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TRACK: Four Tet shares his remix of Krust’s ‘Negative Returns’; remixes 12″s out consecutive Fridays
HE’S been a long time away, but boy is he back ever. Bristol’s Krust dropped his first full LP release in 14 years just last month, The Edge Of Everything; and a thrilling, crisp, intelligent journey through all the potent possibilities on offer from the lower end of the frequency spectrum it is too; no …
TRACK: Ariel Pink – ‘She’s Gone’: garage-punk cover announces next reissue cycle
LA’S hallucinatory pop explorer Ariel Pink is revving up for the next phase of his reissue programme, delving right back to the beginning of Haunted Graffiti days with the third and fourth instalments of Ariel Archives. The reissue programme for Mexican Summer will see cycles 3 and 4 hit the world on January 29th next year. …
TRACK: Leif Vollebekk – ‘Long Blue Light’: beautiful alt.folk from Montreal
CANADA’S Leif Vollebekk is another excellent alt.folk singer-songwriter in a country that seems, these past few years, to produce them just for fun. Andy Shauf, Patrick Watson, Yves Jarvis, Sing Leaf … there’s so much delicate and necessary songsmithery being produced north of the 49th parallel. He’s just released a digital two-track EP, “Long Blue …
Track: Einstürzende Neubauten return with haunting new track ‘La Guillotine de Magritte’ and news of more gigs in 2021
It’s been a busy and productive year for the eternally brilliant Einstürzende Neubauten, with a slew of singles from their shining album ‘Alles in Allem’ released during the darkest periods of the COVID crisis this year after a 13 year break. And now a new single, ‘La Guillotine De Magritte’. A fine way to celebrate …
Rising: Meet Gillie and hear her single, ‘Leaving Alone’
GILLIE is a young guitar pop talent. Originally hailing from Wales, she moved east to London to study and began plying a folky craft which began to take on more electronic elements before arriving at the pristine pop/indie groove you can hear on her latest single, “Leaving Alone” (you’ll find it down there at the …
EP REVIEW: Quiet Marauder – ‘Tiny Men Parts’: a critique of the male condition in bounce-along indiepop
Tiny Men Parts nails masculine creepiness and ineptitude with insouciance and tons of guitar pop like they used to make
ALBUM REVIEW: Dark Sparkler – ‘Are You With Me Or Against Me?’: fine modular retrotronica
If you’re a fan of a real exploration of retro synthesisers and the beauty they bring, like soundscapes with atmosphere and depth that stay edgy and have bags of ambience without, y’know, being ambient per se, Are You With Me Or Are You Against Me? could be just the album for you
PREMIERE: The Ricos – ‘What Comes Next?’: the big question posed as a righteous noise-pop surge
RISING Philadelphia indie outfit The Ricos, who we last touched base with on these pages when we took a look at and really, really liked their Spirit State EP back in high summer, are back with a cracker of a new single, “What Comes Next?” which they’re releasing this Bandcamp Friday. We’re delighted to be …
ALBUM REVIEW: Lee Fields & The Expressions – ‘Big Crown Vaults Vol.1 – Lee Fields & The Expressions’
BIG CROWN. Big. Crown. Roll that collocation of words around your mouth; if you’re a real music lover, you know these guys, Leon Michels and Danny Akalepse, are indeed proper royalty for the love, the care and the level of curation they bring to such a fine stable of artists: The Shacks, Lizette & Quevin, …
ALBUM REVIEW: Skinshape – ‘Arrogance Is The Death Of Men’: chilled guitar odysseys
Arrogance Is The Death Of Men is such a different creature to Skinshape’s last, Umoja. It’s got that guitar thing going that Will does so wonderfully; lyrically, you can hear the catharsis of this year, the trials and tribulations. It’s a lovely record full of emotion and guitar that helps usher in the end of this year. Win.