TRACK: Garcia Peoples – ‘Crown of Thought’: an Airplane-style psych jam
NEW JERSEY’S Garcia Peoples, who’s latest long-playing foray Nightcap At Wit’s End is out on October 9th, have just released the second single to be lifted from that LP in the shape of “Crown Of Thought”. It follows the cool East Coast rock of “One At A Time”, which we had a squizz at here; …
TRACK: Andy Cooper – ‘The Man’: dizzying delivery from Ugly Duckling wordsmith; LP to follow
ANDY COOPER, the Californian wordsmith who was one-third of old-skool rhymers Ugly Duckling, is back. He’s got third solo LP ‘L.I.S.T.E.N.’ (Lyrical Innovation Supplying The Ear’s Need),Supplying The Ear’s Need), locked and loaded; it’ll be with you digitally on September 25th, with the wax bringing up the rear on December 11th (trust us; it’s murder out …
ALBUM REVIEW: The Flaming Lips – ‘American Head’: a trippy coming of age about coming of age
DEAR reader: let’s take it you need no introduction to the wayward, playful psychedelic brilliance of Oklahoma’s Flaming Lips. I can see a solitary hand raised at the back, there; where have you been all this time: the proverbial desert island? You mean to say you missed the glorious early burst of “She Don’t Use …
TRACK: A Lily – ‘Endless Jasmine’: bewitching minimalism laments troubled times
A LILY, the harmonious experimental project of artist James Vella (save, of course, his 2011, Japan-only dive towards a wonky pure pop form, Thunder Ate The Iron Tree) is set to release its fifth album, Sleep Through The Storm, on October 16th. It’ll be his first to be curated by London-Dorset imprint Bytes, who recently …
SEE: The beautiful noir diary of The Last Dinosaur’s ‘In The Belly Of The Whale’
A FEW weeks ago, yr humble scribe bet the farm a little bit while completely enraptured by The Last Dinosaur’s “Wholeness & The Implicate Order” (and anyway, isn’t this what we want from music? To transport us, elevate us, make us throw normal order to the wind?). The writer – and by the writer, I …
SEE: Francis of Delirium’s ‘Equality Song’: a righteous roar for parity
ONE of the bands of 2020 who’ve really got fire in their collective belly, Canadian-American duo Francis of Delirium have blazed back with a dance-your-Docs off plea that we need gender equality; like, right frickin’ now. The twosome, who call Luxembourg home, set out their stall with their debut release back in January, “Quit Fucking …
SEE: Nadine Khouri – ‘To Sleep’ (live at The Crypt): beauty benefits the Beirut blast
BRITISH-LEBANESE singer-songwriter Nadine Khouri, herself born in Beirut, has today released a live version of “To Sleep” across all digital platforms in support of victims of the deadly blast in her birth city a month ago. All proceeds from the sale of the track on Bandcamp will be donated to Baytna Baytak, an independent, non-government …
SEE: James Alexander Bright’s ‘Go’: lambent acoustic soul bliss on !K7
AN ILLUSTRATOR based in the deep, verdant landscape of Hampshire by day, James Alexander Bright is also a soothing and sunbathed acoustic soul talent who juggles a design career in watercress country with another life with groovy European arbiters of taste !K7, home to the likes of the mighty Jazzanova. He’s released a digital EP …
TRACK: Emmy the Great – ‘A Window/O’Keefe’: a Laurel Canyon lovers’ classic
BELLA UNION’S crafter of intelligent guitar pop with a real classic vibe, Emmy the Great, is gearing up to release her new album April /月音 on October 9th; and in preparing to open the door and let us in to that world, she’s released what sounds like a gorgeous highlight from an intense diary of an album …
PREMIERE: Hear the wild, loose psych of Muzzle Tung’s new album ‘Gannet’ in full
I KNOW, I know. You’ve got an aural itch you just need to scratch, right? You want psych. But aah … that’s nearly hit the spot, but … OK, maybe not just psych. Loose and ragged, unafraid to let it all hang out; the edges fuzzing and bleeding. Hmmm. I’ve got just the thing, comin’ …