Taken from the 12″ vinyl/mc release “Figure and Ground”, released March 27th, 2020 via Oscarson Label. Ahlie has been active as a singer for over two decades, having co-founded German Riot-Grrrl band elektrolochmann and Post-Hardcore band Monochrome in the 1990s. Together with Thomas, an academic philosopher and night-time composer, she formed Montevale in the 2000s….
Tag: songwriter
AGNES OBEL – Myopia (Deutsche Grammophon, 2020) La sensibile “donna al piano”, l’interprete raffinata e intensa, la cantautrice neoclassica dalle potenzialità pop: sono queste solo alcune delle vesti possibili indossate da Agnes Obel nel corso di dieci anni di attività e tre album che l’hanno proiettata verso una dimensione decisamente più ampia rispetto a quella…
[streaming] V.V. Lightbody – If It’s Not Me
Chicago’s V.V. Lightbody coined herself as “nap rock”, but she’s the first to admit how much her sound is changing. Make a Shrine or Burn It, her much-anticipated Sophomore LP, comes out May 1st, 2020 on Acrophase Records. V.V. Lightbody (Vivian McConnell from Chicago bands Santah/Grandkids) is playing music that is self-described as nap-rock. Dozing…
[video of the week] Samantha Crain – Garden Dove
Taken from “A Small Death”, out May 1st via Real Kind Records. Samantha Crain is a Choctaw singer, songwriter, poet, producer, and musician from Oklahoma. She is a two-time Native American Music Award winner and winner of an Indigenous Music Award. Her genre spanning discography has been critically acclaimed by media outlets such as Rolling…
DOUGLAS DARE – Milkteeth (Erased Tapes, 2020)* Mai come nel caso di Douglas Dare è vero che le apparenze ingannano. Lo si era capito dai tempi del debutto sulla lunga distanza (“Whelm”, 2014), anzi ancor prima dall’Ep “Seven Hours” (2013), che non si trattava dell’ennesimo compositore dedito al minimalismo pianistico. Mentre il secondo disco “Aforger”…
[streaming] Mariecke Borger – Seven Days
The long-awaited second album of Dutch singer-songwriter, Mariecke Borger, is finally here: March 6th, 2020 “Bright Sky” will be released at VOLKOREN. This well-balanced, intimate, folk pop album – inspired by a trip to Ireland – tells the story of letting go, embracing, and overcoming. The sounds of banjo, fiddle, dobro, pedalsteel, and upright bass,…
YANI MARTINELLI – Astral (Fox Food, 2020) La grande sensibilità della cassette-label inglese Fox Food per le voci femminili (Dana Gavanski, Captain, Cade) offre un pur limitato crisma di ufficialità alla nuova raccolta di canzoni di Yani Martinelli, cantautrice spagnola di nascita venezuelana. Nei suoi lavori, a partire da “Bubble Station” (2012), Yani ha sempre…
[video of the week] Johanna Warren – Bed Of Nails
“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,…
[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…
music won't save you 