Album review: Lake Street Dive delight with ‘Obviously’
HYPOTHETICALLY speaking, we were all waiting for this album to drop. Well, I was at least. Ever since I heard the now-viral acoustic cover of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back’ on YouTube , I’ve been following Lake Street Dive (along with their side projects, such as Rachael and Vilray) with great admiration. They are …
EP REVIEW: Blanketman’s ‘National Trust’ – A Northern state of mind
MANCHESTER indie-pop and post-punk outfit Blanketman have come a long way since their early years. A band that has created a hard-earned and well-deserved name for themselves after performing extensively in their hometown, it’s no surprise that their debut EP, the brilliantly titled National Trust, is very much about their own story and identity. Arguably …
EP: Montreal’s Busty and the Bass release the groove of ‘The ET Suite’
IF LOCKDOWN releases and remote recordings are anything to go by, especially when you’re a jazz ensemble, then you best take example from The ET Suite– a reimagined expansion of Montreal jazz-funk collective Busty and the Bass’s album track, “ET”. They’re already receiving high praise for their second album, Eddie, from Mojo Magazine, Echoes, Complex …
Album Review: Colin Cannon delivers a majestic tribute to daily life in ‘McGolrick’
If ever you wanted to impersonate your thoughts during lockdown, this is the album to listen to. Critically acclaimed jazz composer and guitarist Colin Cannon delivers an odyssey of collage sounds inspired by his daily lockdown life in the tiny neighborhood facing McGolrick Park. The sounds are the voices of his community, fused with the …
See: Myles Sanko shines in heartwarming ‘BlackBird Sing’ ahead of his album ‘Memories of Love’
A much-needed soothing caress of sound from Myles Sanko. Amidst the pain, anguish and frustration we all face collectively as people and creators, Soul Sensation Myles Sanko manages to capture an honest sense of hope, compassion and encouragement in his latest release, ‘BlackBird Sing’ . The fourth single from Sanko’s upcoming album Memories Of Love, …
Album Review: Rising bassist Mauricio Morales releases debut long player, ‘Luna’
‘Luna’ is the debut album from rising jazz bassist and composer, Mauricio Morales. It’s a conceptual work that echoes with the sounds of spring, childhood innocence, and a beautiful tapestry of cinematic string arrangements worthy of the highest merit. A odyssey through time, movement and everything in between. Unlike quite a few contemporary instrumental jazz …
Track : Chet Faker releases the bubbling funk of ‘Get High’
Chet Faker, the highly acclaimed project of Aussie native Nick Murphy is someone I’ve been following ever since he burst unto the electro -pop scene with his cover of Blackstreet’s ‘No Diggity’. Clearly a distinctive voice in pop music and a masterful showmanship of the ‘one man band’ outfit, he clearly is an artist who …
Live Review: Nebula Live In The Mojave Desert (stream)
MUSIC is meant, at least performance wise, to be performed in front of an audience. Certainly that’s the case when it comes to live music. As we’ve seen over the course of March 2020 till now, this has been adapted for livestreams, and in the case of three-piece Californian rock outfit Nebula, concert film. Concert …
Album Review: Sun June – ‘Somewhere’
I could use a road trip right about now, and Sun June‘s new, beautiful tapestry of an album ‘Somewhere‘ would be playing on repeat throughout. It’s a prom record you never knew you needed, achingly bringing you back to a time where your youth would cry out for change. You could be travelling through the …
Track: Dave Manington – ‘Strike The Harp’
A reimagining of something old into something new is one thing, but a completely original re-invention is another.. One thing I’ve learned whilst talking to musicians is that, being a musician myself, it’s never easy to describe your own music. Luckily, when speaking to Dave Manington, one of London’s staple jazz bassists and composers, I …