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Album Review: Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – ‘Tragic Magic’: A compelling, emotional electro-acoustic collaboration which haunts and hopes.

Some collaborations are just meant to be and this is one of those. Composer, vocalist and electronic musician Julianna Barwick and experimental harpist Mary Lattimore have been more than crossing…

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Premiere: LA’s the black watch exclusively unveil new stand alone single ‘There Are Solutions to Each & Every Problem’ ahead of new album in early 2026.

We are honoured to premiere the new stand alone Christmas single from those iconic dream pop exponents the black watch, the band headed by multi-talented John Andrew Frederick. This follows the…

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Album Review: Fabiano do Nascimento – ‘Cavejaz’: a stunning collection of guitar and percussion miniatures.

It may be a decade into the consistent series of impactful releases from composer/guitarist Fabiano do Nascimento but here is a musician who continues to build on his reputation as…

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Premiere: Matan KG is back from the brink as Deep Thrills with ‘Climax’

If you need reminding, we’ve got quite a bit of time for Matan KG around here. The Los Angeles-based artist released his second album as Paper Idol late last year;…

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Premiere: Darker Lighter bursts through the clouds on soaring new single ‘Open Up, Sunshine’

He’s done the rounds as a guitar tech for the likes of Kim Gordon and Queens of the Stone Age, and clearly has been struck by inspiration – California’s Salar…

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Premiere: The Afro Nick races the clock in ‘Get There Before Noon’

We’ve all been there: we’re racing against time to do something or go somewhere and struggling to motivate ourselves. Without wanting to make the obvious reference, sometimes you really need…

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Premiere: Kit Major fights for self-acceptance on ‘Garbage Planet’, off October’s new EP

After releasing the loosie ‘Let Me In Your Band’ earlier this year, Kit Major has her sights set on bigger things, with the follow-up to 2022’s Vampire Saturday EP pencilled…

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Premiere: Chiara Angelicola returns as Bird Call with the quietly devastating ‘Tiny Transistor’

We all coped differently at the start of the pandemic in March 2020. For Chiara Angelicola—the Guatemalan-Italian who’s been operating as Bird Call for about 15 years, and who should…

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News: Dream Phases switch off on ‘Turn Away’; new album Phantom Idol out today

Los Angeles quartet Dream Phases spent the guts of the past two years at work on the follow-up to late 2021’s second album New Distractions, and that time bears fruit…

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Premiere: Joseph Luca is looking for ‘One Last Dance’, new EP out today

Over the last six months or so, the Los Angeleno Joseph Luca has released a steady stream of music forming an EP triptych called Ouroboros. Life and Death are already…

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