Tood Tobias – Pollen Path Tood Tobias – Pollen Path] “Gila Man”, the latest release by American instrumental soundscaper Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices producer, Circus Devils), includes the just released single “Pollen Path” (featuring Chloë March). Gila Man will see release via Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records on the 18th of October. “Gila…
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[video of the week] BigBee of the Whitetree – Asarah
A video for the song “Asarah” by BigBee of the Whitetree. Asarah will be released on a new album at the end of 2016 or early 2017. Bigbee has lived in some amazing places, coastal California, a geodesic dome in Joshua Tree National Park and most recently on the San Juan Islands, but, like a…
[video of the week] Hazel English – Never Going Home
“Never Going Home” is the title track and first single from the new EP by Hazel English, released October 7th by: House Anxiety / Marathon Artists. Hazel English is an Oakland-based Aussie native, whose tracks dropped online on her Soundcloud page quickly caught listeners’ attention. http://www.hazelenglish.com/
[video of the week] Weyes Blood – Seven Words
Taken from Weyes Blood‘s upcoming album “Front Row Seat To Earth”, available October 21st via Mexican Summer. The being behind Weyes Blood, Natalie Mering, together with co-producer Chris Cohen and some special guests, contrasts live band intimacy with the post-modern electric sheen of A.M. radio atmospherics. The experimental flourishes of “Front Row Seat To Earth” sparkle…
[video of the week] Jóhann Jóhannsson – Flight From The City
Jóhann Jóhannsson presents “Flight from the City” from his highly anticipated new studio album “Orphée”. The recently announced “Orphée” – out a September 16th on the seminal classical music label Deutsche Grammophon – traces a path from darkness into light, inspired by the various retellings of the old story of the poet Orpheus, from Ovid’s to…
[video of the week] Kirill Nikolai – A Constructive Reminder Of Mistakes We’ve Made
Music written, performed, & recorded by Kirill Nikolai with the generous contributions of the Ernest Becker Chamber Group. Video by Bruce & Katharine Cornwell “Congruent Triangles” (1977) and “Trio for Three Angles” (1968). http://www.afana.org/cornwell.htm Kirill Nikolai is originally from Kyiv, Ukraine, now living in Seattle, Washington. He has recorded and produced music for Tonefloat (NL),…
[video of the week] North Sea Radio Orchestra – The British Road
North Sea Radio Orchestra: “The British Road” (Robert Wyatt). Download only single available 05/08/16, taken from the fourth NSRO album “Dronne” released 09/09/2016. North Sea Radio Orchestra is an English contemporary music ensemble and cross-disciplinary chamber orchestra. The NSRO was set up mainly as a vehicle for the compositions of its musical director, Craig Fortnam, but…
[video of the week] Pete Green – Dream Of Firsby Station
The track “Dream of Firsby Station” comes from the Pete Green album “We’re Never Going Home”, released 24 July 2016. The protagonists in this historical love song are together at Firsby station in Lincolnshire, at some indeterminate point before its closure in 1970. Against this narrative from the past, I’ve juxtaposed video footage and sound…
[video of the week] Lizard Kisses – Take Comfort
Lizard Kisses is the collaborative songwriting project of Cory Siegler and Marc Merza. The duo have been releasing music over the past five years, working alongside different like-minded musicians in their Brooklyn community, including members of Florist, Mutual Benefit, and Share-a-tories as well as the Spookfish’s Dan Goldberg. Siegler and Merza front the Lizard Kisses…
[video of the week] Great Horned Owl – Cascade Summer Waltz
New single released on July 7th, 2016 via Crooked Antler Recordings. Music video by Vanderson Langjahr and Cheyenne Jensen. Download this single for free at http://music.greathornedowl.org. Great Horned Owl is the music project of multi-instrumentalist Vanderson Langjahr. Current members also include E. Hanson (electric guitar, vocals) and Cheyenne Jensen (bass, vocals). http://greathornedowl.org/
[video of the week] Lucy Roleff – Aspen
Recalling the sublime fingerpicked purity of folk singers-past such as Bridget St John and Linda Perhacs, estimable Melbourne folk artist Lucy Roleff releases her debut album “This Paradise” via Lost And Lonesome on July 15, 2016. The follow-up to “Longbows” — Lucy’s acclaimed EP of 2013 — was recorded with Tony Dupé (Holly Throsby, Grand…
[video of the week] A Singer Of Songs – Tall Dreams
“Tall Dreams” is the first single of “Fading”, A Singer of Songs’ fifth studio album, out in September 2016 via Son Canciones. Jonas Balmer made the video, based on the photos Rafa Arocha took during the recording of the album in Pastallé Sound. “Tall Dream” has been featured as the latest “single of the week” of the radio show L’Attimo Fuggente….
[video of the week] Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Mayflies
Taken from Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s forthcoming album “After The Rain”, out August 19th. Benjamin Francis Leftwich (born 4 September 1989) is an English singer-songwriter from York. Leftwich released his first album ‘Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm’ in 2011 which peaked at #35 on the UK charts. Leftwich began playing at the age of ten and…
[video of the week] Akira Kosemura – Someday feat. Devendra Banhart
Taken from the new album “Momentary: Memories of the Beginning”, out on Schole Records. A long awaited sixth original album from Akira Kosemura will be released after five years. An admiration towards the ideal what is linked unconsciously to human being’s roots, as seen in anima/animus archetype. In this five years, Akira Kosemura attempted to…
[video of the week] Hilary Woods – Bathing
Track written & produced by Hilary Woods, recorded & mixed by John “Spud” Murphy at Guerrilla Sound Studios, Dublin. Taken from “Heartbox” EP, out digitally on June 10th. Hilary Woods is perhaps best known for her role as the base player in 90’s indie sensation JJ72. 2013 however, marked a turning point as she made…
[video of the week] Iiris Viljanen – Kiss Me, Stupid
Iiris Viljanen is a young swedish/finnish artist. She has two different solo projects coming this year and each of them shines. She used to have a pop duo called Vasas flora och fauna. But when their critically acclaimed debut album was released last year, she decided to leave the duo and focus on her own…
[video of the week] Methyl Ethel – Twilight Driving
Perth gets hot. Scorching hot. The sort of heat that melts your brain like butter. They say cold places are ideal for making music – London, New York, Paris – all the usual suspects. But heat makes artists do weird things too, and that’s the space where Methyl Ethel live and thrive. Read less Jake…
[video of the week] Kristín Þóra Haralsdóttir – Current
First single from Kristin’s album “Solo Acoustic Vol. 14”, out on VDSQ Records. Directed by Andrea Franco / nuhrstudio.com Surfers: Anna Ehrgott and Jackson O’Connor Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir is a violist and improviser, in recent years based in and around LA, California and in Iceland, where she received her education in viola performance and experimental…
[video of the week] The Fire Harvest – Working Man
First video of the full length album “Singing, Dancing Drinking” by The Fire Harvest. Recorded in July 2015 with renowned Canadian country-musician Daniel Romano as their producer, the results are released on May 6 through Subroutine, Snowstar and Sinnbus Records. The sound of the band reminds of the glory days of (alt)country, slowcore and (post)punk;…
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