The Joy Of Violent Movement Praises Dive Index
The Joy Of Violent Movement is down with the “visceral and intimate” sound of Dive Index. Recently the site featured the lyric video for the project’s new single “Window To Window,” from the upcoming LP Waving At Airplanes. The track is “centered around Natalie Walker’s gorgeous and achingly expressive vocals,” the site writes, noting the […]
Nick Leng Enjoys Early Radio Success With LEMONS
Thanks to Candy Pennetta at KVNF for giving Nick Leng‘s LEMONS the nod as “Sugar’s Pick” for April 27. Pennetta writes, here, that “the debut LP from the South African born, LA based Magical MusicSmith will grab you from the opening track and carry you along with a sweetness and a strength for 11 tracks.” […]
Pitchfork Heaps Praise On Lido Pimienta
Pitchfork has given an 8.0 rating to Miss Colombia, the new LP from Colombian-Canadian musical polymath Lido Pimienta. “Crafted with deep passion and careful attention to detail, the record sounds like the full realization of a long-held dream, made possible at last by a wider platform and a bigger budget. Its palette is warmer, richer, […]
James Yorkston Plays For The Scotsman
James Yorkston – one-third of the inventive panglobal collective Yorkston/Thorne/Khan – recently spoke to The Scotsman about staying home during the COVID-19 crisis. “The hardest part for me is worrying about my elderly parents. Cancelling a couple of dozen gigs I’m actually okay with. It’s meant I’m seeing more of the children and less of […]
New Music From Nick Leng
Nick Leng’s debut LP, LEMONS, is set for release via SOTA Recordings on April 24. The full-length follows two EPs, Tunnels and Planes and Drivers, which have racked up millions of streams online and found widespread support from the likes of Consequence of Sound, Vogue, and Christian Dior. LEMONS represents the next stage in the South African-born, […]
Imperfect Fifth Praises Sincere Gifts
Imperfect Fifth writes that, on “Ghost Of America,” the debut single from bicoastal duo Sincere Gifts, “the upbeat alt-rockers couple bright sounds and light-hearted production against dark lyricism for a fun listen that gets their serious (and important) message across… At first listen, the track appears to be all sunshine and rainbows on the surface, but […]
Dork Mag Is Into Deap Lips
Dork Magazine describes Deap Lips, the self-titled debut from the supergroup comprised of members of Dork and Deap Vally, as “packed full of sass and swagger, even down to the song titles. This is an album that none of us were expecting, but one we definitely all needed to hear. ‘One Thousand Sisters With Aluminium […]
Josh Klinghoffer – aka Pluralone – Opens Up To Spin
In an interview with SPIN, Josh Klinghoffer – also known as Pluralone – discusses how “he’s been picking up the pieces since his sudden dismissal” as Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist in December. The article is heavy on interesting details about how Klinghoffer was replaced by previous RHCP guitarist John Frusciante, but it’s also got […]
New Music From Dive Index
Waving At Airplanes, the fifth full-length from electronic composer/producer Will Thomas’s collaborative Dive Index project, provides an immersive and delicately nuanced exploration of both the human condition and the condition of humanity. With vocals shared between Natalie Walker (of trip-hop collective Daughter Darling plus an extensive solo career) and critically-acclaimed English multi-instrumentalist Merz, the album […]
Leif Vollebekk Tells Relix About Going “Off The Grid”
Relix has a feature on Leif Vollebekk, whose New Ways is at radio now. According to the site, “With the soulful New Ways, the Montréal native aimed to escape ‘the grid’ of modern music production: rejecting rigid metronomes in favor of the wavering pulse of a drummer, recording live to tape instead of endlessly editing in […]
The Dream Syndicate Issue Video For “Dusting Off The Rust”
The Dream Syndicate’s new The Universe Inside is a collection culled from a single night of exploratory jamming, and “Dusting Off The Rust” is one of the standout tracks. Now the band has issued a video for the wily instrumental, which is propelled by the mean horns of guest Marcus Tenney. To hear it is […]
New Music From Sincere Gifts
Sincere Gifts is the project of two lost musicians, New York-based animator Benben and Los Angeles-based sound installation artist Nick Byron Campbell, who found each other in the midst of America’s collapse and aim to exist outside of the normal realm of “music as commerce.” The duo has emerged from the darkness of our times as […]
Bandcamp Chooses Lido Pimienta For Album Of The Day
According to Bandcamp, “with the vibrant pop of Miss Colombia, Lido Pimienta redefines ‘beauty.’” The site chose the record as Album Of The Day on April 15, “a triumphant, beautiful collection of songs where the singer-songwriter deals with the complexities of race, indigeneity, womanhood, and her identity as both a Colombian and a Canadian.” Bandcamp […]
The Deli Shares Thurlowood’s “Shells”
The Deli NYC has the video for “Shells,” a crucial song on Thurlowood‘s new LP Discontinue Normal Program. “Thurlowood,” the Deli contends, “is the latest to cover Armageddon in a quiet, dignified, and incredibly catchy manner. With the cool keys of a Nord Electro 6 and a rudimentary drum machine backing, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Andrew […]
American Songwriter Gives Props To The Dream Syndicate
“Props to The Dream Syndicate,” writes American Songwriter in its review of the group’s new LP The Universe Inside, “not just for going out on this non-commercial artistic limb, but doing it with aplomb and showing their talent to cohere around a vibe, rather than a song.” According to the site, “those familiar with the […]
Stereogum Bestows Album Of The Week Honors Upon Lido Pimienta, Who Goes For NACC Adds 4/21
“On her latest album,” writes Stereogum, Lido Pimienta “casts sidelong glances at Colombia’s culture writ large, weaving her observations into songs that brilliantly deconstruct and reimagine the country’s signature sounds.” The distinguished site gave album of the week honors last week to the new record, Miss Colombia, which goes for NACC adds this week and is […]
Thurlowood Goes For NACC Adds 4/21
Weaving together influences like ANOHNI, Radiohead, MGMT and Mitski, Thurlowood’s Discontinue Normal Program may be the first synth pop record, or at least the catchiest, about the history of nuclear Armageddon. The album, which aims to serve as a warning about leaving existential threats unchecked and passing them to our children, is the first solo […]
Sean Carnage Premieres Soft Sailors’ “Shake It Up”
Longtime LA DIY staple Sean Carnage calls the new Soft Sailors video “the most rocking puppet video since The Muppet Movie.” The video features puppetized members of the band doing a spirited, and somewhat-sloppy, rendition of “Shake It Up,” from 2018’s Soft Sailors Mix Tape. Carnage has a detailed interview with Soft Sailors frontman Geoff Geis, […]
New Music From Lido Pimienta
Lido Pimienta is a Colombian-born, Toronto-based interdisciplinary musician and global beats trailblazer who has been praised by NPR Music, Pitchfork, Fader, Noisey, Remezcla, Stereogum, Rolling Stone and featured on the cover of Toronto’s NOW Magazine. She has been a speaker at Red Bull Music Academy, creates visual art and is working on a graphic novel, […]
Devendra Banhart Appears On BBC Radio 6
Devendra Banhart was recently featured on the BBC’s Radio 6. In an interview, “Matt Everitt talks to Devendra Banhart about the songs that have shaped his life. They discuss Devendra’s childhood in Venezuela, moving to California for art school and the pivotal role Vashti Bunyan played at the start of his career. Also, Devendra’s most […]
