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TRACK: Bill Callahan makes it a Monday quartet with ‘Protest Song’
BILL CALLAHAN’S ongoing Monday afternoon pledge to gift us a song from his September Gold Record reached its fourth instalment today, with the downhome and evocative porchside “Protest Song”. Today’s is a bluesy, spontaneous and raggy fragment, with the meta-theme of being a protest song about a protest song on the television. “Somebody must stop …
TRACK: IYEARA bring the darkwave to Mark Lanegan’s ‘Playing Nero’
IF THERE’S any musician out there currently writing and recording who you can say has absolutely lived it, that accolade must surely go to former Screaming Trees man Mark Lanegan. His gravelly, seductive voice graces a body of work that never ceases to explore and which expands steadily. And the latest chapter in Lanegan’s oeuvre …
TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Sometimes He’s In My Dreams’: ethereal delicacy with Slowdive’s Neil
IT’S a collaboration to make any lover of ethereal soundscapery’s mouth water. Last heard of, solo, with her luscious Hundreds of Days set back in 2018, Los Angeleno harpist Mary Lattimore has been busy recording a new album in Cornwall – under the aegis of longtime Kernow resident, Slowdive’s Neil Halstead. Her new album, Silver …
TRACK: Nick Faber – ‘Soon You’ll Be Mine’: bringing back the bayou
SOMETIMES inspiration hits in the most unexpected circumstances: a chance trigger, if you will, that sets you on a new course. And so it was with Fabyl and Appleseed Cast man Nick Faber who, off on a deep vinyl crate-diggin’ session across Florida, came across an unknown and weatherbeaten busker, his music macerated in deep …
TRACK: Fair Mothers’ ‘Monochrome’ is unflinching, stark and so beautiful
YOU’LL never be able to accuse Kevin Allan, the creative force behind Scottish folk outfit Fair Mothers, of dashing off a quick, vapid pop hit for the lulz. That isn’t to say he isn’t capable – the musicianship he presents is deep and adept; but whereas for some music is a career, for Kevin, it’s …
TRACK: Cian Ciaran feat She Drew The Gun – ‘Keep the Darkness Out’
HERE’S a cocktail recipe for a fine and refreshing musical draught. Take Louisa Roach, better known for her political-mod pop alter-ego She Drew The Gun, which she retired on the back of a final tour last year. Now mix her voice well through megaphone effects, and trickle in the squelchy electronic nous of a Super …
Track: Thrillhouse – Wild Child
It is with great delight we feature another single from that enigmatic and mysterious Brighton band Thrillhouse. This is the third in a set of highly impressive set of singles from a band that in terms of history is punching way above its weight. ‘Ready When You Are’ and ‘Lesser’ featured echoes of Talking Heads …
TRACK: Chappaqua Wrestling’s ‘Football’ shreds it like the Fannies
BORN into musical families, Brighton duo Chappaqua Wrestling – Charlie Woods and Jake Mac – knew exactly how to respond when the coronavirus swept a scheduled summer of festival appearances down the dumper: record, record, record. As appearances at fests such as The Great Escape and Truck Festival melted into infective impossibility, they cracked on …
DROPPIN’ KNOWLEDGE: TRACK: The Twilite Tone – ‘Do It Properly’
ANTHONY KHAN, the Chicago-based producer who has collaborated with Kanye and Gorillaz and produced longtime friend Common, is bringing his The Twilite Tone project to the world via the channels of the good people at Stones Throw. His latest single, “Do It Properly”, has been dropped by the label, and is available to stream and …
Track: San Cisco – Messages plus album news
Western Australia’s eternally stylistic San Cisco have just released another highly effervescent track – ‘Messages’ – and announced details of a new album entitled ‘Between You and Me’ due out on 4 September 2020. ‘Messages’ has a sixties Burt Bacharach vibe, and the sun-filtered bleached-out video matches the vibe with its yellow bright tones. It …