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TRACK: Erland Cooper shares ‘Holm Sound’ ahead of this weekend’s streamed Barbican show
THE DELICATE and psychogeographic recent canon of Orcadian Erland Cooper has, to partially quote Camper Van Beethoven, “increased by exactly one” today, with the release of the gossamer piano yearn of “Holm Sound” ahead of this Saturday’s Barbican performance. He evokes in sound that stretch of water separating Mainland from Barray, adjacent to the village …
TRACK: Laura Fell – ‘Cold’: second single from an amazing new voice
HOT off the back of her brilliant – nay, jawdropping – debut single, “Bone Of Contention”, London singer, songwriter and psychotherapist Laura Fell today releases “Cold”, yet another slice of intelligent acoustic songsmithery – with that voice. If you didn’t catch up with “Bone Of Contention”, follow through on the link above; prepare to swoon …
TRACK: David Lord – ‘Cloud Ear’: Chicago-style free guitar jazz teases for new LP
ON THE other side of the guitarist spectrum from the strut and stomp are the outliers, dogged explorers of the fretboard, scholars of the instrument’s sonic complexity. Derek Bailey, Fred Frith, Fripp, James Blood Ulmer, Pat Metheny can be found at this end of the rainbow; along with more recent luminaries like Chris Brokaw, Yonotan …
ALBUM REVIEW: Surprise Chef – ‘Daylight Savings’: a step up and out in cinematic funk
Daylight Savings loses absolutely zero of their off-kilter cinematic charm in stepping up from their debut, All News Is Good News; it’s really very ace
NEWS: Oneohtrix Point Never announces October album; hear the prelude suite
DANIEL LOPATIN, the boundary-pushing New York producer behind the Oneohtrix Point Never moniker, has announced a new album with Bridget Riley-style eye-dazzling cover art – and equally potent and bewitching sonics contained within. Magic Oneohtrix Point Never will be with us on October 30th on Warp, and keeps the conceptual flow going. 2018’s acclaimed Age …
TRACK: Machinedrum feat. Father – ‘Spin Blocks’: glimmering lyrical flow ahead of the new album
MACHINEDRUM, the Ninja Tune artist who delights in pulling hiphop, electro, R’n’B, grime and other such musics into curious new shapes, is releasing his first album in four years and his ninth in total for beats purveyors extraordinaire Ninja Tune next Friday. And he’s dropped a little taster of the new album, A View Of …
TRACK: Felid – ‘Take It Off’: a steamy pop grind
LEAVING the shores of cool electropop duo Mauwe to strike out on his own, Bristol-based, South African-born singer, songwriter and producer Felid (pronounced with a long ‘e’) has unveiled the steamy grooves of his debut single “Take It Off” today. Take a listen below. Combining leftfield, lazy hiphop breaks with a slow, sweltering hip-grind of a tale …
TRACK: The Native – ‘Break Away’: South West indie risers’ second laments Brexit
PLYMOUTH’S The Native are on an upward curve: they’ve been building a real reputation down in the South West, getting themselves a real fanbase and a name as purveyors of a certain brand of soaring indie guitar rock. Back in August they debuted with the power melodiousness of “Chasing Highs”, written in response to a …
TRACK: Liam Bailey – ‘Champion (Remix)’ feat. Black Thought: Roots man reprises for Notts reggae star
NOTTINGHAM’S Liam Bailey, who’s dropped some excellent singles throughout the summer ahead of the release of his forthcoming third album, Ekundayo, for New York’s cooler-than-you’ll-ever-be Big Crown, has shared a nicely dubby reversion of “Champion”, one of the album’s bangers. Take a listen below. The remix features the lyrical flow of Black Thought, rapper and co-founder …
TRACK: Keep Dancing Inc – ‘No Milkshakes In Hell’: tough-edged new wave synth-sweep
KEEP DANCING INC are breaking out of the French alternative scene armed with a line in synthy post-punk fire. They’re barely in their twenties but the now-trio – we’ll come back to that later – of Louis, Joseph and Gabrielle, already have power, poise and mastery. They’ve been around for a little while: they released a …