“Bed Of Nails” is taken from Johanna Warren‘s forthcoming record, “Chaotic Good”, out May 1st, 2020 on Wax Nine / Carpark Records. Johanna Warren is an American singer-songwriter and actor. To date she has released four LPs under her own name and two early albums under the moniker Sticklips. Warren self-released her first solo record,…
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[streaming] Great Horned Owl – Let’s Move To The Coast
Great Horned Owl‘s first release in over three years, “Let’s Move to the Coast” is the first single from the album Longyear, coming Spring 2020. Vanderson Langjahr is a multi-instrumentalist and visual artist currently based in Portland, OR. Along with a rotating cast of musicians, he has been recording and releasing music as Great Horned…
[streaming] Marla Hansen – Of Us All
Premiere of “Of Us All”, the second track available from “Dust”, the first solo album by Marla Hansen in twelve years, out March 6th via Karaoke Kalk. Working as a creative collaborator can be a triple-edged sword: Helping others explore the jungle of ideas inside their heads can be both inspiring and challenging – but making time…
[streaming] Cabane – Take Me Home (Part II) (feat. Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
Cabane’s first album is the outcome of Belgian composer Thomas Jean Henri bringing together the American Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) and English musician Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), to perform some songs arranged by Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas); a dream line-up for this collection of tunes, bordering on both folk and orchestral…
[streaming] Marisa Anderson & Tara Jane O’Neil – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
Taken from “You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To”, out April 10th 2020. In the artists’ own words: “TJ and I recorded these songs in her backyard studio in February of 2018. We’ve been friends and occasional collaborators for years, crossing paths and sharing stages and the timing was right to capture a certain…
[video of the week] Rustin Man – Jackie’s Room
Rustin Man – “Jackie’s Room”, taken from “Clockdust”, out 20th March 2020 on Domino Record Co. Having waited 17 years for “Drift Code”, some may be surprised at “Clockdust”’s swift arrival, but the album’s roots can be found in the same extended sessions. Realising that Webb had two albums worth of material he took great…
ISOBEL CAMPBELL – There Is No Other (Cooking Vinyl, 2020)* Sono tempi particolari per cuori nostalgici che avevano amato i Belle And Sebastian più romantici, quelli dei primi dischi di fine anni Novanta. Prima il sorprendente ritorno di Murdoch e soci a quei registri (“Days Of The Bagnold Summer”, 2019), con canzoni nelle quali sembrava…
AOIFE NESSA FRANCES – Land Of No Junction (Basin Rock, 2020) È ancora l’Irlanda la terra d’origine di una nuova voce femminile che si segnala per freschezza e personalità. Non è infatti soltanto classicamente folk il terreno sul quale si muove Aoife Nessa Frances, il cui debutto presenta una notevole varietà di suggestioni, altresì assorbite…
[video of the week] Darren Hayman – I Tried and I Tried and I Failed
First track from the upcoming new album “Home Time”, due out on 3 April via Fika Recordings. An autobiographical album about break ups, the record is tender, honest and frequently funny. Darren set an 8 track, acoustic rule for the record. Everything sounds warm, close and intimate. Darren’s own love-worn, London voice is joined on…
DAKOTA SUITE & QUENTIN SIRJACQ – The Indestructibility Of The Already Felled (Schole, 2020)* In piena coerenza con l’understatement che da sempre ne ha caratterizzato le modalità espressive e la relazione con il suo pubblico, nel novembre scorso Chris Hooson ha annunciato con una scarna mail che quest’anno avrebbe segnato la conclusione dell’esperienza di Dakota…
[streaming] Chloe Foy – Callous Copper
Poignant singer-songwriter Chloe Foy soars into 2020 with her enchantingly introspective new single Callous Copper, out now via AntiFragile. The single is taken from Chloe’s upcoming EP, of the same name, due for release on 21st February 2020 via AntiFragile. Lyrically intimate and sonically tender, Callous Copper bewitches instantly. Mixing sweeping melodies with Chloe’s silk,…
YORKSTON/THORNE/KHAN – Navarasa: Nine Emotions (Domino, 2020) Al terzo album in quattro anni, l’ardito sodalizio tra James Yorkston, Jon Thorne e Suhail Yusuf Khan ha di gran lunga travalicato i confini dell’estemporaneità. L’apertura dei tre artisti verso linguaggi musicali diversi costituisce la base indispensabile per un viaggio nella spontaneità delle emozioni, rappresentate attraverso variegate intersezioni…
[streaming] Hilary Woods – Tongues of Wild Boar
Taken from “Birthmarks”, out March 13th via Sacred Bones. Hilary Woods’ “Birthmarks” has been a labor of intensity and intuition, written over the course of two years. Recorded whilst heavily pregnant between Galway and Oslo in the winter of 2019, Woods explores the oscillating and volatile processes of selfhood and becoming, hidden gestational growth, and…
VETCHINSKY SETTINGS – Underneath The Stars, Still Waiting. (Vertical Form, 2019) Non si può davvero fare a meno di essere colti da un sussulto di nostalgia di fronte a un nuovo progetto artistico che coinvolge due musicisti da considerare a ragione veri e propri veterani della scena pop britannica da ormai qualcosa come oltre trent’anni….
[streaming] Brona McVittie – The Green Man / Eileen Aroon
“The Green Man/Eileen Aroon” is the new single from Irish singer-songwriter Brona McVittie, a hint of what’s to come from her forthcoming sophomore album which follows her January 2018 debut “We are the Wildlife“. The new single features Brona’s original composition (“The Green Man”) alongside a novel interpretation of traditional Irish ballad “Eileen Aroon”, showcasing…
[video of the week] Nadia Reid – Get The Devil Out
Taken from the new Nadia Reid album, ‘Out of My Province’, due for release March 6, 2020, on Spacebomb Records. No one ever got anywhere by standing still. As an artist, you must move to grow. It’s a sentiment Nadia Reid knows well. Leaving her beloved New Zealand for America to record her third album…
KEELEY FORSYTH – Debris (Leaf, 2020)* È senz’altro superfluo sottolineare che, soprattutto di questi tempi, è assai raro trovarsi in presenza di un disco di debutto realizzato non esattamente dalla cameretta di qualche giovane dalle velleità artistiche, ma anzi da qualcuno che ha appena superato la simbolica soglia dei quarant’anni. Non soltanto quest’ultimo è il…
[streaming] Georgia Ruth – Close For Comfort
Georgia Ruth is a musician from Aberystwyth. Using folk influences to create a truly unique sound, her debut album Week of Pines won the Welsh Music Prize in 2013 and was nominated for two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Georgia collaborated with The Manic Street Preachers on their 2014 album Futurology before releasing her second…
THE INNOCENCE MISSION – See You Tomorrow (Bella Union, 2020)* È sicuramente capitato a tutti di pensare almeno una volta “fermate il mondo, voglio scendere”; ebbene, uno dei tasti in grado di avviare il processo coincide con quello play di ogni nuovo lavoro degli Innocence Mission. Succede da ormai oltre trent’anni, e ancor più di…
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