Album review: Lightning Bug – A Color of the Sky
A therapeutic album from the NYC trio, in a more direct version
See: Snail Mail announces sophomore album, ‘Valentine’; hear the title track
AFTER her explosive debut in 2018, Lindsey Jordan, aka Snail Mail, has now announced her comeback with Valentine, which is introduced by the title track. There is definitely a wealth of investment in the song and video productions, from the point of view of all resources. The track is a more convinced step into midstream …
Album review: Mini Trees – “Always In Motion”
Run For Cover confirm themselves as one the go-to labels for “soft” emo
See: jangle-pop new heroes Ducks Ltd. about to drop debut LP, present new single “How Lonely Are You?” and announce 2022 UK tour
Canadian duo Ducks Ltd. probably don’t even need an introduction, after their debut Ep was featured on all major music magazines. Their jangle-pop is one of the most precise and driven out there (maybe only Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever can be compared), full of riveting riffs and the genre-characteristic rhythms. Now they are about to …
See: Always You about to drop new album, plus new video for “Crimson Red” single
Always You are the creature of the Hochheim brothers, both formerly in The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, one of them currently in Beach Fossils. Authors of a very polished sophisti pop style, they are about to release Bloom Off The Rose, their second. “Crimson Red”, a quite compelling romantic tune, anticipates the scheduled …
Album review: Raoul Vignal – ‘Years In Marble’: a solid third chapter in an accomplished songwriting career
A small miracle of the independent European songwriting scene
Premiere: Daniel Green (Laish, DG Solaris) releases new cover for Marty Willson-Piper’s (The Church) song
London-based Daniel Green is an established songwriter, performer and musician, who has made a name for himself under the moniker Laish, recently changed to DG Solaris after starting a collaboration with his wife, during their honeymoon. We are proud to host his new release, a cover for a song by Marty Willson-Piper, former member of …
Album review: Beach Youth – Postcard; a beautifully disengaged debut LP
It might not be the most sensational trend-setting music revolution, but Postcard does represent a welcome addition to the count of heart-warming, easy listening records in contemporary independent pop music. Beach Youth is a young French band, Norman to be specific, and this can be considered their debut LP, after two long EPs.The band has …
Album review: iogi – ‘everything’s worth it’: a beautiful collection of songs
everything’s worth it is a really refreshing album from Yogev Glusman, a lesser known psych pop artist from Tel Aviv, and admittedly an ambitious one – but by now it’s clear that the divide from what is considered amateur and “professional” is completely blurred. everything’s worth it (sic) is as bit as professional as you …
Album review: Parannoul – ‘To See The Next Part Of The Dream’: a window into catharsis
INSPIRING stories have been hard to find in recent times, so hopefully it will sound refreshing that a project from a South Korean bedroom artist has risen to global attention, on par with Lana Del Rey or Nick Cave’s latest releases. It’s probably better not to even think about what the pandemic has done to …