Rosie Carney is a 19 year old singer songwriter from Hampshire, UK now living in Donegal, Ireland. She gathers inspiration from the beautfully rugged landscape that surrounds her, along with her ability to disect and make others stories into beautifully heartfelt songs. “I find something quite wonderful about being vulnerable. I think it’s such an…
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JORDAN IRELAND WITH PURPLE ORCHESTRA – Jordan Ireland with Purple Orchestra (Spunk, 2017) Da chitarrista della band post-rock The Middle East, circa una decina di anni fa, Jordan Ireland aveva esplorato modalità compositive dinamiche e fortemente incentrate sul coinvolgimento emotivo. I caratteri di quell’esperienza, conclusasi nel 2011, non sono del tutto smarriti nella nuova dimensione…
[streaming] Kim Janssen – Gouldians
Kim Janssen releases new single “Gouldians” Kim Janssen was born in The Netherlands but raised in Bangkok, Phnom Penh and Kathmandu. After three years of radio silence Kim Janssen finally returned via UK-blog The Line Of Best Fit last year with “Bottle Rockets“; a piano-ballad which now has over 300.000 Spotify plays. The live video…
[streaming] Timid, The Brave – Alice
“Alice” is the first song from Timid, The Brave new record “Firesale”, out Feb 24th via Other Songs Music Co. Quote from Timid, The Brave about the song: I wrote “Alice” several years ago after my Grandmother passed away. After her funeral, there was this really bizarre moment in my Grandparent’s apartment when my Grandfather called us…
WHARFER – Scenes Of The Tourist (Self Released, 2017) Spesso è sufficiente una coincidenza a indirizzare il profilo espressivo di un artista: è quel che è avvenuto a Kyle Wall, già artefice sotto l’alias Wharfer di due dischi densi di canzoni folk che combinavano il lirismo potente e vellutato delle sue interpretazioni e una non…
[video of the week] Allred & Broderick – The Ways
Peter Broderick returns with Allred & Broderick – a duo project between him and his musical partner David Allred – and receives a surprise birthday gift to help carry their message of love, friendship and hope. “The Ways” was directed by label founder Robert Raths who travelled around the world to visit and film many…
CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM – Lines (Dumont Dumont, 2017)* Ben prima di realizzare il proprio disco di debutto, Charlie Cunningham si è ricavato la meritata attenzione tra gli appassionati delle infinite sfumature delle modalità di interpretazione della classica formula chitarra-e-voce. Merito del particolare modo di approcciare lo strumento da parte del songwriter di Oxford, che nel corso di…
[streaming] Her Harbour – Chime And Knell
Her Harbour is the moniker of Canadian singer songwriter Gabrielle Giguere. “Chime and Knell” is taken from her new LP “Go Gently Into The Night”, which will be released on February 3rd via E-Tron Records. Gabrielle’s thoughts on how the song is filled with the spectre of death, surrounded by the passing winter: “Chime and Knell”…
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS – Honest Life (Mama Bird, 2016 / Loose, 2017) I tratti da ragazzina che dominano la copertina di “Honest Life” rendono ben poco giustizia al contenuto del quarto disco di Courtney Marie Andrews. Nelle sue canzoni, la songwriter dell’Arizona, che ha trovato a Seattle la propria patria artistica, rifonde infatti una personalità decisa…
[streaming] Hand Habits – Flower Glass
Taken from Meg Duffy’s Hand Habits debut LP out Feb 10, 2017 on Woodsist Records. “Meg Duffy, aka Hand Habits, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Upstate New York. She has been putting her time in on the road and in the studio over the past two years with pacific northwest band Mega Bog,…
BAKERS AT DAWN – Planing Lakes (Self Released, 2017) Il bello (e il brutto) delle autoproduzioni digitali è la loro natura estremamente “liquida”, che consente di rimaneggiarle o addirittura ritirarle dopo averle rilasciate. Forse proprio per evitare simili tentazioni (peraltro poste in pratica con riferimento a “To Find Consolation In Water Metaphors”), Marcus Sjöland racconta di…
[streaming] Wharfer – Breeze (Since I Was Born)
“Breeze (Since I Was Born)” is the opening track of the third album by Kyle Wall, who performs under the name Wharfer. For his album “Scenes of the Tourist”, out January 13, Brooklyn-based Wall channeled the diverse range of interests his musical roommates to write an orchestral collection of songs that strays far from his…
[video of the week] Lowland Hum – Thin Places
“Thin Places” is taken from Lowland Hum’s upcoming third album “Thin”, set to be released on February 10. Lowland Hum is an art-folk band based in Charlottesville, VA made up of Daniel and Lauren Goans. The duo has toured extensively since the band’s inception in 2013 to support their two full length albums and one…
[streaming] Ando – Hello, Nice To Meet You
“Hello, Nice To Meet You” is the opening track of “Found Sounds”, a digital Ep by Ando, the mostly instrumental new projct by Andy Berkhout. Andy Berkhout is a St. Louis musician mostly known for his releases as Trotting Bear. While Trotting Bear has recently become a proper band, Berkhout keeps on in his solo…
THISELL – II (Jellyfant, 2016) Benché il periodo dei “cowboys in Scandinavia” sia trascorso da una decina d’anni, non si è spenta la passione “americana” di una comunque non trascurabile schiera di artisti provenienti dalla propaggine settentrionale del continente europeo. A questa categoria va senz’altro ascritto lo svedese Peter Thisell, cantautore alla guida di un…
[streaming] Julien Baker – Funeral Pyre
Singer/songwriter Julien Baker announced that she’d signed to storied indie-rock label Matador Records by releasing a new single, “Funeral Pyre”. “Funeral Pyre” will be out on Matador, as part of a 7″ inch with “Distant Solar System”, an outtake from Baker’s 2015 debut album “Sprained Ankle“, that will be re-released via Matador on March 17….
[video of the week] London Grammar – Rooting For You
Official live video for the new track “Rooting For You” by London Grammar. London Grammar are a British trio formed by Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic ‘Dot’ Major. Their debut EP “Metal & Dust” was released in February 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings Ltd, while their debut album “If You Wait” was released…
JULIE BYRNE – Not Even Happiness (Basin Rock / Ba Da Bing!, 2017)* La scrittura di quelle che, in superficie, possono apparire semplice canzoni non è mai un processo banale e proprio per questo può richiedere tempi lunghi, necessari a cesellare parole e affinare minuti dettagli sonori. Tale motivazione spiega i tre anni trascorsi da…
ADAM SCOTT GLASSPOOL – The Atlantic (Poles Apart, 2016) Il costante processo evolutivo intrapreso da Adam Scott Glasspool a partire da “On Dreams” (2015) fa nuovamente tappa in un Ep, anche se nel caso di “The Atlantic” si tratta quanto meno di un mini-album, visto che la durata complessiva delle sue cinque tracce ammonta a…
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