Track : Autoramas – Ding Dong
Brazilian garage legends Autoramas are back with a new track “Ding Dong”, ahead of their new album celebrating 20 years of fuzzy garage rock. What it lacks in subtlety and lyrical dexterity (“Ding Dong, Ding Ding Dong” is pretty much all you get) it makes up in energy, attitude and swagger. If you know the …
Album Review : Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois
Venetian Snares have been releasing unsettling and dischordant music for 20 years – it seems crazy to ask, but are they becoming familiar and cosy. Particularly as the new album is a collaboration with Canadian super-producer and friend of U2 Danial Lanois. How would a collaboration between guitar based perfection and uneasy listening work? It’s …
Track: Ferris and Sylvester release Waterloo Sunset (live) + Tour Dates
Ahead of their myriad festival appearances this summer, London duo Ferris and Sylvester have officially released their live cover of Waterloo Sunset following its reception on BBC Radio 2 : It’s an effective duet, drifting in with a gentle opening, contrasting with more robust driving rhythm as it picks up pace throughout, almost an opposite …
See: Charles Howl releases video for Never Forget What You Are, plus tour dates
Charles Howl‘s new video “Never Forget What You Are” is the result of a fake acting workshop and casting call… Surprised by the turnout, (especially considering the paucity of the lunch he had provided), Howl lets the emotion from the actors take centre stage, while the vocals are delivered almost anonymously, mostly from under the …
Track: Ray Davies – Our Country
Ray Davies returns with a direct follow up to 2017’s Americana album, “Our Country : Americana Act II”. The first (and title) track being, “Our Country”. Based loosely on his 2013 book, and the complicated relationship Davies has with the USA. Putting his love of American music and culture against set backs such as being …
See: Dirty Projectors release video for Break-Thru, plus album news and tour dates
Dirty Projectors have released a video for a new track ahead of their forthcoming seventh album. The track “Break-Thru” features cheery guitar hooks, upbeat vocals, and birds in the video – The video tells the story of an ever increasing number of birds, apparently attracted by the feel good tune, and the Talking Heads hanging …
Track: Maribou State – Turnmills, plus tour date
Maribou State have released their first new music since 2015 in the form of new track “Turnmills”… Blending orchestral elements and choral vocals with a shuffling hi-hat beat, the track rolls in over found sounds, with an almost gospel crescendo. It has the feel of a triumphant end-credits moment in the reality of urban life. …
Track: Pavo Pavo – Statue Is A Man Inside
Pavo Pavo are back with a new track, following up their debut album with the first view of their forthcoming second album. ‘Statue Is A Man Inside’ is the latest from the unconventional duo’s project. Oliver Hill is a co-founder of Pavo Pavo and describes the background to the track as “I thought of two …
See: Amber Arcades release new video for ‘Simple Song’
Amber Arcades (aka Annelotte de Graaf) has revealed the 2nd song from her new, 2nd, album “European Heartbreak”. Simple Song provides part 2 of the story began in the previous video. The couple introduced in the first video are now on their vacation, soundtracked to what feels must be a classic Europop record, but is actually …
News: Dimitri from Paris announces Chic remix collection
A remix in the right hands can be a beautiful thing. Dimitri from Paris has a track record of reworking some of the greatest disco tracks and made them reach new heights… And coming in June is a collection of his greatest Chic remixes – the snappily entitled, “Dimitri From Paris presents Le CHIC Remix”. Think …