TRACK: Azita – ‘Online Life’: Drag City songstress returns
YOU WILL probably remember Azita as a quiet singer-songwriter, but nine years have passed since her last release, so a new, rockier style in Lou Reed’s guise is not too surprising in the end. To be honest, her last album, Year, had already started to drift away from her initial chamber-folk style. The Iranian-American songwriter …
Album Review: Buck Meek – Two Saviors
Big Thief guitarist presents a new album of (mostly) quiet Americana lullabies
TRACK: Valley Maker – ‘No One Is Missing’
AUSTIN CRANE sounds like a name that folk scene followers have heard for ages, so it’s quite surprising to know that he is just past 30, moving back East after pursuing a PhD in human geography in Seattle. He was born musically at the time of Fleet Foxes’ major success and in a way it’s …
ALBUM REVIEW: Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns
Canadian garage-rock record and release a new record in a pandemic year, while signing with Sub Pop
TRACK: Becca Mancari – ‘I’m Sorry’
HAZY music is indeed the trademark of Captured Tracks, so that Becca Mancari has made another turn towards an increasingly layered Americana for her debut with the label is no surprise. The New York songwriter is now presenting a new single and video from The Greatest Part, which she released in June; “I’m Sorry” is …
ALBUM REVIEW: Anna Järvinen – ‘Vestigia Terrent’
A dazzling collaboration with Dungen for Swedish chamber-pop diva
TRACK: Northern Portrait – At Attention
FOR followers of Matinee Recordings and contemporary indie-pop as a whole, this is exciting news. Anyone who has listened to Northern Portrait’s debut album, turning eleven this year (!), will acknowledge it as one of the points of reference for the genre. Criminal Art Lovers is simply a collection of instant classics, such as very …
EP REVIEW: Matilda Mann – ‘Because I Wanted You To Know’
A more captivating follow-up for young but accomplished London songwriter