Track taken from Butcher The Bar – III (LP), releases June 14, 2019, via Bobo Integral. Butcher The Bar is the once bedroom pop recording project of Joel Nicholson, now a 5 piece guitar band based in Manchester. Releasing two records via Berlin based indie label Morr Music – ‘Sleep At Your Own Speed’ (2008)…
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[video of the week] Eric & Magill – Thanks to Sciences
Taken from the new digital single by Eric & Magill, “Thanks to Sciences / Valhalla Baby!”, available via https://ericandmagill.bandcamp.com/album/thanks-to-sciences-valhalla-baby Eric & Magill is Ryan Weber and Eric Osterman are long time friends, and travelers. Together they create cosmic soundscapes from separate corners of the world, often enlisting a supporting cast of notable contemporaries and friends….
THE PROPER ORNAMENTS – Six Lenins (Tapete, 2019) Messi ormai in naftalina i Veronica Falls, recentemente abbandonati in maniera tumultuosa gli Ultimate Painting, all’eclettico James Hoare rimangono quale principale veicolo di espressione artistica The Proper Ornaments, originariamente un duo intrapreso con Max Claps dei Toy nel 2013 e adesso ampliato a quartetto in occasione del…
LALI PUNA – Being Water E.P. (Morr Music, 2019 Quattro nuove canzoni e un remix segnano lo stato di avanzamento dei Lali Puna, a due anni di distanza dal loro quinto album, primo successivo alla separazione artistica di Valerie Trebeljahr da Markus Acher. Considerati i tempi recenti di elaborazione della band (tra “Our Inventions” e…
EL PALACIO DE LINARES – Largos Agotadores (Pretty Olivia, 2019) Per qualche strana coincidenza, avviene che in un determinato periodo un Paese o una zona geografica siano forieri di una mole di produzioni in qualche misura omogenee, seppur non necessariamente riassumibili nel vecchio concetto di “scena”. In questo senso, il linguaggio indie-pop non è affatto…
[video of the week] Helado Negro – Pais Nublado
Taken from the new album, “This Is How You Smile”, available March 8th 2019 via RVNG Intl. The son of Ecuadorean immigrants, Helado Negro was born in South Florida in 1980. His childhood was suffused with tropical heat, humidity, hurricanes, all refracted with the rich sounds and colors of the various Latin American cultures of…
[video of the week] Richard Andrews – The Golden Fascination
Former lead singer and founder of Uniform Motion, Andrew Richards, aka Richard Andrews, is a Toulouse based songwriter who has recorded and performed live throughout Europe, working with a wide range of artists from diverse musical backgrounds. “The Golden Fascination” is the title track of his solo debut album, out February 7th 2019. In his own words:…
[streaming] MeDo’s Little Trap – Dreaming On A Swing
MeDo’s Little Trap is a project create in 2010 by the composer Domenico Mannelli (born in 1979). The idea was to create a container in which the italian musician could challenge himself in creating experimental pieces in complete freedom, combining electronic music, classical music, pop and rock. Thus in 2011 the Ep “Medicine Sound” that…
[video of the week] Dusken Lights – Dominoes
“Dominoes” is the first new track by Dusken Lights after their gorgeous 2016 album “In The Service Of Spring“. Dusken Lights is a rickety apparatus – comprised of wood, wire, chrome and electricity – that gives form to the compositions of Australian songwriter Paul Watling (Rabbits Wedding, Dusken Lights). Honed with his long time pals…
THE PERFECT ENGLISH WEATHER – Don’t You Wanna Feel The Rain? (Matinée, 2018) Sensibili per definizione al mutevole corso delle stagioni, Wendy Morgan e Simon Pickles non potevano che trovare nelle ugge autunnali l’atmosfera più adatta per licenziare la loro nuova raccolta di canzoni che, ancora una volta, tornano a distillare la quintessenza del pop…
[streaming] Gary Olson – The Old Twin
This is the solo-debut 7″ by the great Gary Olson of The Ladybug Transistor. He’s also famous for his work as a producer for Nick Garrie, The Essex Green, Crystal Stilts, … just to name a few … His 7″ “The Old Twin/All Points North” (KUS 018) includes two beautiful popsongs and is a collaboration…
KEIRON PHELAN – Peace Signs (Gare du Nord, 2018) Parafrasando la celebre battuta di Forrest Gump, ogni disco di Keiron Phelan è come una scatola di cioccolatini, non sai mai quello che ti capita…. Insomma, è sempre un bel rebus avvicinarsi a ogni nuova creazione dell’artista inglese, che non a caso ha sempre fatto della…
[streaming] Lake Ruth | Pale Lights split 7″
The idea behind this 7″ is that both bands cover each other’s song. The wonderful Lake Ruth from New York have recorded the Pale Lights song “Only An Ocean” with the sound artist Listening Center. It’s a great mixture of Baroque & Chamber Pop with references to Stereolab, Broadcast or ’60s Library Music. Their good…
[streaming] The Color Waves – People End Up Everywhere
Taken from forthcoming Color Waves album. The Color Waves are a long-distance home-recording project between Garry Hoggan, Alison Eales and Jason Sweeney. They write songs about love, loss and lobotomy, inspired by Galaxie 500, The Go-Betweens, Prince, Prefab Sprout, Strawberry Switchblade, Serge Gainsbourg. http://www.thecolorwaves.com/
[streaming] PERIO – Exotic Thrill
Since “Icy Morning in Paris”, the first PERIO album, released by Lithium in 1994, Eric Deleporte has followed his own drumbeat: four albums between 1994 and 2015. Given the powerfully evocative nature of the songs as well as the precision of the writing, each release has been worth the wait. Since his last album 30…
GRIMM GRIMM – Cliffhanger (Some Other Planet / Lady Sometimes, 2018) Tanto ampia è l’estensione internazionale del progetto Grimm Grimm, quanto estremamente variegati dal punto di vista stilistico e temporale sono i riferimenti del suo secondo lavoro sulla lunga distanza, “Cliffhanger”. L’album, che ha visto una propaggine produttiva anche in Italia attraverso l’acuta etichetta Lady…
[video of the week] The Last Detail – Fun Fair
Here’s a preview from The Last Detail’s selft titled album, to be released in November. Erin Moran (A Girl Called Eddy) and Mehdi Zannad (Fugu) have made an album together, which is going to be released on Elefant Records. “Fun Fair” is a delicious song full of romanticism, that evokes the delicacy of Françoise Hardy,…
[streaming] Galaxy Fingers – Clap For Them
Taken from “Let In Elijah” EP by Galaxy Fingers, out September 21st via Elefant Records. Alex and Clara met during a study program in Japan. When they got back home, they ended up on opposite coasts of the United States (one in Connecticut and the other in California), but they decided to start writing songs…
SPIRIT FEST – Anohito (Morr Music, 2018) Giunge ad appena un anno dal precedente il secondo capitolo del supergruppo che al duo nipponico Tenniscoats affianca Markus Acher dei Notwist, Cico Beck (Aloa Input) e Mat Fowler (Jam Money). Originato proprio nel corso del loro tour europeo, “Anohito” è in seguito stato completato nello studio bavarese di…
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