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Droppin’ Knowledge: Jay Cinema & WilfMerson Know “What You Need Ain’t What You Want!” – Album Review & Interview
A trans-Atlantic collaboration between the Harlem-based rapper and London producer WilfMerson yields an album of depth and beauty. The Internet and the portability of sound files can open up the world for anyone who wants to find like-minded artists across the globe with which to collaborate. Social media allows musicians to find each other on …
See: Maxïmo Park share new video for the glorious ‘All Of Me’
Long time admirers of Maxïmo Park as we are, we’re delighted to share the latest slice of their upcoming album Nature Always Wins (out February 26th via Prolifica Inc.) in the shape of a new video for ‘All Of Me’. Lead singer Paul Smith details the song: “It’s a love song about the power of song …
Track: Jorn Swart & Malnoia release the bubbling chamber jazz of ‘First Ocean’
Ahead of their new album Hello Future, the experimental trio Malnoia led by pianist Jorn Swart and including viola and bass clarinet have released a new single, First Ocean. Inspired by science fiction films and literature, each of the compositions on the album is accompanied by a short story. Mixing up jazz and chamber music, …
See: Sunglasses For Jaws – ‘Walk Me Home’: enter the psychedelic pop world of Frank
DAVID BARDON and Oscar Robertson have been burrowing quietly into the London psych scene since 2017 as the surreally and aptly named Sunglasses For Jaws. By day, they’re a readymade rhythm section for hire, touring the world in the business of fleshing out other people’s sound, But they’re currently more psyched right now (in both …
SEE: Indigo Sparke – ‘Everything Everything’: astonishing spectral folk
IF MARISSA NADLER, Aldous Harding, Joanna Newsom, Vashti Bunyan light up your world with otherworldly folk fire – and if they don’t, then maybe we can’t be friends after all – then you really need to take a seat right this minute, and be astonished by Australian folk artist Indigo Sparke, who’s recently inked on …
TRACK: Douglas – ‘Cigarettes’: euphoric, blurry synthpop futurism
AMY DOUGLAS WHITE is a Los Angelino by adoption, by way of Madrid, where she was raised the child of American parents. She’s got form in the music biz, serving for three years behind the keyboard in LA’s suitably trippy West Indian Girl and contributing background vocals to M83’s seminal single, “Midnight City”. She’s stepped …
Track: BEWITCHER – Release “Satanic Magick Attack”
The release of “Satanic Magick Attack”, is the 1st song taken from their upcoming 3rd studio album, “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom”, that is set for a release on April 16th, 2021. Watch here: When one finds themselves at the proverbial crossroads – face to face with the Devil himself – who wouldn’t choose the left hand …
Track: Travis Shaw shares a track full of hope with ‘Refuge’
The North East’s atmospheric melody maker, Travis Shaw, has started the year off with his first release – ‘Refuge’ Regarding the track Shaw comments: “The single is about going inside yourself to find peace and heal. I wrote the song when I was struggling a lot and searching for answers/coping mechanisms. Over the years I’ve …
NEWS: The Peacers return with March set for Drag City; see ‘Irish Suit’
SIC ALPS were one of those bands which, with the amount of the talent in its ranks, could only burn bright and, like an unstable isotope, emit members to spin off into other musical pursuits, eventually to transform itself in a musical half-life. Tim Hellman went into the ranks of Thee Oh Sees; Mike Donovan …
SEE: Post Coal Prom Queen – ‘Salt’: a cool, dystopian synthpop opener
FORMERLY the creative heart behind L-space, the electronic alt.pop outfit who released three albums from 2018 up to last year, Lily Higham and Gordon Johnstone have cleaved away into a new creative zone as Post Coal Prom Queen, although on this evidence it would seem their intent to seduce with airy siren sing and dark synthetic …