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 […]
Laurie Anderson Walks New Sounds Through Amelia
New Sounds writes that, on Laurie Anderson‘s Amelia Earhart-inspired new LP Amelia, “Anderson imagines the noise in the cockpit, the heat of no ventilation, the likely mirages that Earhart saw as she grew more and more tired.” The site has a long audio feature on Anderson and the new set, and invites those who are interested to “listen […]
Post Punk Monk Dives Into Afterimage’s Faces To Hide
Post Punk Monk has a full breakdown of Faces To Hide, Afterimage‘s new release at radio now from Independent Project Records. The release, according to the Monk, is “action-packed” and encompasses quite a few different styles and musical ideas. Post Punk Monk compares the band’s sound to Idiot-era Iggy Pop, as well as post punk bands including Joy Division […]
CanvasRebel Features Binnie Klein, aka In These Trees
CanvasRebel recently featured an interview with WPKN DJ and author Binnie Klein, who also releases music under the moniker In These Trees. Klein shares, “I find that I’ve come to songwriting somewhat late in life, and it’s been absolutely thrilling. I’ve been collaborating as a lyricist with Australian singer/songwriter Tartie, and we recently (2024) released our debut CD, The Quiver under our recording name In […]
New Music From Leif Vollebekk
Leif Vollebekk is an acclaimed singer-songwriter originally from Ottawa who now resides in Montréal. The artist has sold-out headlining tours across North America, Europe and Australia. His first Secret City Records release, Twin Solitude, was a breakthrough album, landing a spot on the Polaris Music Prize 2017 shortlist; a Juno nomination; and gathering over 60 million streams. His follow-up, New Ways, […]
Spotlight On Casts A Spotlight On Afterimage
Spotlight On writes that the output of LA’s Afterimage is “a reminder that there were bands crafting dark, urgent, and experimental sounds that could rival anything coming out of Manchester or New York.” The band’s brief output, including live tracks and demos, has been collected by Independent Project Records and released as Faces To Hide, which is now at radio. Spotlight […]
In These Trees Goes On Woody Radio
Binnie Klein – also known as In These Trees – was recently a guest on Mike Lidskin on Woody Radio. The two chatted about The Quiver, the new collaborative LP from In These Trees and Tartie, which came about as the result of a radio connection between Klein – who hosts the show A Miniature World on Bridgeport, Connecticut’s WPKN – and Australian musician Tartie. Klein’s […]
New Music From Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks Of Doom)
Independent Project Records and Greg Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom) have announced a twelve-track instrumental electronic album, Underwater Detection Method, due on October 25, 2024. The first singles from the album are “All Things Japanese” and “Finding the Future.” Underwater Detection Method is a thing of firsts. While Lisher is a familiar face to fans of made-in-California […]
Afterimage’s Faces To Hide Is A Bandcamp Essential Release
Afterimage’s Faces To Hide, according to Bandcamp, chronicles “a short, searing body of work that captures the grimmer, bleaker side of the City of Angels. The songs on Faces to Hide slide in perfectly alongside the early days of Factory Records—sparse instrumentation consisting mainly of short, stabby guitars, bone-dry drums, and the magnificent, baleful croon of frontman Alec Tension.” The album, at radio […]
