JAMES YORKSTON – The Route To The Harmonium (Domino, 2019)* Quasi cinque anni, due album del singolare terzetto etno-jazz con Jon Thorne e Suhail Yusuf Khan e un debutto da romanziere separano il nono album di James Yorkston dal suo predecessore. La personale “ricerca della pace” (della quale il titolo “The Route To The Harmonium” va…
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[streaming] Damien Jurado – South
Damien Jurado is announcing his new album, In the Shape of a Storm, on Mama Bird Recording Co. April 12th alongside a new, stunningly sparse track “South”. Jurado’s career has seen many iterations and his newest album is no less profound than any previous work, but the stark acoustic arrangements allow Jurado’s every emotional vocal…
BURLY – Self Titled Demon E.P. (Fivekill, 2019) Cinque tracce per un debutto in sordina di cinque musicisti attivi nella scena newyorkese da una decina d’anni, ma che adesso hanno trovato una nuova alchimia: questo è “Self Titled Demon”, prima breve pubblicazione a nome Burly, che nel volgere di poco più di un quarto d’ora…
ELENA SETIÉN – Another Kind Of Revolution (Thrill Jockey, 2019)* “Non faccio semplicemente musica, racconto storie dimenticate che nessuno ha mai raccontato”: è estremamente ambiziosa la premessa con la quale Elena Setién presenta se stessa sul proprio sito, ma è al tempo stesso ben rappresentativa dell’approccio creativo e della decisa personalità dell’artista basca. La sua stessa…
TINY RUINS – Olympic Girls (Marathon Artists / Ba Da Bing!, 2019) Il tempo è elemento essenziale per le canzoni di Hollie Fullbrook: rappresenta la stessa misura della lunga elaborazione dei suoi dischi, ma indica altresì la necessità di spazio e attenzione per poterli assimilare. Non che l’espressione dell’artista inglese (ma neozelandese d’adozione) non sia…
[streaming] David Ian Roberts – Sending Out Fires
Taken from “Travelling Bright”, out March 15th via Cambrian Records. David’s music takes inspiration from great guitarists such as Bert Jansch, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith, and brings in elements of classical and jazz music. http://www.davidianroberts.com/
JESSICA PRATT – Quiet Signs (Mexican Summer / City Slang, 2019)* Ancora tempi creativi dilatati e misurata concisione espressiva caratterizzano le canzoni di Jessica Pratt, che torna ad affacciarsi alla produzione discografica esattamente quattro anni dopo il precedente “On Your Own Love Again“. “Quiet Signs” è il terzo album dell’artista californiana e, in coerenza con…
[streaming] Oliver Cherer – Weight Of The Water
“Weight Of The Water” is the opening track of “I Feel Nothing Most Days”, the new album by Oliver Cherer, out April 26th via Second Language. Croydon-born, Hastings-based Oliver Cherer is perhaps one of our most prolific, contemporary singer-songwriters and yet despite this, he’s always been careful to exist just below the radar, much aided…
[streaming] Heather Woods Broderick – Where I Lay
Taken from the album “Invitation”, available April 19th on Western Vinyl. Heather Woods Broderick has played in Efterklang, Horse Feathers, the live bands of Laura Gibson, Lisa Hannigan, and Damien Jurado, and has also been Sharon Van Etten’s longtime collaborator and bandmate. While this list may seem enviable for an aspiring young musician, any experienced…
RIVER CROMBIE – Only What There Is (Self Released, 2019) Se non fosse per le preziose notifiche di nuove uscite inviate da Bandcamp, il terzo album di River Crombie sarebbe probabilmente passato del tutto inosservato. Tanto personale è l’espressione artistica del cantautore australiano trapiantato in Germania, tanto pronunciato è l’understatement con il quale rilascia le…
[streaming] Dark Tea – Rolling Back The Dial
Taken from Dark Tea self titled debut album, out March 22nd via Fire Talk. New York City based songwriter Gary Canino, submits to you a generous collection of country-inflected music under the Dark Tea moniker that honor the past while looking ahead. There is, as they say, a little something for everyone. With Dark Tea,…
[video of the week] The Fire Harvest – Not Going To Work
‘Not Going to Work’ taken from the album ‘Open Water’ by The Fire Harvest. Directed by J.K. Bragdon Drawings and Animation by J.K. Bragdon On Friday the 1st of March The Fire Harvest will release new album ‘Open Water’, which will be released by Snowstar Records and Subroutine Records. Today you can listen to new…
[streaming] The World of Dust – Blood
“Blood” is the first single lifted from “Samsara”, the fifth album by Dutch slowcore dream-pop artist The World of Dust. The album will see official release on the 1st of March 2019 via Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records. “Samsara” is effectively a full-length collaboration between The World of Dust’s Stefan Breuer and Todd Tobias…
SARAH LOUISE – Nighttime Birds And Morning Stars (Thrill Jockey, 2019) Il percorso creativo di Sarah Louise Henson continua ad allontanarsi dai sentieri folk, ai quali sembrava poterla ascrivere il fingerpicking dell’esordio “Filed Guide” (2015). A meno di un anno da “Deeper Woods” (2018), l’artista del North Carolina scompagina in maniera ambiziosa il proprio lessico, guardando…
[streaming] Tender Mercy – Sinking
“Sinking” is the opening track from the split E.P. by Tender Mercy and Wintermute, released January 20, 2019. Tender Mercy is the solo project by Mark Kramer, from Louisville, Kentucky, combining slow-core and intimate bedroom songwriting. https://www.facebook.com/Tender-Mercy/
[streaming] Shana Cleveland – Face of the Sun
“Face of the Sun” is the first single from “Night of the Worm Moo”n, the new solo full-length from La Luz singer/guitarist Shana Cleveland, out April 5th via Hardly Art. Shana Cleveland has been beguiling listeners for years in her role as the superlative frontwoman for elastic surf rockers La Luz. Now Cleveland is evolving…
CAOILFHIONN ROSE – Awaken (Gondwana, 2018) Visto che lei stessa lo esplicita in tutte le presentazioni che fa di sé in rete, non è probabilmente superfluo precisare in premessa che il suo nome Caoilfhionn si pronuncia “Keelin”. È originaria di Manchester, città della quale ha frequentato la poliedrica scena musicale, collaborando tra l’altro anche con…
[streaming] Faith Eliott – Lilith
“Lilith” is the first single from Faith Eliott‘s forthcoming debut album “Impossible Bodies”, which will be released on OK Pal Records April 19th, 2019. The concept behind the record came about via their interest in medieval bestiaries, which are illustrated compendiums of animals. Each entry in a bestiary depicts an animal and is accompanied by…
ANGELO DE AUGUSTINE – Tomb (Asthmatic Kitty, 2019)* Il recente video dell’esecuzione in studio di “You Needed Love I Needed You” – tra i brani più ispirati di “Tomb” – nella quale Angelo De Augustine viene accompagnato al pianoforte da un Sufjan Stevens assorto e visibilmente coinvolto attesta ben più che un semplice rapporto tra…
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