Baroque Pop
NEWS: Left Banke bassist and singer Tom Finn dead at 71
IT HAS been reported the founder member and bassist with seminal American baroque pop outfit The Left Banke, Tom Finn, has died at the age of 71. The Left Banke, perhaps unfairly known on British shores for authoring, but not their performance of, “Walk Away Renee” – as taken to the upper reaches of the …
SEE: Ellie Bleach brings the baroque to ‘He Bought Me Nikes’
LONDON singer-songwriter Ellie Bleach taps into the spirit of baroque pop on her latest and very fine self-released single, “He Bought Me Nikes”. With a voice like the finest smokey chocolate, she drapes contralto lyrics that bite over a churchy organ strain, which summons The Dixie Cups’ girl-group classic “Chapel of Love”; mellotrons, and harpsichords. …
NEWS: Andy Shauf announces benefit live streams
THE EXCELLENT Canadian baroque pop auteur Andy Shauf has announced a brace of live-streaming events for next Tuesday, June 30th. The shows, which will stream live from his home in Toronto, are ticketed; Andy aims to raise money for a number of beneficiaries, including the Parkdale Community Food Bank, in his adopted home city; the …
Track: Søren Lorensen – Swallow
Søren Lorensen, a duo comprising musicians known for their work in (respectively) Aqualung and Goldfrapp Matt Hales and Davide Rossi, have unveiled the video for their new single, ‘Swallow’. It’s taken from their debut album ‘Lake Constance’. Both the video and the song recall ‘OK Computer’-era Radiohead and tell the story of a white-collar man’s …