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Album Review: Sinkane – Dépaysé
On their seventh album, having a sense of belonging as a London born Sudanese person living in America in the Trump era make up much of the albums focus and indeed much of the meaning behind its title. As the bands Ahmad Gallab says “At some point, I discovered the French word dépaysé, which basically means …
See: Modern Nature release new video for Peradam
Modern Nature, the new project from Jack Cooper (Ultimate Painting / Mazes), Will Young of BEAK>, Woods’ Aaron Neveu and Jeff Tobias of Sunwatchers, have announced their debut album – How to Live, will be out via Bella Union on August 23rd, and from it they are sharing a new video for the single Peradam. …
See: Seablite release new video for There Were Only Shadows
Ahead of their debut album Grass Stains and Novocaines, out via Emotional Response on June 6th, Bay Area shoegazers Seablite have released a new video for the track ‘There were only Shadows’. The four piece, made up of three girls and one boy, have a real DIY aesthetic that wears its heart proudly on its …
Track: Charlie Cunningham – Bite
His last single ‘Sink in’ got him plenty of attention, particularly from the likes of Annie Mac and Phil Taggart over on Radio 1, but now Charlie Cunningham has revealed a new track ‘Bite’ from his forthcoming album ‘Permanent Way’. Recorded in LA with producer Rodaidh McDonald (The XX, King Krule), it’s a wispy, smokey …
Review: The Waterboys – Where The Action Is
Following on from 2015’s lauded album, Modern Blues and 2017’s top ten-reaching double album Out Of All This Blue, on May 24th The Waterboys will release their new album Where The Action Is, via Cooking Vinyl. The title track is an update of the Robert Parker classic ‘Let’s Go Baby’ – this is proper full …
Album Review : Com Truise’s ‘Persuasion System’
Up to this point, producer/musician Seth Haley has worked in specific narratives within his project Com Truise. A loose concept about a space traveler named Com Truise, a self-described “synthetic astronaut”, has been the ground floor of his big beats, walls of synths, and shimmering 80s ethos. VHS tapes, woozy sci fi, and latchkey afternoons …
Track: Abdullah Ibrahim – Dreamtime
In his 85th year and still writing vital music, Abdullah Ibrahim, a true giant of the golden age of Jazz, releases Dreamtime, the lead track from his first album in four years, The Balance, recorded at London’s RAK Studios and due out in late June. Ably supported by his long-time backing band Ekaya, Ibrahim doesn’t …
Album Review: The Raft – Abloom
Backseat Mafia has been following with great delight the prolific releases of The Raft for the last few years – a series of brilliant EPs that somehow capture an unique Liverpudlian pop sensibility. The Raft have released a full album, containing the previously released single ‘Xanadu’, and it represents a glorious evolution and development of …
Say Psych: Premiere: Diagram – Transmission Response
The Berlin-based musician Hákon Aðalsteinsson, originally hailing from Iceland, can be found fronting neo-psych outfit The Third Sound and gloomy alt-country troupe Gunman & The Holy Ghost, as well as being the live guitarist for The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Anton Newcombe’s ongoing collaborations with Tess Parks. Now, Hákon is also turning his attention to …
Album Review: Simon Bonney – Past, Present, Future
Crime & The City Solution front man Simon Bonney has drawn together songs from his last two albums – 1992’s Forever and Everyman from a couple of years later, along with hald a dozen unreleased tracks, including a cover of Scott Walker’s ‘Duchess’, and released them through Mute with the title ‘Past, Present, Future. From …