Track / Video
TRACK: Andy Shauf – ‘Judy’: low-key baroque folk brilliance
HE’S one of those gorgeous, nuanced, baroque-pop songwriters we could all do with spending a lot more time with, is Andy Shauf. Like fellow countryman Patrick Watson, he has this way with a beautiful pop arrangement that for me puts him firmly in a lineage that stretches back to The Left Banke and Emitt Rhodes: …
SEE: Daniel Blumberg – ‘On & On & On & On & On’: pushing songcraft into new shapes
THERE’S really no point in gathering together fancy wordsmithery here: if you like your music tending towards to the acoustic auteur with a personal vision, an artist who’s not necessarily content to take a finely wrought and heartfelt tale and sit inside it, not try to stress-test it, push the further boundaries of the song …
TRACK: Monzanto Sound – ’23’: off-kilter dub-punk grooves
THERE’S a real skeletal dub-funk groove, with this offbeat sway and disjuncture; on the one hand, it’s deep and smokin’, on the other, wiry and angular: very The Pop Group. The percussion underpins things, but has its own ideas; it’s busy with polyrhythms of its own, thank you very much. The real heart of the …
SEE: No Age – ‘Turned To String’: new video from low-slung noise rockers
SO LOOK, it’s not even news anymore: 2020, and the world is busy going to hell in a handcart. So just what is a scuzzily excellent, guitar-totin’ US alt.rock band to do? There ain’t no gigs; there no signing sessions. Hell now even the goddam pressing plants are backing up like bad plumbing. The answer? …
Track: The Waterboys – Low Down In The Broom
The Waterboys follow the recent release of their current upbeat pop single ‘The Soul Singer’ with the gorgeous arrangement of ‘Low Down In The Broom’. It is accompanied by a mysterious and atmospheric video that reflects its origins as a traditional Scottish folk song. Both songs, along with the dramatic epic ‘My Wanderings In The Weary Land’, give a …
See: Dream Nails release single and video for ‘Vagina Police’
Dream Nails are back with another much needed fight back at a world of injustices against humanity that need to be challenged. Playing fast and furious Punk Rock that slams the message as hard and cleverly as it deserves, like their partners in truth The Menstrual Cramps, they are never gonna be gagged and will …
Track: Eskobar – Hey Sister
I’ve mentioned before that there are limited stories to tell just as there are a finite set of musical notes to play. It’s not the story, it’s the way it’s told. It’s not the musical notes, it’s the way it’s played. The vital ingredient is the creativity. Swedish band Eskobar, in this vein, clearly acknowledge …
Track: Danielle Pounder & Karate Boogaloo reveal the modern funk/soul of ‘Look Around’
A few days in Melbourne at the time that the fires were engulfing Australia provided the wherewithal and opportunity for New York singer and activist Danielle Pounder and Melbourne’s cinematic soul troupe Karate Boogaloo the chance to deliver ‘Look Around’, a commentary of all that we face in the world right now. Danielle says “Fires …
See: Ethan P. Flynn releases debut single ‘Everybody’s Dying To Meet You’
Fresh from working with FKA Twigs on her recent album Magdalene, songwriter, beatmaker and multi-instrumentalist Ethan P. Flynn has released his debut single ‘Everybody’s Dying To Meet You’. Flynn dropped out of Guidlhall school of music and began working with likeminded London artists such as Jeshi, TTY, Jockstrap, Vegyn, Slowthai, Celeste and Black County, New Road before taking his own bow. Everyone’s Dying …
Track: Corey Taylor Announces Solo Album And Shares First Two Singles
Corey Taylor has announced that his hotly anticipated debut solo album, CMFT, arrives on 2nd October via Roadrunner Records. Today, the Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman has shared the album’s first two singles: ‘Black Eyes Blue’ and ‘CMFT Must Be Stopped’ [feat. Tech N9ne & Kid Bookie] which are available now on all streaming platforms. We all know this guy has …