Taken from “Baba Bruloakr”, out August 5th 2020. Hailing from Loomis, a small town outside of Sacramento, via Portland, Oregon — David worked as a sound engineer and session musician, featuring on multiple recordings by the likes of Birger Olsen, Brigid Mae Power, Brumes, The Beacon Sound Choir, Chantal Acda, Heather Woods Broderick, Jung Body,…
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ELIZA EDENS – Time Away From Time (Self Released, 2020) Il “giardino di suoni” nel quale racconta di vivere nel brano di apertura del suo album di debutto Eliza Edens è davvero un luogo dell’immaginazione separato dai tempi e dai condizionamenti della vita moderna. Questa evidente dichiarazione di intenti funge da ideale manifesto della musica…
[video of the week] Pat Keen – Cell Song
Taken from the album “Cells Remain”, out August 21st via Birdwatcher Records. To build something from nothing still requires one to, at least subconsciously, bring all the experiences from the past to meet with a soft vision of the future. But the present moment holds structures and impressions that “refrain from any kind of change,…
OHIO KID – Ohio Kid E.P. (Self Released, 2020) Dove non arrivano (spesso verrebbe da dire “per fortuna”…) i canali promozionali, opera davvero il caso nella scoperta di piccole gemme lanciate come messaggi in bottiglia nel mare magnum della rete, in maniera pressoché del tutto incurante dell’eventualità che siano raccolti. Una pura casualità fa infatti…
[streaming] The Cradle – One Too Many Times
The Cradle, the solo project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Paco Cathcart (Big Neck Police, Eyes of Love, Shimmer), just announced his upcoming 21-track album, “Laughing In My Sleep”, will release August 21st, 2020 via NNA Tapes. Along with the announcement, Cathcart has shared the album’s lead single, “One Too Many Times,” featuring Lily Konigsberg (of…
DENISON WITMER – American Foursquare (Asthmatic Kitty, 2020) Tra gli innumerevoli cantautori che perpetuano ogni giorno quella tradizione americana rivitalizzata negli ultimi decenni e ormai stabilmente sdoganata persino nel mondo “indie”, ve ne sono soprattutto di “minori” e outsider, che lo fanno per la pura passione di scrivere canzoni, molto distanti dalle luci dei riflettori….
[streaming] Lily Hayes – Still Young
Compelling, harmonic and original, Lily Hayes views her music as an on-going project – both writing and performing innately confessional lyric supported by delicate electric guitar. At 21, her songwriting explores both the landscape and internal emotion in a raw and poetic way. Delicate, yet precise, her songs are hard hitting, and will make you…
[streaming] Treg Hudson – You
Born in Austin, TX and raised in a tiny town in the Texas Hill Country, James Treg Hudson, found his love for music at an early age, through learning to play an old, beat-up piano that somehow found its way to his childhood home. Music has always played an integral part of his life and…
[streaming] In My Tribe – I’ll Bring You Joy
Written for Joy Choir Collective in Hove, this version has been recorded by Wendy Pickles (of The Perfect English Weather) as In My Tribe, to raise funds for RISE http://www.riseuk.org.uk, a Brighton & Hove based charity which supports people affected by domestic abuse – a vital service, of even greater value during the Covid-19 crisis….
DAVID ÅHLÉN – My Face Will Shine E.P. (Jivvär, 2020) Mai come nei quattro brani di “My Face Will Shine”, si è percepita in maniera esplicita la relazione di David Åhlén con la dimensione di misticismo che ne caratterizza la biografia parallela all’attività musicale. Per tutto il suo quarto d’ora di durata, il nuovo Ep…
[streaming] Emily Keener – Nap
The vulnerability found in Emily Keener’s music traces back to a distinctly Midwest upbringing, characterized by the canopied forests that surrounded her home. It’s here Keener pensively grappled with the rigid qualities of rustbelt spiritualism. And where she experienced the literal and figurative isolation as a homeschooled country-dweller. In this rural area southwest of Cleveland…
DAMIEN JURADO – What’s New, Tomboy? (Mama Bird / Loose, 2020) Scandisce il tempo come un metronomo Damien Jurado, che per la seconda volta consecutiva rilascia un album a dodici mesi esatti dal precedente, “What’s New, Tomboy?” è il quindicesimo di una serie cominciata quasi un quarto di secolo fa, che costituisce una personalissima parabola,…
[streaming] Liebeskid – In Your Eyes I Look Bigger
New single by Liebeskid, out 14.05.2020 on Unperceived Records. Crossing Indie, bedroom music, folk reminiscences, ambient soundscapes and contemporary art-pop the Russian singer & producer with her new release is able to create a magnetic and hypnotical melody in a song as delicate as it is capable of striking at first listen. Liebeskid is a…
[video of the week] Gillian Frances – Lake
Gillian Frances is a multi-instrumentalist based in Anacortes, WA. A darkwave angel with a bouquet of peacock feathers in her hand, Gillian sets gloomy days to electric guitars. So far, she has released the cassette EP “Born Yesterday” in 2018 and is currently working on new music. “Lake” is her first new track since then,…
NATALIE JANE HILL – Azalea (Dear Life, 2020)* Un retroterra tipicamente “americano” presiede all’album di debutto di Natalie Jane Hill: le radici texane, il passaggio iniziatico in quelle Blue Ridge Mountains che tanti musicisti folk hanno ispirato, infine, le registrazioni delle canzoni di “Azalea” nel sud, in Georgia, dove Natalie ha cominciato a introdursi in…
VV.AA. – Love In The Time Of Covid (VeniVersus, 2020) Nel tempo sospeso dei sempredì, dei giorni uguali a se stessi e degli orizzonti rappresentati dalle mura domestiche, è già tutto un pullulare di spunti musicali protesi a sostenere, oltre che gli artisti indipendenti, le giuste cause della raccolta fondi per fronteggiare l’emergenza. Al contempo,…
[streaming] Owen – A New Muse
First track out of Owen‘s new album “The Avalanche”, recorded last winter up in Eau Claire, WI, with S. Carey and Zach Hanson. Out June 19th 2020 via Polyvinyl Records. Owen is the solo project of Chicago’s Mike Kinsella. As a departure from over a decade of work playing in a variety of bands –…
[streaming] Mt Went – The Owls Are Talking
Taken from “Fearful Void Series” preview compilation, featuring tracks from the album planned for release within “Built Upon A Fearful Void”, or “Fearful Void Series” for short, which is Lost Tribe Sound’s latest subscription series. The series will introduce 15 new full-length albums to the roster between June 2020 through June 2021. The line-up includes…
JOHANNA WARREN – Chaotic Good (Wax Nine / Carpark, 2020) Reduce dall’accoppiata di album intitolati “Gemini” e dedicati alla dualità, intesa come combinazione di opposti anche dal punto di vista espressivo, Johanna Warren trova una sintesi della sua ricerca di equilibrio tra contrasti nel suo quinto lavoro solista. “Chaotic Good” rappresenta il frutto di anni…
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