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See: Newton Faulkner releases live acoustic video for ‘Dream Catch Me’ plus Hand Built By Robots acoustic album
Way back in 2007, Newton Faulkner released his debut album ‘Hand Built By Robots’ and was supporting the likes of James Morrison and Paolo Nutini.Fast forward 13 years to 2020 and it has been announced Faulkner is re-releasing the album but this time a ‘Live & Acoustic’ version. Having given us the likes of “Teardrop”, …
See: Mustafa releases video for ‘Stay Alive’
After losing close friends to gun violence, Toronto singer / poet Mustafa sought solace in making music to make his way though. With his debut single ‘Stay Alive’ (a homage to those lost friends) he’s been proved that was a wise decision for us all. Produced by Frank Dukes and James Blake, the 23 year …
See: Yorkston/Thorne/Khan share video for “Sukhe Phool”
Taken from their third album Navarasa : Nine Emotions, which came out earlier in the year to widespread acclaim, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan (aka James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Khan) have shared a video for the track Sukhe Phool. The album centred around the nine emotions (nava) or Sentiments (rasa) of the arts, around which the trio …
See: Charlotte Adigéry releases new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’
Charlotte Adigéry has released her new video for ‘Cursed and Cussed’, taken from her second EP ‘Zandoli’. An often bizarre but captivating listen, this single explores the world of ASMR, a very popular medium for the people it affects and it’s fans. With her new EP Zandoli, Belgian-Caribbean artist Charlotte Adigéry proves herself to be …
Premiere: Candythief reveal video for Today
Since emerging on seminal Scottish label Fence (King Creosote, Pictish Trail) in 2006, Diana De Cabbarus, aka Candythief, has released a succession of critically acclaimed records with a distinctly Alt/Folk/Psych vibe, culminating in this years third full length album, ‘Imaginary Medals’. Latest track ‘Today’, continues in that vein, accompanied by this dazzling animated video, premiered …
See: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones reveal new video for Wonderful Day for the Race
Ahead of their tenth studio album While We’re At It, mixed by Grammy ward winning producer Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Lucero, The Bouncing Souls, The Gaslight Anthem), ska punks The Mighty Mighty BossToneS have revealed the first track to be released from it, Wonderful Day for the Race, with vocalist Dicky Barrett saying …
See: Common Holly releases new video for ‘If After All’ ahead of debut EU/UK shows
Ahead of her first EU/UK shows next week, Common Holly, aka NYC-born, Montreal-raised Brigitte Naggar has released a new video for the track ‘If After All’, taken from her recent debut album Playing House, out now on Solitaire Recordings. It’s a rather lovely slice of alt-folk, wrapped up in this musically textured affair, with the electro-acoustic production …
See: Trembling Bells reveal new video for I’m coming
Glasgow psych/freak folkers Trembling Bells have followed the brilliant Christ’s Entry Into Govan with a new track, I’m coming. Described my main man Alex Neilson says of the track “This is one of the more accessible songs that I’ve written. Lyrically it’s very much in debt to Oscar Wilde’s DeProfundis. I heard a broadcast of it …
See: Robert Plant Reveals new live video for Season’s Song
Following the release of his much lauded eleventh studio album Carry Fire, which debuted in the top three in the UK album Chart, Robert Plant has released a live recording of one of the albums standout tracks, Season’s Song. It’s a slow burning folk-rock, rather than hard rock, with the emphasis on Plant’s songwriting and …
See: Trembling Bells release new video for Christ’s entry into Govan
Seems like we’re only a few days into 2018 and we’ve already had some brilliant new tracks. Here’s another one, maybe the best. Trembling Bells return with ‘Christ’s Entry Into Govan, a Leige & Leif slice of freak folk, that has this startlingly brilliant arrangement, full of intricate guitars and lovely harmonies, but it’s so …