Taken from the album “Cells Remain”, out August 21st via Birdwatcher Records. To build something from nothing still requires one to, at least subconsciously, bring all the experiences from the past to meet with a soft vision of the future. But the present moment holds structures and impressions that “refrain from any kind of change,…
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[video of the week] Julianna Barwick – Inspirit
Taken from the album ‘Healing Is A Miracle’. Four years on from the release of her last, critically acclaimed LP, Julianna Barwick returns with “Healing Is A Miracle”, to be released on July 10th on new home, Ninja Tune. A distinctive meditation on sound, reverb and the voice, “Healing Is A Miracle” is a record…
[video of the week] Elvis Perkins – Anonymous
Elvis Perkins shares a new single, “Anonymous,” out via MIR/Petaluma Records. On the epic and swooning track, Perkins sings to a love that takes on many metaphoric forms before asserting, “I know who you are, but who am I?” — a question that feels both prescient and important, regardless of age. The video was shot…
[video of the week] Gillian Frances – Lake
Gillian Frances is a multi-instrumentalist based in Anacortes, WA. A darkwave angel with a bouquet of peacock feathers in her hand, Gillian sets gloomy days to electric guitars. So far, she has released the cassette EP “Born Yesterday” in 2018 and is currently working on new music. “Lake” is her first new track since then,…
[video of the week] Nicolas Michaux – Harvesters
Belgian singer-songwriter Nicolas Michaux is sharing his new single, ‘Harvesters’, the first to be taken from his new album Amour Colere which is due for release in September 2020 via Capitane Records. The new album will trail Michaux’s 2016-released debut album A La Vie A La Mort. Intimate and meditative, ‘Harvesters’, which was recorded and…
[video of the week] Buck Curran – Ghost On The Hill
“Ghost On The Hill” by Buck Curran from the new album “No Love Is Sorrow” (April 2020). Video filmed and edited by Shylah Curran. Film Location: Maine The third solo album “No Love Is Sorrow” by Buck Curran (of the duo Arborea) Buck Curran (of the duo Arborea). Since 2005, Buck has recorded and performed…
[video of the week] Meg Baird – Cross Bay
“Cross Bay” was recorded in early March 2020 at Louder Studios in Grass Valley, CA. “Cross Bay” is available to purchase on Bandcamp with proceeds benefiting Glide, Homeless Prenatal Program, St. Anthony Foundation and Las Casa de Las Madres. A note from Meg Baird about “Cross Bay”: “The mix dates for my upcoming solo record…
[video of the week] Modern Studies – Run For Cover
Taken from Modern Studies new album “The Weight Of The Sun”, out May 8th via Fire Records. New album from kosmiche folk-rock quartet Modern Studies. A glorious compendium of haunted disco hallelujahs, mercurial krautrock chorales, cosmic pop adagios and euphoric, resilient, anthems. ‘The Weight of the Sun’ sees principal songwriters Emily Scott and Rob St…
[video of the week] Teitur – Clara
“Clara” is the second song from Teitur’s forthcoming EP, “Modern Era”, due April 17th. Co-written in Nashville Tennessee with American artist Griffin House and recorded in a studio in a church in the Netherlands by Dutch producer, Reyn. Teitur (Tie-tor), left his homeland, the remote, beautiful, wild and weather beaten Faroe Islands in the far…
[video of the week] Mr. Alec Bowman – Safe Mode
Taken from “I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot”, Bowman’s first release under his own name, out May 1st. English singer-songwriter Mr. Alec Bowman knows a thing or two about appearances and how they often differ from reality. As a professional photographer and filmmaker, he is attuned to the varied ways we interpret…
[video of the week] Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus – I Carry The Sun
You probably weren’t expecting the Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus to release a single – their first – and you almost certainly weren’t expecting it to be a great pop record. “I Carry The Sun” won’t be included in the forthcoming “Songs of Yearning” LP, out June 2020 via Occultation Records, but it will…
[video of the week] Mute Forest – Crater Laugh
“Crater Laugh” is the second single from Mute Forest‘s upcoming album ‘Riderstorm.’ This is his second full length album, and the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Deforestation.’ Video footage was used and modified under CC by 3.0. Taken from Hanna Ueda’s film “Kaidou”. There is a moment early on in ‘Riderstorm’ (releasing April 3rd, 2020 via Lost…
[video of the week] Drab City – Working For The Men
Taken from the debut album “Good Songs for Bad People” out on June 12th on Bella Union Records. A heady air of dislocation envelops Drab City’s debut album, where songs of innocence and experience merge with dub, hip-hop, dream-pop and jazzy soundtrack vibes to intoxicating effect. Drab City are fixated on social alienation, violent revenge,…
[video of the week] Samantha Crain – Garden Dove
Taken from “A Small Death”, out May 1st via Real Kind Records. Samantha Crain is a Choctaw singer, songwriter, poet, producer, and musician from Oklahoma. She is a two-time Native American Music Award winner and winner of an Indigenous Music Award. Her genre spanning discography has been critically acclaimed by media outlets such as Rolling…
[video of the week] Johanna Warren – Bed Of Nails
“Bed Of Nails” is taken from Johanna Warren‘s forthcoming record, “Chaotic Good”, out May 1st, 2020 on Wax Nine / Carpark Records. Johanna Warren is an American singer-songwriter and actor. To date she has released four LPs under her own name and two early albums under the moniker Sticklips. Warren self-released her first solo record,…
[video of the week] DG Solaris – Feeding A Feeling
DG Solaris is the new project by Danny Green (aka Laish) and his wife, LG. It means ‘of the sun’. Just returned from six months in the South American jungle where we wrote our first album, demoing the songs in nature with a microphone and a laptop. Danny: “I have been a songwriter since my…
[video of the week] Rustin Man – Jackie’s Room
Rustin Man – “Jackie’s Room”, taken from “Clockdust”, out 20th March 2020 on Domino Record Co. Having waited 17 years for “Drift Code”, some may be surprised at “Clockdust”’s swift arrival, but the album’s roots can be found in the same extended sessions. Realising that Webb had two albums worth of material he took great…
[video of the week] Darren Hayman – I Tried and I Tried and I Failed
First track from the upcoming new album “Home Time”, due out on 3 April via Fika Recordings. An autobiographical album about break ups, the record is tender, honest and frequently funny. Darren set an 8 track, acoustic rule for the record. Everything sounds warm, close and intimate. Darren’s own love-worn, London voice is joined on…
[video of the week] Nadia Reid – Get The Devil Out
Taken from the new Nadia Reid album, ‘Out of My Province’, due for release March 6, 2020, on Spacebomb Records. No one ever got anywhere by standing still. As an artist, you must move to grow. It’s a sentiment Nadia Reid knows well. Leaving her beloved New Zealand for America to record her third album…
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