Alternative, melodic and beautiful are just some of the words used to describe the music of Calming River, the pseudonym of British born songwriter, Joshua Malcolm. The name may conjure tranquillity but there has always been a latent, opposing flow of tension and strife to be found—a fragility that emanates within darkened confines. Calming River’s…
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WILLIAM RYAN FRITCH – Behind The Pale (Lost Tribe Sound, 2017) L’incredibile serie di produzioni di William Ryan Fritch si arricchisce di un nuovo tassello, che si colloca sul suo binario creativo più ambizioso, quello vocale-orchestrale. “Behind The Pale” è infatti un album di canzoni, ovviamente tutte a suo modo, ovvero irregolari e a tratti allucinate,…
[streaming] Dan Michaelson – Old Kisses
“Old Kisses” is the first track to be taken from Dan Michaelson’s forthcoming album First Light, released December 2017 through The state51 Conspiracy. Dan Michaelson will release his new solo album “First Light” through The state51 Conspiracy on 8th December. Michaelson’s first album away from his band The Coastguards since 2011’s “Sudden Fiction”, “First Light”…
[streaming] Nick Ellis – Clock Watching
Taken from the L.P. “Adult Fiction”, released 18th November 2017 on Mellowtone Records. Nick Ellis is a Liverpool based singer/songwriter and guitarist performing a style of streetscape narrative-noir blended with a classic British acoustic approach. Song and Melody. Some people call it folk, some just call it good old fashioned song craft. Using a blend…
COLLEEN – A Flame My Love, A Frequency (Thrill Jockey, 2017)* Ogni disco di Colleen non è mai scontato, per forma e contenuto. In quindici anni di attività, l’artista francese ha spaziato tra frequenze astratte e dimensione ritmica, tra variopinte tessere sonore e un eterodosso approccio alle canzoni, assorbendo spunti da una sorprendente varietà di…
[streaming] Keto – Blackened Pool
“Blackened Pool” is taken from the new Keto Ep, out October 13th on Graze Records. Keto is Leah Sanderson, a songwriter from Nottingham who bring her own style of lo-fi folk, likened to Cat Power and Elliot Smith, with audience members describing it ashypnotic. The hypnotic, lovelorn orchestration of songwriter Leah Sanderson offers a fresh…
COURTNEY FARREN – Nothing Like It E.P. (Self Released, 2017) Come molte altre giovani cantautrici il cui profilo tende ad affrancarsi dai cliché (indie-)folk, anche la californiana Courtney Farren, ma adesso residente a New York, mostra di ricercare un’espressione in equilibrio tra fragilità e forza. Ne sono testimonianza le sei canzoni del suo Ep di…
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD – Sorry Is Gone (ATO, 2017) La fragile ragazza che fa la dura imbracciando la chitarra elettrica è tornata. Al quarto album, Jessica Lea Mayfield non si nasconde più sotto le vesti della riot girl, ma in “Sorry Is Gone” si mette a nudo, costruendo undici canzoni intorno a temi autobiografici, esplicitati anche…
[streaming] Slow Lake – Burial Maps
“Burial Maps” is the title track of the latest free download Ep by Slow Lake. Slow Lake is the project of Jack Barry, a musician from Southampton writing ethereal melancholic songs. You can follow everything he puts up via https://www.facebook.com/slowlakemusic/.
[video of the week] Matthew Kenneally – Would You Do It Again?
Matthew Kenneally is the frontman of Canary and “Would You Do It Again?” is his first solo release. “Would You Do It Again?” transcends storytelling. Kenneally paints an intricate picture that journeys love through the humble beginnings of picked guitars, through waves of romantic strings to choral lines. You can hear the influences of Elliot…
ANGÈLE DAVID-GUILLOU – En Mouvement (Village Green, 2017)* Se aveva destato una certa sorpresa ritrovare Angèle David-Guillou (Klima, nonché in precedenza voce di Ginger Ale e Piano Magic) nelle scarne vesti di pianista minimale in “Kourouma” (2013), quattro anni più tardi “En Mouvement” conferma come la scelta di pubblicare musica strumentale sotto il proprio nome…
[streaming] Fenne Lily – Three Oh Nine
New track by Dorset born and Bristol-living singer-songwriter Fenne Lily. She crafts elegant, folksy songs performed with a fragility that belies the lyrical strength of her music is accompanied by a simple acoustic guitar. http://www.fennelily.com/
[video of the week] Courtney Barnett + Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast
“Continental Breakfast” is taken from Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile’s upcoming album “Lotta Sea Lice”, out October 13th via Marathon Artists/Matador/Mom & Pop. “Lotta Sea Lice” is the result of 8 days in the studio spread over almost 15 months when Courtney and Kurt’s respective touring schedules allowed for them to be in the same…
THE WEATHER STATION – The Weather Station (Paradise Of Bachelors, 2017)* È sufficiente un confronto a colpo d’occhio tra le copertine dei due ultimi dischi di Tamara Lindeman per cogliere la differenza nel suo approccio alla musica concretizzatasi nei due anni tra essi intercorsi: la sua figura di spalle ritratta in “Loyalty” rispecchiava la timidezza…
[streaming] Immigrant – Two Years
Taken from “Wounded Healer”, out October 28th via Oscarson label. Immigrant’s self-titled debut album was released in 2002 on Fence Records. Two further Fence albums, Mother Tongue and A Nowhere Place appeared in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Son Of Immigrant, part of Fence Records’ Picket Fence series, originally appeared in 2004, and was later expanded…
[streaming] Shannon Lay – Recording 15
Taken from “Living Water”, debut release on Kevin Morby’s new imprint with Woodsist Records. Shannon Lay’s “Living Water” is an instant classic. Recorded by Emmet Kelly (Cairo Gang, Bonnie Prince Billy, Ty Segall) in his Los Angeles home studio, this is an album where you can hear the room reacting to the music taking shape…
WILL SAMSON – Welcome Oxygen (Talitres, 2017) “Welcome Oxygen” è uno di quei diari sonori che sempre più spesso capita di veder realizzare da parte di artisti che intendono contingentare i tempi dell’ispirazione e della creazione, tanto più difficile se si tratta di vere e proprie canzoni. Per il giramondo Will Samson, provvisoriamente assestatosi a Bruxelles…
MAX GARCÍA CONOVER – Motorhome (Son Canciones, 2017) Se il suo secondo album “Ellery” (2014) era già un diario di viaggio, per realizzarne il seguito Max García Conover si è messo, letteralmente, “on the road”, animato dall’ambizioso obiettivo di scrivere una canzone a settimana per tutto un anno, vagando per gli Stati Uniti con la…
[streaming] Lean Year – Watch Me
Taken from the self-titled debut by Lean Year. Available October 20th, 2017 on Western Vinyl. Lean Year is the debut, self-titled record by Richmond, Virginia based singer Emilie Rex and filmmaker/musician Rick Alverson. What for Rex was a departure from the structured life of academia toward the uncertain contours of a creative field, for Alverson…
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