Friday, December 8, 2023

Premiers

Premiere: Standard Time: Live In New York – Russ Lorenson (reviewed...

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Russ Lorenson reminds us of another time. A time when sharp-suited singers entertained in sophisticated supper clubs, cool, hard-to-find basement bars and swanky uptown...

Singles

Digital Sin – Luke Tangerine (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

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I spend a lot of my time looking for references from the past to explain where a particular artist or track might have found...

Albums

Outlaw The Dead – E.G. Phillips (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

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Even if E.G. Phillips doesn’t necessarily sound like Tom Waits vocally – although he certainly comes from the same school of vocal training, that...

Videos

Video of the Day: Osiris at the Large Hadron Collider –...

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Just those words all together in one place is enough to make you want to know more. Then they managed to squeeze the word...

Interviews

Sonic surf-spy adventures with Guitarmy of One

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NYC artist Guitarmy of One (aka guitarist Scott Helland, has released his adventurous crowdfunded album The Wave Files mixing dark, ominous guitar riffing with...

Swindon

Making a Scene: A Spotlight on… The Lost Trades

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I'll be the first to confess that I'm a bit of a music geek. Someone who, in more rarefied and, perhaps, better-paid circles, would...

News

Stars, first single/video release from new album, A Place To Go...

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Ithaca, NY-based indiepop artist Rose Alaimo has released 'A Place To Go When You Need To Hide', her third full-length album. Honest, hopeful and...

Playlist

That Was The Musical Week That Was – 160523

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As it has been so long since I was compiling playlists on a regular basis, I thought I should bang another in to gather...

Blog

Mentioned in Dispatches: You Keep Me On Track – Lemon

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It is only natural for people like me, i.e. lazy journalists, to try to find reference points from the past to explain the slice...

6 of the best

Undone – Ryan Van Dordrecht (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

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Undone sees Ryan Van Dordrecht reconnecting with the sounds he grew up with. Although his previous musical vehicles, such as Americana popsters Sidestar and...

Mentioned in Dispatches: Blink Once and Miss the World Go By – Moon Landing

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Well, if the likes of Duke Special says that Moon Landing is a band to be held in high regard, then who am I...

Falling Down – Suburban Spell (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

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While there has been an 80s electronica revival going on for a while now, it has been tingled with the nostalgic sentimentality of a...

You Dance in the Club (Those Giants Remix) – Benedict Sinister (reviewed by Dave...

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Benedict Sinister doesn't do anything by halves. I've only been acquainted with his sonic world for a short time, but even that is enough...

Mentioned in Dispatches: The Point – Friends With Boats

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I love the self-deprecation that runs through Friends With Boat's descriptions of themselves. In a world of likes and followers, celebrity and self-adoration, they...

Behind Her Eyes – Indecent Proposal (reviewed by Dave Franklin)

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Of the two sonic encounters I have had with Indecent Proposal, the sunkissed alt-pop of Feeling Good and the more coiled and considered Late...