British newcomer Henry Green is the kind of artist who can make a huge impact with small means. The small town singer-songwriter’s visceral voice may be gentle in appearance but it can peel off a song as melancholy as his debut single “Shipwreck” to its darkest soul. The cover of Green’s debut single captures the […]
Read MoreThe Finnish krautrock and post punk-fusing group K-X-P are releasing their second album in February 2013 and new track “Melody” provides an infectious preview. Judging from “Melody”, with its lighter feel, the band is leaning towards a less highly geared sound than on 2010’s self-titled debut. Whether you have a sense of rhythm or not […]
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Lord Huron Lonesome Dreams IAMSOUND [2012] Jan Lindholm The excessive flow of Folk-oriented pop, after the success of Fleet Foxes and the likes, have been overwhelming. Yet this trend seems to bring forth some talent that otherwise would have gone un-noticed. And I for one welcome these with open, embracing arms. Lord Huron might […]
Read MoreWith a voice that proposes a sanctuary from the outside world it’s difficult not to be taken under Marissa Nadler’sspell. Recently she’s taken it upon herself to transform other people’s songs, amongst them Duran Duran’s classic “Ordinary World” and Daniel Johnston’s “Devil Town”. For her latest cover project Nadler has teamed up with Angel Olsen […]
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Baroness Yellow And Green Relapse; 2012 Trying to figure out where Baroness fit in on the metal scale has become increasingly difficult. At the same time it’s becoming increasingly uninteresting. During the Savannah quartet’s decade long career they’ve continued to evolve and grow, aging with grace. They’ve crafted their own special brand of sludge metal, […]
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There seems to be limited social space in music for female singer-songwriters. The tendency is to place every girl with or without a guitar in her lap in the same category. Sweden’s Antonia Vai should be able to escape limiting categorization. This 24- year old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who released her debut album Lovers and […]
Read MoreThey’ve done it again. Just like back in 2010 when they re-appeared out of nowhere, Godspeed You! Black Emperor have again managed to sneak up on us and stir up the sound waves. This time they are back with a new album, their first one in a decade. That’s right, a decade. But then again […]
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Seeing Godspeed You! Black Emperor live is something that never existed in my realm of thought. They existed only as a myth to me, like some Canadian apocalypse predicting cult. Then all of a sudden a comeback is announced, tour dates are being set, Finland is on the list and I died and went to […]
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Palace Brothers Days In the Wake (1994) [Drag City] Will Oldham’s music is the kind that’s best enjoyed alone in a quiet room. On “Days In the Wake”, released in 1994 under the Palace Brothers-moniker he perfects this art of drawing you into his own seclusion. There is so much to be discovered on this […]
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Songs: Ohia is the moniker under which Jason Molina has released the best death defying acoustic/folk-songs this side of the grave. Molina comes from under a dead Ohio sky and he knows smouldering, overwhelming darkness. Talking about Songs: Ohia’s record “Didn’t It Rain” almost feels like an invasion of privacy. I can’t help but feel […]
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