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Track: An Early Bird – One Kiss Broke The Promise
Backseat Mafia have been ardent supporters of Stefano De Stefano ever since reviewing his first band Pipers back in our early days in 2014, through to his debut album ‘Of Ghosts and Marvels’ under the name An Early Bird reviewed by us in 2018. De Stefano has developed quite a presence in Italy where he …
TRACK: FALLE NIOKE & GHOST CULTURE – BARKÉ
FALLE NIOKE is a singer and percussionist from Guinea Conakry, West Africa. He sings in French, English, Susu, Fulani and Malinke, and plays a range of African instruments. Collaborator Ghost Culture aka James Greenwood is one of the few electronic producers Nioke has teamed up with since moving to the UK and signing with Prah recordings. Falle …
Track: Junk Drawer – What I’ve Learned / What I’m learning
Belfast quartet Junk Drawer are gearing up to the release of their debut album ‘Ready for the House’, out on April 24th via Art For Blind with a new track and the albums opening gambit ‘What I’ve Learned / What I’m Learning’. Of it, co-vocalist Steve says “The title comes from the Dunning-Kruger Effect – …
Album Review: Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind.
Experimental electronic and Warp Records; can you name a more iconic duo in the pantheon of left-field music? That I’m sure you can, but you’d be hard-pressed to argue that the British label isn’t at the top of the list. Such has been the broad scope of their eclecticism, we were brought the likes of …
Track: The Milltown Brothers – Stockholm
Colne, Lancashire band The Milltown Brothers showed their hand with the brilliant ’Slinky’ album almost 30 years ago, with a string of brilliant singles – Which way should i jump / Apples Green and the like. Sporadically active since, but nothing since 2005’s self-released Long Road. Now though, they’re back. A fifth album is in …
See: Aesop Rock reveals new video for Drums on the Wheel
I don’t play video games. I wish I could because I remember the escape from childhood, but they just don’t keep my attention anymore. But when a video game’s creator recruits Aesop Rock to provide the soundtrack you’ve got my attention. “Rap’s most verbose MC/producer” has released a new EP of music he created to …
Track: Jenny Hval – Bonus Material
Photo credit: Jenny Berger Myhre Jenny Hval, the enchanting Norwegian multidisciplinary artist has released a strand alone single – Bonus Material, following on from last years acclaimed ‘The Practise of Love’ album, which came out on Sacred Bones. “It is an unfinished track about unfinished substances leaking into one another,” says Hval. “Trash practicing love.” It’s beautiful and …
Track: Gogo Penguin – Kora
Taken from their forthcoming self-titled album, out on June 5th via legendary Jazz label Blue Note, Manchester’s Mercury Prize winning trio Gogo Penguin have released a new track, ‘Kora’, named after the remarkable African Stringed instrument. Chris illingworth from the band, explains: ”People often ask us where we get our inspiration from when writing new music. …
TRACK: ATTRAKTORS – FUTURE SYSTEMS AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
Nottingham trio Attraktors have dropped new single Future Systems along with the announcement of their debut album – ‘Attraktors’ via Vivod Records. As former members of Julian Cope’s band, Six By Seven, Bivouac, The Selector and The Nectarine No. 9 the trio have joined together to make low-fi homemade minimalist Krautrock influenced proto-punk. ‘Future Systems’ …
TRACK: ANE BRUN – TRUST PLUS NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT AND TOUR
Ane Brun has released a heart-warming new single, Trust, via her label, Balloon Ranger Recordings. It is the first taste of her as-yet-untitled eighth studio album, which will represent her first of original material since 2015’s acclaimed When I’m Free Ane elaborates “It was first written as a romantic song, but as we’re in this state of uncertainty …