Folk
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 …
Premiere: Addie Brik reveals video for Belly
Georgia born but Scotland based singer songwriter Addie Brik is set to release her new album ‘I have a Doctor on Board’ via her own Itza label on June 8th. The ten track album was written in a small room overlooking the Firth of Clyde and is based around a series of interviews Addie had …
Premiere: Listen to an exclusive stream of Rougge’s album ‘Cordes’
French Singer-Songwriter Rougge is on the cusp of the release of his new album ‘Cordes’, out tomorrow via The Gum Club, and ahead of it’s release, we’re delighted to host an exclusive album stream. The work harks back to his two previous solo albums, 2007’s Fragments and its follow up, Monochrome (2016), but he’s re-imagined …
Album Review: Thievery Corporation ‘Treasures from the Temple’
Thievery Corporation Treasures from the Temple (ESL Recordings) released on April 20, 2018 Rating: 7.5 Washington DC based electronic duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton known as Thievery Corporation’s latest release of Treasures from the Temple is a companion to their chart-topping 2017 Temple of I & I album release. The 12-track compendium includes a trove of original recordings …
See: Great Lake Swimmers reveal video for The Talking Wind, plus new album news
Out this friday, 13th April is a new six track EP titled side effects from acclaimed indie-folk/rock band Great Lake Swimmers. It features new new songs “The Talking Wind”, “Falling Apart” and “Side Effects” as well as fan favourites “Your Rocky Spine”, “Quiet Your Mind” and “I Became Awake”. The Talking Wind begins with intertwining …
Premiere: Grawl!x releases new video for Appendix b
Taken from his new album Appendix, out now on Reckless Yes records, we’re delighted to premiere the video from Grawl!x, aka Derby-based multi-instrumentalist and filmmaker James Machin. Taken from the concluding part of his trilogy on grief, Appendix b isn’t maudlin, more forward looking, with hope creeping into the melancholy. Stark piano’s begin the track, …
Premiere: Killing Cartisano – Let Me Go
We’re delighted to premiere ‘Let me Go’, the new single from Killing Cartisano, aka Roberta Cartisano, due out on May 4th via Broken Toys / Cargo Records. It’s a new project for the Italian singer-songwriter, musician and producer, who previously released music under her own name, and the track was written and arranged by Roberta …
Classic Album: Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
For those that purchased Bookends when it was first released in 1968, it might have come as something of a surprise that a folk-pop duo would have taken on board some of the psychedelic influences of some of their rowdier contemporaries. Yet there are the heavy electronic sounds that open up “Save the Life of …
Track: Sarah Louise – When Winter Turns
Taken from the new album ‘Deeper Woods’ out on May 11th., Sarah Louise’s new album conjures vivid images of the verdant forest that surrounds her North Carolina home. Steeped in Appalachian folk traditions, Louise’s influences are much broader with shades of psychedelia and experimentalism, pushing her beyond genre constraints. Louise is an avid naturalist and …
Track: Gurrumul – Djolin (Musical Instrument), plus album and film news
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island readers of this post are advised that the following media release and links within contains images and voices of people who have died. The family of Gurrumul have stated: “The family have given permission that following the final funeral ceremony, his name and image may once again be used …