TRACK AND VIDEO: Car Seat Headrest – Hollywood
Car Seat Headrest – band vehicle for ridiculously talented and prolific songwriter Will Toledo – release much anticipated album “Making a Door Less Open” on May 1st, on Matador Records. Ahead of the album, they’ve just released new single “Hollywood”. The single is accompanied by an animated video by Sabrina Nichols featuring Toledo’s alternate persona ‘Trait’. …
TRACK: Village of the Sun (featuring Binker and Moses) – Ted
Village Of The Sun is a new collaboration between UK jazz virtuosos Binker Golding and Moses Boyd and electronic music legend Simon Ratcliffe of Basement Jaxx fame. Their second single – Ted – is out on Gearbox Records. You can get the track here. The track is a true combination of the sensibilities of its …
TRACK AND VIDEO: Children of the State – Big Sur
Doncaster and Bolsover indie rock outfit Children of the State have released their brand new single, ‘Big Sur’, produced by The Coral’s Ian Skelly and engineered by Chris Taylor at Liverpool’s iconic Parr Street Studios. You can stream the track here. It’s a gorgeously, sun-drenched, escapist gem designed to take our thoughts off lockdown and instead …
INTERVIEW: BC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff
We had the pleasure recently of catching up with BC Camplight (aka Brian Christinzio) as he returns with a new album “Shortly After Takeoff”, out on 24th April via Bella Union. Our review of the album is here and suffice to say it is the best of Christinzio’s career. He was just moving into his …
ALBUM REVIEW: BC Camplight – Shortly After Takeoff
BC Camplight, aka Brian Christinzio, returns with a new album “Shortly After Takeoff” on 24th April via Bella Union. It is the final chapter of his ‘Manchester Trilogy’, following 2015’s “How To Die In The North” and 2018’s “Deportation Blues”. All three albums were created after the native Philadelphian had moved to Manchester. It will …
ALBUM REVIEW: M. Ward – Migration Stories
‘Migration Stories’ is the latest album from prolific writer, producer and performer M. Ward. It is out on Anti Records on 3rd April. The world is currently living through an unprecedented period of travel restrictions with many countries in lockdown and ‘Migration Stories’ feels like a meditation on the exact opposite of that reality. It’s …
ALBUM: Pavey Ark – Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing
You might not have heard of Pavey Ark, an alternative-folk band from Hull, but on the basis of their gorgeous and delightfully soothing debut album, “Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing”, that will soon be changing. The band formed in 2016 and are fronted by singer and songwriter Neil Thomas and accompanied by a …
Track, Album News and Tour News: I Only Drink When I’m Drunk – BC Camplight
BC Camplight, aka Brian Christinzio, has announced his return with a new album “Shortly After Takeoff” on 24th April via Bella Union. It will be his first since 2018’s “Deportation Blues”. “This is an examination of madness and loss. I hope it starts a long overdue conversation” says Christinzio and adds, “It’s important to stress …
Track and Video: Garden Song – Phoebe Bridgers
Phoebe Bridgers’ stunning 2017 debut album “Stranger in the Alps” landed with a bit of an unexpected, but delightful, bang. This week, she releases her first new solo material in two and a half years. “Garden Song” is out on Dead Oceans and is accompanied by a video directed by Bridgers’ brother Jackson Bridgers. “Garden Song” …
ALBUM REVIEW: of Montreal – UR FUN
In ‘San Junipero‘, the exquisite (and greatest, in my view) Black Mirror episode about love, life and death, the main characters, Yorkie and Kelly, walk through a world peppered with non-stop party music from different eras, in search of truth and redemption. Sometimes they visit a club on the margins called the Quagmire where freaks …