Simen Mitlid is a songwriter from Oslo. “Saturdays” single is out now via Koke Plate Records. https://www.facebook.com/simenmitlidofficial/
Tag: songwriter
[streaming] Hand Habits – Placeholder
Title track of the new album by Hand Habits, out March 1st 2019 via Saddle Creek. Meg Duffy grew up in a small town in Upstate New York and they cut their teeth as a session guitarist and touring member of Kevin Morby’s band. The Hand Habits project emerged after Meg moved to Los Angeles;…
[video of the week] Graeme James – Night Train
Official music video for ‘Night Train’ by New Zealand musician Graeme James. Born in Nelson (New Zealand) Graeme James started out playing violin in the Netherlands as a seven year old with the desire to become a classical concert violinist. After his family moved back to New Zealand he pursued this goal throughout high school…
DANIEL LAND – The Dream Of The Red Sails (Hinney Beast, 2019)* Il vissuto personale di Daniel Land e le ormai numerose stagioni artistiche da lui attraversate continuano a intrecciarsi nei dischi solisti della sua maturità, giunti al quarto capitolo dopo l’abbandono dei Modern Painters. Le canzoni di “The Dream Of The Red Sails” nascono…
[streaming] Løzninger – Never Come Back
New track by Løzninger, featuring Christelle Lassort on violin. 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 Canada after his daughter was born. Mixing acoustic sounds and mellow whispered vocal with…
SAM REYNOLDS – 4 (Self Released, 2018) Per fortuna esistono ancora gli amici, che aiutano a orientarsi nell’offerta sempre più ampia e dispersiva di musica in rete. È infatti capitato che sia completamente sfuggito il quarto album di Sam Reynolds, pubblicato in formato digitale in download gratuito la scorsa primavera, al pari dei tre precedenti…
[video of the week] Helado Negro – Pais Nublado
Taken from the new album, “This Is How You Smile”, available March 8th 2019 via RVNG Intl. The son of Ecuadorean immigrants, Helado Negro was born in South Florida in 1980. His childhood was suffused with tropical heat, humidity, hurricanes, all refracted with the rich sounds and colors of the various Latin American cultures of…
[streaming] Lissom – Scalped
Lissom is a collaborative work between French pianist & composer Julien Marchal and British songwriter Ed Tullett. Originally written remotely in their respective homes for piano and voice, it was transformed by ambient instrumentation and strings, and became less an album, more a melting-pot of beautiful songs, dark poetic lyrics and instrumental flourishes. A record…
[video of the week] Richard Andrews – The Golden Fascination
Former lead singer and founder of Uniform Motion, Andrew Richards, aka Richard Andrews, is a Toulouse based songwriter who has recorded and performed live throughout Europe, working with a wide range of artists from diverse musical backgrounds. “The Golden Fascination” is the title track of his solo debut album, out February 7th 2019. In his own words:…
[streaming] Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Naked Shortsellers – The Best of Folks / Harbour Men
This special split 7″ by the American indie hero Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and the Utrecht, NL supergroup Naked Shortsellers is about friendship. Short version: Dutch webmaster creates fansite of American musician, they get to know each other, establish a long-term relationship, and finally make a record together to celebrate this, 20 years later. 1998, the…
MAXINE FUNKE – Silk (Feeding Tube, 2018) Esce parzialmente dalla raccolta dimensione di bassa fedeltà casalinga l’estro di Maxine Funke, per il suo terzo lavoro sulla lunga distanza vero e proprio. A chiudere l’anno cominciato con i trasognati scheletri di canzoni di “Home Fi” provvedono i quattordici brani raccolti in “Silk”, anch’essi dotati del dono…
[streaming] Ghost Town Ghost – The Porch
“The Porch” is the opening track of the “Stay Beach” E.P. by Ghost Town Ghost. Ghost Town Ghost is the “sleepy music that sounds as if it was recorded at the bottom of an empty swimming pool” alter-ego of Tilda Lindsey, also known as Captain. The E.P. is available for free/name your price download via…
WILL HENRIKSEN – Blank Space (Self Released, 2018) Due righe, prima della fine dell’anno, meritano di essere spese per una raccolta di canzoni materializzatasi dal nulla, o meglio dalla residenza di Will Henriksen a Philadelphia, nel corso dell’ultimo inverno. Intercettati per una qualche indefinita ma fortunata coincidenza, i sette concisi brani impressi sulla cassetta “Blank…
[streaming] Gabriel Birnbaum – Stack The Miles
“Stack The Miles” is the first song as a solo artist by Brooklyn based saxophonist/arranger/composer Gabriel Birnbaum (Wilder Maker, Debo Band). Debut album “Not Alone” coming soon. https://www.facebook.com/gabrielbirnbaummusic/
[video of the week] Orville Peck – Big Sky
Combining the lulling ambiance of shoegaze with the iconic melodies and vocal prowess of classic American country music, outlaw cowboy, Orville Peck croons about love and loss from the badlands of North America. The resulting sound is one entirely his own – taking the listener down dusty rose-colored desert highways; through a world where worn…
MONARCH MTN – Days Of Sleepwater (Self Released, 2018) L’anno che per Logan Farmer si era aperto con lo splendido diario del suo isolamento creativo “I Woke At The Station” si chiude con una nuova raccolta di canzoni, che per l’artista del Colorado segnano un vero e proprio ritorno a casa. Nella sua abituale residenza…
KETO – Blackened Pool (Graze, 2018) Trascorso ormai da un quarto di secolo la stagione delle riot girls, intramontabile quella delle ragazze folk con la chitarra, una terza via tra le due declinazioni dell’universo cantautorale al femminile si può ben dire stia consolidandosi in tempi recenti. Al debutto sulla lunga distanza sotto l’alias Keto, Leah…
MEG BAIRD AND MARY LATTIMORE – Ghost Forests (Three Lobed, 2018) Entrambe musiciste propense alla collaborazione, Meg Baird e Mary Lattimore si sono trovate a condividere le rispettive sensibilità in una session di registrazione tenutasi a inizio anno a Los Angeles, dalla quale si sono originate le sei tracce raccolte in “Ghost Forests”. Accomunate da un…
[streaming] Palm Springs – I’m A Ghost
Taken from “Palm Springs & Friends”, s released on Tender Collection, November 20th 2018. Palm Springs remains as a solo song-writing project for Erica Dunn who, on this release, employs the help of two long time companions Paul Pirie and Steph Hughes. The bulk of the tape was recorded at NYHED studios in the Lower…
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