Of Winter”, third album by Urban Wildlife. Urban Wildlife blends the musical histories of each member to incorporate rock, folk, country, pop, indie and alternative. Urban Wildlife manifested slowly, luring in musicians from all over the Pacific Northwest and California until finally finding its perfect formation in the…
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