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…
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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…
[streaming] Ralegh Long – English Rose
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…
[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”…
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