San Fermin’s Ludwig-Leone Talks with opbmusic
Ellis Ludwig-Leone, the ringleader behind orchestral pop collective San Fermin, recently sat with opbmusic (Oregon Public Broadcasting) for a chat about his musical process and the way his songwriting priorities evolved between the band’s last album, Jackrabbit, and it’s new Belong LP. “The first record was very concept-y and the second record was pretty concept-y,” Ludwig-Leone […]
Folk Radio Reviews Yorkstone/Thorne/Khan
Folk Radio UK has a deep and expansive review of Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars, the second record from international supergroup Yorkston/Thorne/Khan. “The three musicians’ unique and unusual signature blend that was so persuasively established on [debut LP] Everything Sacred is both retained and developed here, making best capital out of key elements such as the […]
Soundfiction Shares “Weekends” By Lines
Soundfiction has a stream of “Weekends,” the very first single from the Stockholm-based quartet Lines. Though the project is still wrapped in mystery – its members haven’t revealed their last names and don’t appear in the Youtube clip for “Weekends” – Soundfiction reckons that they “have the chance of being one of the music worlds […]
New Music From Cloud Control
When Cloud Control moved back to Sydney in 2013, they were in many ways different to the band that had left. In the preceding two years, they had toured their Australia Music Prize-winning, ARIA-nominated first album Bliss Release to global acclaim, relocated to the UK, and released a second LP – Dream Cave – from their new […]
Mxdwn Reviews Lost In Stars
“If one is looking for a new synth-pop album to vibe to,” Mxdwn writes about Lost In Stars‘ debut self-titled LP, “this record definitely fits the bill.” According to the site, “There is great guitar work on some of these songs and the singers on the album are also excellent… Overall, this album is a success […]
OurStage Shares Ghost Against Ghost’s “Unarm;” Indaba Hosts a Remix Contest
“Unarm,” from Ghost Against Ghost‘s debut LP still love, “is a massive, spaced-out blast of streaming riffs, thundering drums, off-kilter chords, and cathartic distorted noise, all couched in the dreamy glow of an ocean of reverb.” This is the description given to the song by OurStage, which debuted it online before the album’s release. Surf […]
Krrum Goes For Adds
Producer and songwriter Alex Carrie hails from the wilderness of Derbyshire in the middle of England, where the buses stop at 5pm and the nearest nightclub is a £50 cab away. His first musical port of call was punk, and when he was young he played trumpet in a ska band. Everything then came into […]
Overcoats Go Deep with Billboard, Climb the NACC Charts
Overcoats recently took Billboard on a deep dive of an interview, telling the magazine all about their new album Young and their story as artists and friends. “We want our lyrics to sound like a diary entry that you weren’t supposed to see,” bandmember Hana Elion tells the magazine, explaining the intimacy on display throughout Young‘s […]
The Austin Chronicle Calls Belong “San Fermin’s Best” Album
The Austin Chronicle has given a four star review to San Fermin‘s Belong, writing that the album “aims more personal for the Brooklyn composer [Ellis Ludwig-Leone, who heads the band], though the sonic ambitions of his eight-piece remain unchecked.” The review praises the band’s singers, Allen Tate and Charlene Kaye, for how well their voices […]
Clash Music Streams Blonder’s “Lean”
Clash Music has a stream of “Lean,” Blonder‘s “killer summer jam” that the site describes as “synth-pop with real post-punk leanings.” Writing last summer, the magazine proclaimed that “‘Lean’ opens with some spacious Factory Records style guitar, sounding more than a little like some lost Section 25 demo. But then the drums kick in, and the […]
New Music From Krrum – Digital Servicing Only
Producer and songwriter Alex Carrie hails from the wilderness of Derbyshire in the middle of England, where the buses stop at 5pm and the nearest nightclub is a £50 cab away. His first musical port of call was punk, and when he was young he played trumpet in a ska band. Everything then came into […]
Stephin Merritt Talks To Vermont Public Radio and The Magnetic Fields’ 50 Song Memoir Comes to Spotify
Vermont Public Radio has an interview with The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, whose 50 Song Memoir is among one of the most critically-adored records of 2017. Telling the station about one of the LP’s tracks, “’78: The Blizzard of ’78,” Merritt explains, “It’s maddeningly repetitive, played on a somewhat out-of-tune electric dulcimer, which is basically […]
When The Horn Blows Explains Steady Holiday’s “Terror” Video
According to When The Horn Blows, Steady Holiday‘s “Terror” (from her EP of the same name) takes a “stunning and shrewd approach to kitsch as Steady Holiday plays with spooky arrangements, dramatic, cinematic 60s influences and a hugely ironic sentiment, delivered through a subdued yet stirring vocal – effective in its entirety.” The site has […]
Impose Premieres Linda Fox’s Video For “Like New”
Linda Fox, the musical project of a New Yorker named Michael Donovan, makes what Impose calls “spectral, dreamy noise pop.” The project has a new video, for new track “Like New,” and it involves a creepy and disturbing scene at a wedding. Impose has the clip, which it calls “totally surreal experience” when matched with […]
Julietta Goes For Adds
Though Julietta was born and raised in New York, she has found her sound in Central America. The artist spent her winter in the dense jungles of Nicaragua at Maderas Village Studios recording her single “Beach Break,” which has caught the attention of music blogs across the globe and led to features as an upcoming […]
Linda Fox Goes For Adds
File Under: Music has released “Like New” from Linda Fox, the next audio/visual single in its One Song At A Time series. An experimental project at heart, project mastermind Michael Donovan draws from elements of noise pop, dance-rock, lo-fi, and folk music to fashion palpable songs that reflect less than immediately accessible emotional states. A playful, questioning guitar goes over […]
Wolfpack Radio Reviews Overcoats’ Young
Caroline Ackerman, the general manager of University of Nevada, Reno’s Wolfpack Radio, recently reviewed Young, the debut LP from New York’s Overcoats. The duo “expertly blends the comforting harmonies of folk with modern synth,” writes Ackerman, who compliments Overcoats’ “wistful and dark lyrics” that go with the girls’ “magical harmonies and meaningful stories.” Read the […]
San Fermin Curates Playlist For USA Today
Have you ever looked blankly at yourself in the mirror and asked out loud, “What is San Fermin listening to right now”? Well, if you were a regular reader of USA Today, you’d know the answer to that question! That’s because band mastermind Ellis Ludwig-Leone recently curated a playlist for the daily, including not only […]
Ghost Against Ghost’s “Expansive” LP is Reviewed By The Obelisk
The Obelisk has a detailed review of Ghost Against Ghost‘s still love, noting the album’s “stylistic ambition and melodic breadth.” Band mastermind Christopher Bono “is able to put an expansive but still deeply human resonance to the story he’s telling and exploring” on the album, the review contends, “and though the tale may be dark, […]
KCRW Streams GRMLN
Santa Monica NPR affiliate KCRW posted the premiere this spring of GRMLN‘s “27 Kids,” writing that the track is “an exuberant blast of power pop excellence, complete with beautifully layered ‘ahhs,’ and ‘na na nas.’” This brilliantly compliments lyrics which celebrate the positive political activism currently being enacted by so many young people. This one […]
