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See: Major Murphy releases new video for ‘In The Meantime’
Following on from lead single ‘Access’, Grand Rapids MI indie quartet have returned with a new single, ‘In The Meantime’, which comes ahead of the album also called Access), out on April 2nd via Winspear. Written in the aftermath of a terrible experience for the bands Jacob Bullard and Jackie Warren, where their young son …
Track: Du Blonde drafts in Ezra Furman for the brilliant ‘I’m Glad That We Broke Up’
Beth Jeans Hiughton is back in her Du Blonde guise with a new album, out Ron April 2nd 2021 on Beths own Daemon T.V. label. She’s drafted in some stellar guests including Shirley Manson, Andy Bell (Ride/Oasis), Ezra Furman, The Farting Suffragettes, and members of Girl Ray and Tunng. She’s released a track off the record, featuring Ezra …
TRACK: Balmorhea – ‘The Myth’: Texan duo reveal a first track from their forthcoming album for Deutsche Grammophon
BALMORHEA, the Texan duo of Rob Lowe and Michael A. Muller, whose particular take on the modern compositional form nods to the American West, have signed to Deutsche Grammophon for their seventh album, The Wind, which record will be out at the end of April. That The Wind should be released by Deutsche Grammophon, which …
TRACK: {An} EeL, David Sait, Friendly Rich – ‘The Dainty Dandies’: hail the new princes of Nordine surreality
THE ABSURD and surreal is a strand of music that brings much joy and not a little brain-tickling to your humble correspondent here; and while there’s a grand old tradition of the point where hallucinatory songwriting meets music, there aren’t too many working in the field right now. We’ve had, and adored, the Hibernian surreality …
TRACK: Hear Naoko Sakata’s ‘Improvisation 3’ – free piano expression leads for album for Anna von Hausswolff’s label
NAOKO SAKATA is a supremely free, expressive, elemental pianist, very much cheerful and thriving in the avant-garde end of the modern piano spectrum. Born in Japan, she’s now based in Gothenburg; whence she’s come to the attention of Anna von Hausswolff who, caught by her experimental incantation, is to release Sakata’s album on her own …
NEWS: Chihei Hatakeyama announces a beautiful new ambient album for Gearbox; hear ‘Sound Of Air’
CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA is one of those sonic voyagers who have the muse whispering seemingly constantly. He’s one of those artists, like The Fall, Sun Ra, John Dwyer and the spiral arm of Thee Oh Sees/Oh Sees/Osees, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who who produce, produce, always have an album due, a musical iron in …
Jesse Futerman feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland – ‘Luckey’: cool Canadian jazz-funk
MONTREAL producer and beatz head Jesse Futerman has signed for Vancouver dance opportunity facilitator (as they style themselves), Pacific Rhythm; and he’s lighting the blue touchpaper on that partnership with the sophisticated jazz-funk breakz of “Luckey” – you can hear that just down there. It’s got smooth groove, but sidesteps the slick with some neat, transporting …
TRACK: Bathe in the retrotronica beauty of Lisel + Booker Stardrum’s ‘I Am Not Ready To Go’, opening for April album
ELIZA BEGG, the vocalist and composer who guises as Lisel musically, and electronica creator and percussionist Booker Stardrum, have been friends a long time, in each other’s musical orbit; and have spent recent time wisely with a six-week, remote collaboration eliciting an album, their first together: it’s to be called Mycelial Echo, and it’ll be …
See: Flight Attendant release new video for new single, ‘Dogs’
Nashville based indie band Flight Attendant are back with a new song, Dogs, their first new music of the year, following last years Man of Chaos and Comedy Show, and comes ahead of the bands debut album – out later in the year via Moraine Music in association with Membran. Of the new track, vocalist …
NEWS: Deniz Tek’s solo outing ‘Take It To The Vertical’ gets a vinyl issue from Wild Honey; hear ‘Press On’
RADIO BIRDMAN founder and garage rock legend Deniz Tek is to have his ’92 solo outing featuring The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Take It To The Vertical, lovingly reissued by Wild Honey Records on March 19th. The album, which also features former cohort in Radio Birdman Chris Masuak, was previously issued by Red Eye Records and …