New track by Ralegh Long, under exclusive licence to frtyfve, out January 10th 2020. Ralegh Long is a Singer-Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer whose music conveys an “almost mystical longing” [The Guardian]. Growing up in the English countryside, his music draws on a childhood spent wandering fields and streams and writing endless hours of music. A…
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[video of the week] Dakota Suite & Quentin Sirjacq – Safe Within Your Arms
Taken from “The Indestructibility Of The Already Felled”, out January 31st 2020 via Schole Records. A singer/guitarist Chris Hooson’s project Dakota Suite and a pianist/composer Quentin Sirjacq will be releasing their new collaboration album on January 31st. This album was recorded during their second ‘dakota suite & quentin sirjacq’ Japan tour in 2017. A well-balanced…
[video of the week] Løzninger + Kitowski – Blackhole
Voice/lyrics: Jessica Kitowski Music/production: Benjamin Løzninger Images from “UFO Target Earth” by Michael A. DeGaetano [1974] + “DEAD PEOPLE” by Willard Huyck [1973] Benjamin Løzninger likes to cover his tracks: Brooklyn-based, born in Toronto, he’s been adopted by France where his family brought him up in a artistic twirl. Løzninger was launched between France and…
GENEVA – Cocorillo (Woodland Recordings, 2019) Benché non venga del tutto spontanea l’associazione tra Germania e folk, non è nemmeno il caso di risalire a Sibylle Baier per ritrovare esempi di musicisti tedeschi (anzi, soprattutto di musiciste) che hanno incarnato in maniera eccelsa tale binomio. Mentre da ormai troppi anni non si fa sentire l’evocativa…
[streaming] Northwest – The Day
Taken from the second Northwest album, out now and available as free/name your price download via https://thisisnorthwest.bandcamp.com/album/ii. Northwest are an experimental-pop duo based in London, formed by spanish multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Ignacio Simón and visual artist, producer and singer Mariuca García-Lomas. Their music explores different genres, from contemporary classical music and avant-garde electronica to…
[streaming] Wednesday – Fate Is…
Taken from “I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone”, releases February 7th 2020 via Orindal Records. “I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone” is Wednesday’s second full-length album & first as a full band. The Asheville, NC quintet (guitarist/vocalist Karly Hartzman, lead guitarist Daniel Gorham, pedal steel guitarist Xandy Chelmis, bassist Margo Schultz…
[video of the week] KERA – Vitamin T (Demo)
LA’s KERA (fka Kera & The Lesbians) have signed with the purveyors of exceptional songcraft at Mama Bird Recording Co. Earlier this year, KERA released a single with Devendra Banhart, “Bright Future Ahead”, in support of TransLifeline, which was featured at Pitchfork and SPIN. They’ve returned today with the video for the spaced out, doo-wop…
RACHAEL DADD – Flux (Memphis Industries, 2019) Eccentrica per profilo e per biografia rispetto ai musicisti gravitanti intorno al Wilkommen Collective (Leisure Society e Laish, tra gli altri), Rachael Dadd pubblica il terzo album solista in quasi dieci anni. Le canzoni di “Flux” confermano la propensione dell’artista inglese per intricate dinamiche compositive e per un…
LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS – Sleeping Tapes For Some Girls (Unique, 2019) Nel marasma di uscite discografiche che è sempre più farraginoso da seguire, un disco come il secondo di Lucy Kruger, sudafricana trapiantata a Berlino, corre davvero il rischio di non essere notato ed evidenziato come meriterebbe. L’understatement che connota la produzione…
[streaming] Lists – In The Breeze
Taken from “EP 2”, out December 13th. Lists is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Edinburgh. https://listsmusic.com/
[video of the week] Sean Aston MacTaggart – Every Little Brunette
Takem from Sean Aston MacTaggart’s new record “Love You Always”. A fair-weather love – someone who’s come and gone through the years. For me, that person returned to my life four years ago, time began again, and my forthcoming new record was born. Love You Always is a collection of six acoustic tracks which I…
WILL SAMSON – Paralanguage (Wichita, 2019)* Al quinto album, Will Samson non smentisce l’alternanza creativa tra lavori di ricerca ambientale e latamente cantautorali, corrispondente alle oscillazioni del suo animo inquieto, in perenne movimento e per sua esplicita ammissione nell’occasione condizionato da esperienze psichedeliche. “Paralanguage” segue la cadenza biennale dei suoi album di canzoni (“Ground Luminositiy”…
[streaming] Rebecca Foon – Dreams To Be Born
Taken from “Waxing Moon”, out 21 February 2020 on Constellation Records. Rebecca Foon, the composer and musician behind Saltland and Esmerine (and former longstanding member of Silver Mt. Zion) presents a new album entitled Waxing Moon. While best known as an incomparable cellist crafting textural soundscapes and instrumental chamber-rock in the aforementioned projects (and more…
TINDERSTICKS – No Treasure But Hope (City Slang, 2019) Dopo la rinascita, la ritrovata consuetudine e la costanza di una presenta sempre affidabile, ma non per questo affatto scontata: con “No Treasure But Hope”, il secondo periodo della vita artistica dei Tindersticks, ripresa a sorpresa con “The Hungry Saw” nel 2008, eguaglia per durata la…
TWAIN – Adventure (Keeled Scales, 2019) Nel sempre più parcellizzato microcosmo “indie”, sono spesso le connessioni a portare alla luce artisti altrimenti abituati a produzioni marginali. È questo senz’altro il caso di Matthew Davidson, musicista della Virginia giunto al settimo album della sua creatura Twain, ma che deve la sua tardiva emersione dal sottobosco indipendente…
MAIJA SOFIA – Bath Time (Trapped Animal, 2019)* Galway, Irlanda. Dalla stessa zona rurale e ventosa dell’isola verde che ha dato i natali, tra gli altri, ad Adrian Crowley proviene una nuova voce femminile dotata di grazia e personalità che non possano passare inosservate. Pur operando adesso principalmente tra Dublino e Londra, i legami di…
A SINGER OF SONGS – Portraits (Son Canciones, 2019) Le email hanno (avevano?) sostituito le lettere, le chat hanno preso il posto del telefono, la musica priva di supporto fisico ha preso ormai definitivamente il sopravvento sull’oggetto che la veicolava e l’immediatezza autoriferita dello scatto digitale ha cancellato la pazienza e la cura dei particolari…
VETIVER – Up On High (Mama Bird, 2019) A quindici anni dall’omonimo disco di debutto, i Vetiver di Andy Cabic continuano a creare canzoni con la naturalezza che va di pari passo con l’approccio del songwriter californiano, rilassato e mai sovraesposto nemmeno nel periodo di maggior auge della riscoperta dei linguaggi folk da parte della…
[streaming] Good Good Blood – Say Goodbye
Taken from “At Your Mercy” by Good Good Blood, to be released January 24th 2020 via Team Love Records. Good Good Blood is James Smith: husband, father, singer, songwriter, and founder of Fox Food Records, who’s been releasing music by himself and others on his label Fox Food Records. His gift for delicate songwriting is…
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