NEWS: ‘One-man Beatles’ Emitt Rhodes dies aged 70
IT HAS been reported from the States that the psych-pop singer-songwriter once dubbed ‘the one-man Beatles’, Emitt Rhodes, has died at the age of 70. Californian-born Emitt moved through a brace of teenage bands, The Palace Guard and The Merry-Go-Round, before striking out on his own after the latter outfit disbanded in 1969. He recorded …
SEE: Ed Harcourt returns, ‘Drowning in Dreams’
FOLLOWING his last album, 2018’s Beyond The End, dashing singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt has announced his ninth studio album, which is due in mid-September, will also be a set free of vocals – and a counterpoint to his previous. Monochrome To Colour will also be big, cinematic, and evocative, but Ed promises that this one will …
SEE: Max Cooper – ‘Swarm’: infectious IDM with an environmental edge
FOR me, Max Cooper has been one of those people whose tracks come on during Mary Anne Hobbs’ 6Music show in the car, and I think: “Wow, what was that?,” scrabbling to commit the name and the textual virtuosity to memory. But this time I won’t be tripped up: “Swarm” is the first track from …
Meet: Charley Keigher of King of the Slums
KING OF THE SLUMS came snarling out of inner-city Manchester in 1986, full of condensed vignettes of raw city living, distorted violins and a deep, dark vision. After a hiatus, they’re back, with current round-up of recent work, ‘Our Favourite Trainers’, available now – we caught up with creative kingpin Charley Keigher for a chat – he also gave us a couple of exclusive photographs. Do read on …
ALBUM REVIEW: Gunther Wüsthoff – ‘[to|dig]ital’: deep tronica from the Faust man’s vault
BUREAU B is one of those beautifully interesting labels – nein, curators – out there on the fringes, lovingly delving in the depths of the crates, remastering and compiling, making sure an absolute plethora of lost music is brought back to our ears. It’s main archival thrust is to dig beyond the major catalogue of …
TRACK: IYEARA bring the darkwave to Mark Lanegan’s ‘Playing Nero’
IF THERE’S any musician out there currently writing and recording who you can say has absolutely lived it, that accolade must surely go to former Screaming Trees man Mark Lanegan. His gravelly, seductive voice graces a body of work that never ceases to explore and which expands steadily. And the latest chapter in Lanegan’s oeuvre …
PREMIERE: See The Citrus Clouds’ ‘A Pastel Sky’: a marvellous shoegaze rush
PHOENIX, Arizona is a place for amazing skies: we know this from that famed Orb sample of Rickie Lee Jones in childhood wonderment as used on their ambient-tech crossover hit, “Little Fluffy Clouds.” And Citrus Clouds, the Phoenician three-piece comprised of bassist and singer Stacie Huttleston, singer-guitarist Erick Pineda and drummer Angelica Pedrego, draw inspiration …
TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Sometimes He’s In My Dreams’: ethereal delicacy with Slowdive’s Neil
IT’S a collaboration to make any lover of ethereal soundscapery’s mouth water. Last heard of, solo, with her luscious Hundreds of Days set back in 2018, Los Angeleno harpist Mary Lattimore has been busy recording a new album in Cornwall – under the aegis of longtime Kernow resident, Slowdive’s Neil Halstead. Her new album, Silver …
TRACK: Nick Faber – ‘Soon You’ll Be Mine’: bringing back the bayou
SOMETIMES inspiration hits in the most unexpected circumstances: a chance trigger, if you will, that sets you on a new course. And so it was with Fabyl and Appleseed Cast man Nick Faber who, off on a deep vinyl crate-diggin’ session across Florida, came across an unknown and weatherbeaten busker, his music macerated in deep …
SEE: Emily Barker – ‘The Woman Who Planted Trees’: bell-clear Americana
EMILY BARKER, the British-based, Wallander theme-gracing singer-songwriter, has released a beautifully animated lyric video for her track “The Woman Who Planted Trees”, ahead of her new album, A Dark Murmuration of Words, which Thirty Tiger will be releasing on September 4th. And Emily, who grew up in Western Australia, brought an African ecological activist and …