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News: Andy Bell announces trio of EPs and a compilation; see the GLOK remix of ‘Indica’
RIDE guitarist, singer and sonic explorer Andy Bell has announced a series of three EPs and a compilation to keep you satiated with leftfield shoegazey pop supreme right the way from spring to midsummer. It looks lush; see for yourself. The series of EPs is entitled Ever Decreasing Circles and will begin on April 9th …
See: The Lottery Winners feat. Louise Wener – ‘Bad Things’: a sweet pop drop with sadness in its heart
LANCASHIRE’S Lottery Winners, who we last touched base with last month when they got it on with Frank Turner for the cans-aloft-in-a-field anthem in the making, “Start Again”, have got together with Sleeper’s indie femme fatale Louise Wener for a sweet pop drop with a little sadness in its heart, “Bad Things”; you can watch …
TRACK: Catch Prichard – ‘Lipstick And Fur’: 1am chamber pop … with a coronavirus baritone
CATCH PRICHARD are a chamber-pop orchestral project based in the San Francisco Bay city of Oakland, who have a delightfully nuanced, baritone way with their musical stylings, the like of which you may have not heard since Tindersticks were in their early orchestral pomp. They have a new album out on April 23rd entitled I …
NEWS: Mute sign Sylph, with an EP in May; hear his debut vocal banger, ‘Braid’
DANIEL MILLER’S Mute has added yet another string to its bow with the signing of Sylph, whose debut EP for the legendary imprint, Silver As It Was Before, will be out in late May; you can hear the unveiling track, “Braid” below. Sylph is the solo project of the former singer with South London post-punks …
EP REVIEW: Årabrot – ‘The World Must Be Destroyed’ EP review; an album follows
A SURPRISE EP was released by the Norwegian band Årabrot, the duo of Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park, a few weeka ago, featuring a striking roster of guest musicians: Dana Schechter, of Insect Ark and Swans; Andrew Liles, (Current 93/Nurse With Wound) and tubaist Kristoffer Lo (Highasakite / Motorpsycho) among them. The gothic post-rock purveyors …
TRACK: Balmorhea – ‘The Myth’: Texan duo reveal a first track from their forthcoming album for Deutsche Grammophon
BALMORHEA, the Texan duo of Rob Lowe and Michael A. Muller, whose particular take on the modern compositional form nods to the American West, have signed to Deutsche Grammophon for their seventh album, The Wind, which record will be out at the end of April. That The Wind should be released by Deutsche Grammophon, which …
NEWS: Chihei Hatakeyama announces a beautiful new ambient album for Gearbox; hear ‘Sound Of Air’
CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA is one of those sonic voyagers who have the muse whispering seemingly constantly. He’s one of those artists, like The Fall, Sun Ra, John Dwyer and the spiral arm of Thee Oh Sees/Oh Sees/Osees, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, who who produce, produce, always have an album due, a musical iron in …
NEWS: Deniz Tek’s solo outing ‘Take It To The Vertical’ gets a vinyl issue from Wild Honey; hear ‘Press On’
RADIO BIRDMAN founder and garage rock legend Deniz Tek is to have his ’92 solo outing featuring The Stooges’ Ron Asheton, Take It To The Vertical, lovingly reissued by Wild Honey Records on March 19th. The album, which also features former cohort in Radio Birdman Chris Masuak, was previously issued by Red Eye Records and …
NEWS: Ólafur Arnalds announces details of short film, ‘When We Are Born’; watch the trailer
ICELAND’S modern compositional phenomenon Ólafur Arnalds has announced details of a new short film, entitled When We Are Born, which is set to premiere worldwide on March 7th. You can watch the trailer below. Directed by Vincent Moon, who’s worked with Arcade Fire and Bon Iver, When We Are Born is a creative live performance film that tells a …
NEWS: World of Echo to release Mosquitoes 10″ – come bathe in the no wave dub of ‘Strobeluck’
LONDON label World of Echo, the fledgling imprint which has emerged from the rather excellent record emporium of that name on Columbia Road, E2, has announced the second release in its nascent catalogue; with the prize of being 002 going to Mosquitoes’ Mosquitoes EP, a rather glorious, skeletal, no wave dub excursion on 10″, if …