Taken from the album “Belmont Slope”, out on Home Assembly on August 24th 2018. The Declining Winter is a British band based in Yorkshire, consisting solely of Richard Adams with assorted guests. http://www.thedecliningwinter.com/ https://www.homeassemblymusic.com/
Tag: alt-rock
[video of the week] Low – Fly
Taken from “Double Negative”, out September 14th via Sub Pop. In 2018, Low will turn twenty-five. Since 1993, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker—the married couple whose heaven-and-earth harmonies have always held the band’s center—have pioneered a subgenre, shrugged off its strictures, recorded a Christmas classic, become a magnetic onstage force, and emerged as one of…
[streaming] Astral Swans – What Are You Gonna Do With Yourself
Taken from “Strange Prison”, releases May 18th 2018 via Tiny Room Records. Astral Swans’ sophomore album “Strange Prison” is a spellbinding portal into the psyche of acclaimed Calgary songwriter Matthew Swann. As the first artist signed to Arts & Crafts affiliate label Madic Records, his 2015 debut All My Favourite Singers Are Willie Nelson was…
LIONLIMB – Tape Recorder (Bayonet, 2018) Il duo di Stewart Bronaugh e Joshua Jaeger ha registrato il proprio secondo album Tape Recorder di ritorno dal tour europeo seguito al debutto “Shoo” (2016). Le esperienze dal vivo dei due musicisti di Nashville si sono tramutate in un approccio al tempo stesso più immediato e composito alla loro…
[video of the week] Benjamin Poole – Unlove
Taken from the new album “Madrugada”, out January 19th on Hickory Lane Records. Benjamin Poole is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Philadelphia, PA. Having received most of his musical training from a childhood spent singing in choirs, he makes music filled with lush layers of harmony and a careful ear for detail. Benjamin takes…
[streaming] Lionlimb – Maria
Taken from “Tape Recorder”, the second full length album from Nashville’s Lionlimb, out February 23rd 2018. The album forgoes the layered production of their debut in favor of a minimal look at ensemble work. Recorded live in New York in the spring of 2017, the resulting album surprises with new instrumentation and a spacious sound…
ELLE MARY & THE BAD MEN – Constant Unfailing Night (A Modest Proposal, 2017) È ben distante dai cliché della timida ragazza con la chitarra acustica e la voce sottile Elin Rossiter, giovane cantautrice di origine gallese ma di stanza a Manchester, al debutto supportata da una sezione ritmica che insieme a lei forma la…
memories: THE BEAST INSIDE
INSPIRAL CARPETS – The Beast Inside (Mute, 1991) Nell’incredibile stagione di rinnovamento del pop alternativo britannico all’inizio degli anni Novanta – quella che da lì a breve sarebbe stata identificata con la scena di “Madchester” – non mancava la varietà delle personalità artistiche che ne erano protagoniste, né quella dei possibili riferimenti da rinfrescare in…
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD – Sorry Is Gone (ATO, 2017) La fragile ragazza che fa la dura imbracciando la chitarra elettrica è tornata. Al quarto album, Jessica Lea Mayfield non si nasconde più sotto le vesti della riot girl, ma in “Sorry Is Gone” si mette a nudo, costruendo undici canzoni intorno a temi autobiografici, esplicitati anche…
memories: BABA YAGA
CRADLE – Baba Yaga (Ultimate, 1996) Una ballerina in pomposi abiti russi in copertina, decadenti immagini in bianco e nero al centro del libretto, il tenero primo piano di una bambina sulla quarta di copertina e, in mezzo, le foto di un terzetto tipicamente inglese che cammina in abiti demodé sui binari di una ferrovia…
[streaming] Lost Bear – Rap Song
“Donkey Shot” is the latest chapter of the musical adventure novel called Lost Bear. Back in the old days (2008-2013) the band made 90s indierock, for which they received positive reviews. Despite successful gigs at home and abroad, they never escaped the status of promising band. Lost Bear had to make a choice: to quit,…
WIDOWSPEAK – Expect The Best (Captured Tracks, 2017) Al quarto disco, l’originario duo di Molly Hamilton e Robert Earl Thomas non solo si amplia a stabile quartetto, irrobustendo la sezione ritmica con il basso e la batteria che già li seguiva dal vivo, ma soprattutto si affranca in maniera ormai definitiva dall’immaginario wave che ne…
MOGWAI – Every Country’s Sun (Rock Action / Temporary Residence, 2017) Tra un mese sarà il ventennale dell’uscita di “Young Team”, primo album vero e proprio dei Mogwai, che seguiva a breve distanza la raccolta “Ten Rapid”, primo vagito con il quale la band scozzese si era già imposta all’attenzione generale con la sua formula…
LONER DELUXE – Songs I Taped Off The Radio (Rusted Rail, 2017) In un periodo di sorprendente riscoperta dei supporti analogici, cosa c’è di più desueto ed alieno dall’era digitale che registrare le canzoni dalla radio, ovviamente sull’immancabile cassettina? Per chi, come Keith Wallace, ha avuto vent’anni a metà dei Novanta, non sarà certo certamente…
[streaming] Powerdove – Raincoats
Taken from “War Shapes”, the 4th album by Annie Lewandowski as Powerdove. Annie Lewandowski is a composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist whose work has situated her between the worlds of improvisation and independent rock music. As an improviser on the piano and accordion, she has recorded with Fred Frith, the London Improvisers Orchestra, Caroline Kraabel, Tim…
[video of the week] Loner Deluxe – Summer Song
Taken from the Loner Deluxe album “Songs I Taped Off The Radio” – released on Rusted Rail on July 12th 2017. Rusted Rail is pleased to announce the release of “Songs I Taped Off The Radio”, the second album by Galway-based Loner Deluxe. This cassette album lives up to its title in that it plays…
THE WORLD OF DUST – Golden Moon (Tiny Room, 2017) Chi l’ha detto che la proverbiale “cameretta” sia luogo soltanto per sommesse introspezioni sotto forma di canzoni? Anzi, a ben vedere, ai loro albori le registrazioni domestiche avevano ad oggetto soprattutto vibrazioni lo-fi animate da una spontaneità spesso nervosa, spesso derivante da una “sporca” indole…
[streaming] Oscar Dowling – The Life
Taken from “Free And Easy”, debut album by Oscar Dowling, out 2nd June 2017. Oscar Dowling’s debut album was recorded and mixed with Ben Lawson in Auckland, the album features local luminaries Steven Huf, Will Wood, Mason Fairey, and Sam Hamilton. Dowling recalls; “Ben Lawson heard me play at my neighbours wedding and later asked…
[video of the week] Shevek – Analysis
From the “Jonasstrasse” EP released through Musclemilk Records on 3rd February 2017. Shevek is the new project by Tristram Bawtree (Tristram, Eye And No Eye). Shevek cobbles together noises to arrest the slow slide into apathy. Sings songs about care-work, Paul Auster novels, hubris, the Id, staring at cities from a distance, and trying to…
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