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SEE: Art & Spencer – ‘Caravan’: guitar soli steps into ambient atmospheres
ART & SPENCER is a newly forged collaboration between Juan Martínez Pérez, aka Elson Complex, a fingerstyle acoustic guitarist of Andalusian and Catalonian heritage who loves soundscapes with acres of space – it’s the space between the notes that interest him just as much; in which he’s fusing a new direction with Belgian multi-instrumentalist Marc …
Track: Buddy Glass paints a poignant tale of family and loss in ‘The Spirit of a Small Town’
In my review of Buddy Glass’s album ‘Wow and Flutter’ last year, I said the album was absolute delight: an immersive journey into the poetic and expressive world of Buddy Glass. Glass has just released a poignant video for the track ‘The Spirit of a Small Town’ – a song dealing with memories of his …
Track: Sports reveal new single, The Look
Oklahoma duo Sports, aka childhood friends Cale Chronister and Christian Theriot, are back with a new single, The Look. It’s taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Get a Good Look Pt.1’, out on February 12th, and is a follow up to recent singles “Tell You Something”, “Baby Baby” and “Never Know”. Of the track, vocalist and …
See: Hand Habits release new video for 4th of July
Hand Habits, aka Meg Duffy, has released a new video for their new single ‘4th of July’ from their new EP ‘dirt’, which drops on February 19th via Saddle Creek. It’s a track that focuses on finding ways to let go of the parts of the past that no longer serve a purpose. of the …
Track: -(16)- share track ‘Tear It Down’ from Split Doom Session Album
Label Heavy Psych are on their third instalment of their Doom sessions. Volume 3 features -(16)- and Italy’s sludge mongers Grime. With the album due 26th February, 16 have shared a new track – ‘Tear It Down’. “‘Tear it Down’ is a song that’s has been in our live set for a few years and has evolved …
TRACK: Pino Palladino, Blake Mills – ‘Just Wrong’ – joint album for Impulse! in March
WHEN it was initially sketched out as project, Notes With Attachments, Welsh bass legend Pino Palladino and Californian songwriter and producer Blake Mills’ forthcoming album for New Deal/Impulse!, was all set to be a Pino solo affair; but, in the way of these things, especially when these things feature two wholly open-minded creatives, it grew, …
TRACK: Confucius MC – ‘Lanterns’: the first essential UK hip-hop of ’21 has entered the building
IT MIGHT just be the first properly essential UK hip-hop track of 2021, and it comes from Peckham’s Confucius MC, longtime friend of Kae Tempest, teacher, outreacher; and it’s a readymade headnod classic, fo sho, in which Confucius is joined in the flow by Sonnyjim, Verbz, and Jehst, a loop of bells glimmering over a …
SEE: Sébastien Guérive – ‘Omega II’: off-world, glitchy soundscapes
FRENCH composer and producer Sébastien Guérive has a really skin-shiveringly delightful way with an icy, glitchy techno landscape – as shown by his new single, “Omega II”, which has a beautiful monochrome video accompanying – watch below. Let’s meet Sébastien: he’s based in Nantes. After studying the cello, he turned to musical creation using the …
TRACK: Magnus John Anderson -‘Elkhorn’: studio wizard steps out with modern compositional piano
ONE OF the sea changes we’re seeing from all this viral upheaval is the emergence of artists finding their own voice in order to create, whereas previously they might have been happy in a more collaborative set-up; or, indeed, were putting their sonic skills to the service of others in production, mastering, arrangement and other …