The Big Takeover Lauds Greg Lisher’s Musicality and Lack Of Pretension
The Big Takeover has a review of Greg Lisher‘s Underwater Detection Method, which is out from Independent Project Records tomorrow (Friday, October 25) and going for NACC Adds next week. Lisher is well-known for his work with Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, and “Underwater Detection Method puts the man known for quirky postpunk and art rock in the realm of space rock. […]
Leif Vollebekk Lives Life Fearless[ly]
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Living Life Fearless has shared Leif Vollebekk’s “Southern Star,” which features Cindy Cashdollar on steel guitar. Vollebekk says, “I asked her to stretch out at the end, and, when she did, I just sat there in the control room, completely blown away.” Check out the track here; it appears on Revelation, at radio now via Secret City Records. Vollebekk’s US Tour is […]
Montréal Rocks Shares Patrick Watson’s New Song
Montréal Rocks recently shared “Silencio,” by Patrick Watson featuring November Ultra. The site explains, Recorded in a Parisian studio overlooking Montmartre, ‘Silencio’ features a haunting blend of guitar arpeggios, soft percussion, piano, and synthesizers. The song is sung in both English and Spanish, with November Ultra’s voice adding a distinct, ethereal quality. ‘I think you like me better since I […]
New Music From Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom)
Underwater Detection Method is a thing of firsts. While Greg Lisher is familiar to fans of made-in-California alternative rock thanks to his work with Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, the LP sees Lisher moving in a totally new direction. “While many fans know me strictly as a guitar player in an ‘alternative’ band, I purposely stepped outside my comfort […]
FAULT Chats With Leif Vollebekk
In a recent conversation with FAULT Magazine, Leif Vollebekk shares, “I was simultaneously reading Carl Jung essays and reading this book about Isaac Newton [while making new LP Revelation, at radio now from Secret City] and it turns out they were both fascinated with alchemy. Jung wrote about the purification of the soul that a true alchemist would need, whereas […]
Afterimage Gets Positive Feedback
Gear site Positive Feedback has checked out Faces To Hide, a collection of recordings from LA’s short-lived 80s postpunk band Afterimage. According to the review, “What sets Afterimage apart from their peers is use of keyboards and saxophone to augment and fill in the sound. While that sounds odd in a Post Punk band, it clearly fits here with […]
Leif Vollebekk Is “Our Anchor,” Writes Ink19
Leif Vollebekk‘s new album Revelation is out, and Ink19 has a review. According to the site, “The world is full of sorrows, but it takes an artist like Leif Vollebekk to turn that sorrow into a contemplative center where we can all collect, reflect, and get over it already… Leif Vollebeck remains our anchor, and we all are the story […]
Bobby Bazini Pairs With Barista Microtorréfacteur On A Medium-Dark Roast Blend
Barista Microtorréfacteur, the Montréal-based coffee roasters who have been in business since 2004, has a collaborative roast named after Bobby Bazini, a medium-dark roast espresso blend with tasting notes of dark chocolate and roasted almonds,” Barista says, “it is intense and complex. This coffee will appeal to those who love a full-bodied espresso with very […]
New Music From Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson – the singer/songwriter, film composer and pianist based in Montréal – has returned with a new single called “Silencio,” featuring the rising French singer-songwriter November Ultra. The song was inspired by a period during which Watson – an Award-winning artist that has released several beloved albums of explorative cinematic pop over the past two decades […]
Americana UK Is Effusive About Leif Vollebekk’s New Album
According to Americana UK, Leif Vollebekk‘s new album is like “Ryan Adams with more than a hint of Richmond Fontaine and add some lush orchestral layers into the mix and the result is an album that immediately grabs the attention. There are albums that get their claws into you from the very first bars. It is an otherworldly and unknowable […]
Keturah Releases New Music Video
Keturah has released a new music video from her self-titled album, which is at radio now from Hen House Studios. About “Ku Nyumba,” she says, “This song was inspired by a true story: when I was staying in my home village in Malawi, an old lady who used to visit me and who always asked for […]
KEXP Recommends Masok’s LP
Last month, Seattle’s KEXP reviewed the new album by Masok. The station writes, “The second album from this Tel Aviv-based four-piece band fronted by vocalist Jenny Penkin is another solid set of dreamy, airy, organic neo-soul and lush, jazzy, groovy R&B that’s accented by the group’s live instrumentation and Penkin’s warm, welcoming vocals that lyrically […]
Leif Vollebekk Intoxicates Double J’s Reviewer
Australia’s Double J says Leif Vollebekk‘s Revelation is “an intoxicating listen… Measured keys, guitar and Vollebekk’s dusky voice are still essential parts of his toolkit, but fifth album Revelation is his most polished and expansive sounding music yet. Surrounding himself with a team of collaborators and crack hired musicians, the production and arrangements are grander… Many of these songs already feel like old […]
PopMatters Checks Out Laurie Anderson’s “Entirely Successful” New LP
According to PopMatters, Laurie Anderson’s new album Amelia “is a graceful, highly compelling, and entirely successful attempt to musically interpret an important historical event with dignity and eloquence. Laurie Anderson is one of the most artistically significant artists of the last half-century, and it’s only fitting that one of her strongest records in decades is […]
Leif Vollebekk Takes Some Qs
The CBC‘s Q with Tom Power has an in-depth interview with Leif Vollebekk, who is now at radio with his new album Revelation. Check that out here via WNYC and learn more about the album as well as what Vollebekk learned from reading Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections. Vollebekk’s US Tour is next month: 11/7 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 11/9 – New York, […]
New Releases Now Previews Greg Lisher’s Soon-To-Be-Released LP
New Releases Now has previewed Underwater Detection Method, coming later this month from Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks Of Doom) via Independent Project Records. “While Lisher is widely regarded for his guitar work, Underwater Detection Method marks a daring venture into uncharted territory,” the site says, continuing, “this album invites listeners to discover a fresh musical identity that may feel as […]
The Answer Is In The Beat Handles Dren McDonald’s Oceanic
The Answer Is In The Beat recently provided readers with a tour of Dren McDonald’s album Oceanic, at radio now via Appearing Records. The site writes, “‘The Kids,’ which drifts out to 12 minutes, is easily the most aquatic-sounding track, resembling an underwater equivalent of Daniel Lanois’ spacious Americana. ‘Physeter Coda’ has light kosmische arpeggios, while ‘Oceanlight Meditation Vis’ is the darker, […]
New Music From War Strings
Die By Light, War Strings’ fourth album coming October 17th, is a collection of pop excursions skewed by Andrew Stogel’s reserved delivery and eerie arrangements. It’s an unsettled picture of searching for intimacy. Uncertainty, captured through polar opposite entries; elated and despairing, wavering then devoted. Fast fluttery tempos, angelic string lines and a dreary sheen help to blur […]
Daskal Presents “Alex” Video
Daskal has released a video for “Alex,” a version of which appears on his new album Obsidian (Selected Dance Scores). The clip for the entrancing, piano-led waltz is here. The LP is at radio now. Raw Tapes writes, “Beneath his melody lurks something darker, as synthesizers sound off with a foreboding collective quiver. ‘Alex’ is a musical beginning, the […]
The Vinyl District Calls Afterimage “Necessary” For Post-Punkers
Afterimage’s Faces To Hide, writes The Vinyl District, is a “very necessary acquisition for connoisseurs of post-punk… they blend elements of cold wave and yes, deathrock.” The site has a big breakdown of the new “surprisingly consistent… deep dive immersion into a bygone era,” which has just been released on Independent Project Records. Read the review here, and get Faces To […]
