It’s a light week in New Music recommendations as we enter a beautiful Spring weekend. Merely four titles to bring to your attention. Come now as I attempt to hip you to my jive.
I’m actually going to do something a little different this week. I usually wait for full albums to release before I decide to purchase and recommend. However there is a good old-fashioned Country & Western single that has been released this week that I can’t let pass lest the rest of the album isn’t to my taste. Brennan Leigh will be releasing her latest albumAin’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet on the 16th of June. The guitarist, mandolin player, and singer-songwriter’s first teaser single,Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas is a capital-C Classic. Leigh’s voice has the power of June Carter and she plays like a demon. Her lyrics are perfectly modern and relatable. First chorus: “I’m gonna tell my boss he’s fired, burn my unpaid bills. And if folks ask when I’m coming back, promise I never will. I’m dropping off my name tag, I’m gonna hug my ma and pa, as I’m running out of Hope, Arkansas.”
Fantastic Brazilian Experimental Label The Church Of Noisy Goat releases New Music daily on BandCamp. Electronic Noise Artist Maximiliano Chami releases a new project via TCONG every Monday, as Antoine Trauma. I’ve featured his work in the past, and I’m happy to add his most recent, Dope Freud to my living experience. It’s a four-track EP that plays with harsh noise and heavy beats.
Gamelan is a style of ensemble Music from Indonesia that has been performed as a form of worship for hundreds of years, dating back to the 900’s. A new recording, the fourth in a series, documents rehearsals and ceremonies of this seldom heard music which is only performed for the gods, never for money. It is mesmerizing. Selongding, Vol. IVis credited to Bali Gamelan Sound, and was recorded n September of 2021.
To close out the week, my Feature Pick comes from London MC and Producer Brother May. His second album, Patterns With Force is co-produced by multi-instrumentalist Mica Levi, and is nine tracks of grimy bars with downtempo flow. Hedmusik.
Well, what do you think? Are you picking up what I’m putting down? Let me know in the comments. Or just live your life. But please make sure you’re being good to yourself!
Holy Hell! I have so many New Releases to share with all of you! I came into Today (2/17) already with a dozen new titles. After the deep dive on Friday I have ended up withNINETEEN freaking recommendations for you and yours. It’s a record-breaking week, even with two titles that came out before this week that add to the numbers. No time for small talk, so let’s dive right in.
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BenFolds has a new album coming out! That name may not mean much to you, but he is one of my New Music Heroes. This week, he announced his first album since 2015’s So There.What Matters Most has been scheduled for release on June 2, and the first teaser single is Winslow Gardens. Ben’s songwriting hasn’t lost any of its shine, and this track evokes his best efforts with Ben Folds Five in the mid-90’s.
Ben Folds – Winslow Avenue
A release that I missed at the beginning of February came to my attention this week. Noah23 is a rapper and producer from Guelph, Ontario (practically right next door). I’ve known of Noah and his music since I worked at the HMV store in Guelph. Our Hip-Hop expert (and my former cannabis supplier) Mike was friends with Noah, and he always spoke in glowing terms of how talented he is. 23 has gone on to work with such greats as Sole and Kool Keith in his twenty-plus year career. His latest album is Ikosi Tria, (released on 2/3/23), and it’s a multi-producer affair, with Noah’s lyrical flow providing the narrative. Featured guests include DJ Lucas and Killah Priest. If you like your emcees permanently baked, and slightly paranoid, this jam is your jam. This jam is my jam.
Another artist that I missed on 2/3 is Toronto’s Don Kerr. The drummer for the legendary Rheostatics and Singer/Songwriter has released his second self-produced album as Communism. Lovespeechis ten funky and well-crafted Pop Songs, with focus on boundless optimism. Kerr’s cover of Joni Mitchell’s All I Want is a surprising and fun ride through 70’s Guitar Rock, with sparkly harmonies. You can almost smell the hairspray.
Now we can talk about the rest of this week’s New Releases. A musician from the UK called Montana Pete has been recording for over twenty years. His most recent album War Machinecame out on Tuesday (2/14). It is my introduction to Montana Pete and the ten tracks feature dirty guitar and bass laying the bed for Pete’s genuine poetry of the proletariat. Plus, you can dance to it!
Nic Mauskovic is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist and Producer. He has been recording his style of Dance-adjacent Music as Nicolini, and his most recent release is Sopratutto. The seven-track EP is lively with shifting tempos, tasty sax loops, and delicious synthetic ear candy. Guesting on vocals is Nushin Naini, and Martha de Barros (from IC-RED).
A pair of UK artists have released a project with interesting and inspiring origins. In mid-2021, London Electronic trio Damos Room and Producer LYAM were in the midst of sharing files in collaboration, when the very-21st Century Problem of Hard Drive Malfunction derailed the project. They’ve since taken the scraps of what they could salvage to create EIN, a five-track EP. It’s an acronym that means Everything Is Noise and these disjointed meanderings belong right at home at My Imaginary Warehouse Rave.
An MC born in Oakland, but based in Brooklyn called Nappy Nina has released her sixth album. Mourning Dueis divinely-produced, with skittish beats and microsamples. Nina’s flow is on point. Featured guests include JusMoni and Moor Mother.
Now we shall wander into something a little more esoteric. When I saw the movie Dancer In The Dark, starring Björk, back in 2000, I was filled with joy that the story told of a woman who makes Music in her mind from the sounds of everyday life. She works in a factory, and the Industrial noises turn into this beautifully dissonant musicality. As someone who also makes music in his brain whilst existing, I felt seen. An album released by Brazil’s great Experimental Label, The Church of Noisy Goat, comes from an artist known only as Radek K. Recording as RDKPL on hej tyme tall, the Artist is using the sound of crashing and banging metal and processed with delay and echo. Sometimes harsh, others droning with accidental rhythm and harmonics, it is shockingly organic, and aurally panoramic. Oh, and Dancer In The Dark? Let’s just say that the charming story of the quirky girl gets real sad real quick. Existentially so.
Ok, so we’ve had our Heavy Metal, so now we just need some Punk Rock. It doesn’t have to be made with rocks (but I would listen to that). I’ve found a split single from two European bands. KLINT, from Schleswig, Germany takes the A-Side of Split with ORRENDO SUBOTNIK. They feature two originals of synth-heavy hard drivers, with a thrashy cover of Government Issue’s Mad At Myself. The flipside is four tracks from Pisa, Italy’s Orrendo Subotnik. What is lacking in bottom end is made up by the charismatic lead vocalist.
Boston’s Pile is a Post-Punk trio that has been around since 2007. Their eighth album, All Fictionis a dreamlike ten tracks that builds at its own pace, with great vocals and brilliant rhythm section.
An Artist from the UK who makes self-described “machine music” has unleashed an excellent long-player. Neil Campbell’s working name is Astral Social Club. His latest album, Occulticsconsists of five tracks ranging from four to forty minutes. The lead-off track, Tintinnabulum gets the show started with lively rhythm and hypnotic drone. The meditative Sines calms the nerves and engages your sense of focus.
An excellent percussion project crossed my path. POSH SWAT is both the name of the artist and the thirteen-track full length that was released this week by percussionist Ryan Sawyer, fellow percussionist and DJ Andres Renteria and John Dwyer from Thee Oh Sees. Drums!
The lone album from among all my recommendations that you won’t find on BandCamp this week comes from the venerable Classical records label Deutsche Grammaphon (established in 1898). A so-called ‘Classical Crossover’ Artist from Tokyo named Yuki Kojima, under the moniker Yaffle, he has been a go-to Producer for J-Pop Artists, and recently created Music for the Pokémon 25th Anniversary Celebrations. These aren’t exactly comforting credits for Classical Music fans, but After the chaosis not Classical Music. The comparisons ends at its tastefully lush production, and use of strings. Kojima tips his hat more towards Massive Attack’s quieter passages, and singer/songwriters like Damien Rice and Patrick Watson. Lovely.
Oriol Roca is a drummer and bandleader from Spain. He has been recording and performing with his Trio for over twenty years. Their latest album, Live At Jazz Cava, pairs them with Belgian vocalist Lynn Cassiers, for a seven-song set at Barcelona’s Jazz Cava de Vic. It’s dark and moody, with Cassiers’ beautiful and altered voice projecting an air of mystery. The album closes with Carousel, giving all involved a chance to show off their improvisational prowess. Go cats, go!
A seemingly anonymous Electronic Artist, presumably from New Zealand, has released a terrific five-song EP. Cartridge’s Sweetheart EP is thoughtful downtempo music that utilizes a distinct palate and smart production. The digital-only bonus track, Labyrinth will transport you through time and space.
I get to visit the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe for the first time! The great World Music label Real World has released an album of their local style of Music, known as Gwo Ka. Polobi & The Gwo Ka Masters are led by their vocalist Moïse Polobi, and together, on Abri Cyclonique, they conjure mystical rhythms, with call-and-response vocals and Electronic Piano accompaniment that reminds me of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters. Polobi’s voice is entrancing.
A Producer from Compton, California who is an alumni of the classic Project Blowed label has released a transcendent full-length. AshTre Jinkins’ style of Experimental Hip-Hop, as found on his latest MISSION FAILEDis shaded towards the mellow, with curious samples and toit production. Toit!
Stone Filipczak and Victoria Rose are a Singer/Songwriter duo from Baltimore, Maryland. They’ve released their debut album, as @. @ – That’s their band name. While I don’t approve of their name choice, I do approve of the tight harmonies and eccentric melodies on Mind Palace Music. The production is tasteful, with a light organic touch.
My Feature Pick for this week of plenty comes from London, via Portugal. Raquel Martins moved to England when she was 17, and has released her second EP. Empty Flower’s four tracks showcase Raquel’s confident and agile voice on a downtempo bed of tasteful instrumentation. Martins brings her upbringing, steeped in Brazilian Jazz, to play with a subtle hip-hop mentality. I’m itching to hear more.
This week was one of those weeks that makes me wonder if I should post about New Music on a daily basis. But then I remember that I don’t want to. Too much pressure. This is my pleasure, and it will remain so, as long as it doesn’t feel like a chore. When you get weeks like this, that are chock full of yummy goodness, it makes it better to have them all together on the same post. It’s like a Department Store for the deranged, but not like your local Walmart. The harmless kind of deranged. Am I right?
Ok, so fun fact about marmots (groundhogs, woodchucks); they are largely blamed for the spread of both The Black Plague and The Bubonic Plague. I’m not saying that after I christened a new mascot for my blog that I “rescued” a marmot, and we’ve been sharing intimate meals together. I didn’t. We haven’t. I don’t want to talk about NuMu.
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A busy week in New Music, despite being in bed for most of the midweek. And BandCamp Friday came out of nowhere! I’ve been able to find twelve titles to pass on to you. And not my cooties.
The week began at full stride, with a couple of interesting releases that came out on Saturday and Sunday. To start, The Church of Noisy Goat, the great Experimental Label from Brazil released a new EP by Serbian solo artist Lezet. Curds 18is the latest in his Curds series of tracks that were not used in earlier projects. The five Electronic pieces feature skittish beats and plundering synth-bass, in an air of exploration to parts unknown.
Sunday saw the release of a debut EP from a confident and strong new band. Gas Kunst are a trio from Northwich, England. Among the four tracks of this self-titled statement of intent, the band draws inspiration from 60’s Psychedelic Bubblegum, Post Punk and synthy New Wave to create a shining gem.
The Go! Team have released their follow-up to the 2020 album that was my introduction to the Brighton band. Get Up Sequences Part Two picks up from its predecessor with more high-energy danceable fun.
The Psychotic Monks are a quartet from Paris that have been releasing music since 2016. This week they’ve put out their third full-length, Pink Colour Surgery. Angular and concise, until it falls into madness. Yep, madness.
Japan factors into my New Music findings this week, though I haven’t found much in the way of Japanese Hip-Hop that tickled my fancy as of late. What I have found, first-off, is a unique collective of musicians , creating fascinating and original New Sounds. GEZAN is a noted Psych Rock band that has received the endorsement of Japanese legends Acid Mother Temple. They’ve been around since 2010 and their most recent album is 「あのち」(Anochi). It’s billed with A Million Wish Collective, who I assume are a group of like-minded friends and lovers. Brilliant and beautiful chord progressions clash with screamy vocals and trombone, is one of my favourite moments. Tis merely a glimpse into the delicious weirdness.
Also coming from Tokyo is a group of a very different sort to their neighbours. of Tropique are a Dance Jazz Band, led by the exciting clarinet of Teppei Kondo. Their debut album, Buster Goes West, is an eclectic mix of styles, tempos and templates that has me sipping daiquiris at My Imaginary Oceanside Nightclub.
Perhaps that was a little too “Jazzy” for your tastes, so we’ll just have to head south to Australia to see what Rock’s been cookin’. From Melbourne we find a nameless Musician who has released a new EP. Synthetic Soupis the five-track product of the very nerdilly-named Rhizome and the Flavinoids. Freak Out Post-Punk with Synth Effects and quirky melodies got Zappa rocking with David Byrne to dangerous consequences. Probably.
My Rock-dar found a large deposit of the mineral in Dublin, Ireland. A five-piece with the unwieldy name M(h)aol has released a terrific album. Attachment Styles features creaky electric guitars and plain-spoken vocals to full effect.
My BandCamp Wishlist paid off in buckets this BandCamp Friday, with most of the eleven titles sitting there making the grade. On Tuesday I spotlightedYoung Fathers without even being aware that they are past winner of UK’s Mercury Prize (in 2018). Will Heavy Heavy win the 2023 New Music Jason Prize? Too soon to say, but I’m loving the energy, the production, and the whole Future Soul feel.
Gavsborg is from Kingston, Jamaica, but he is based in Berlin. He is a Producer, multi-instrumentalist and label head. His One Hour Service is the first in a new Cassette series featuring different Producers, with the boss leading the way. Gavsborg’s ear for odd rhythms and catchy glitch is yummy.
And we return now to London, because I forgot my driving gloves. Also, I forgot that trumpeter, composer and bandleader Nick Walters has released a beautiful new album. Padmãsanais seven lovely tracks featuring Walters’ trumpet and synth, and grand flute from Tenderlonious. Chill beats with a nod to The East.
Lest The United States of Hysteria thought I had enacted a boycott of their country, I did in fact find something of note for which to wave your flags. Representing Brooklyn, A.M. Frisson is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who records and performs as Coultrain. Active since 2008, he has just released the self-produced MUNDUS. Taking tips from Stevie Wonder, Coultrain looks within, with eccentric musical leaps. The lowkey banger THE UNKNWBLS is my jam for the moment, and the album is my Feature Pick for this week.
Well, that was a journey. I’m a little winded, yet enervated by all this musical bounty. I’ll be over here doing bellyflops off the diving board into all the beauty.
I hope you are finding joy in your life. It’s too short to miss out.
The Winter cold has set in for the season. If anyone’s asking I’m none too thrilled, despite it being euphemistically referred to as “crisp”, and “refreshing,” by well-meaning idiots. I try to remember kindness but it’s going to be a long season.
The New Music continues to flow despite the temperature, but you can start to feel the holiday break coming, given the quantity of releases this week. I was able to find another nine great new additions to my life.
We’ll begin our weekly trek in Japan, because it has been a minute since I’ve encountered some quality Japanese Hip-Hop. Sudare is a DJ and Producer from Tokyo. His nine-track, 19-minute ep Farmer is mostly downtempo and instrumental, with heavy doses of glitch.
Sudare – Trace
Daniel Bachman is a musician and scholar from the US who has been recording for over the past decade. His work is an exploration of the parameters of folk guitar with droning effect. His latest album, Almanac Behind is an abstract study on Climate Change. Through the artist’s use of field recordings, meteorological reports, and menacing banjo, you are transported through melancholic scenes of forest fire carnage, the winds, the rains, and the awful silence.
This week brings another terrific release from Brazil’s experimental label The Church Of Noisy Goat. An Electronic Artist from Italy has just released his first album. Luca Ferro’s Bothub (Not For Human Ears) is a beautiful ten tracks that showcase Ferro’s inventive compositions with brilliant sparse production.
I’m starting to notice the consistently high quality work coming from a label based in Uganda. Nyege Nyege Tapes. In this past year, I’ve found wonderful music from DJ Travella, Phelimuncasi, and most recentlyLady Aicha, all released on this label, and I’m happy to have found another. Jesse Hackett is a musician from London who records as Metal Preyers. His style of Electronic Music, as featured on his full-length Shadow Swamps is a swirling, uneven kaleidoscope of samples, orchestral shock and pulsing bass.
Also from London this week is a quartet that features the bassist Ruth Goller, who’s solo album I quite enjoyed last year. Let Spin has been active for over a decade, and their latest album, Thick As Thieves, is an eclectic and grand trip through jazz, punk, and improvisational whatsit.
Before we finish our layover in London, we have to pick up this new DJ Yoda album. Prom Nite is packed with guest vocalists, including Jamie Cullum, Lily James, and Homeboy Sandman and is a great party record.
Gorilla Mask is a trio of musicians led by saxophonist Peter Van Huffel. Based in Berlin, they have been performing and recording together since 2009. Their fifth full-length Mind Raid is the sound of a band stretching out, while conjuring vibrations of tonal bliss. The drums of Rudi Fischerlehner and bass of Roland Fidezius work together as if joined.
As I teased on Tuesday my Trip Hop bones were getting massaged by the pre-release singles released by Move 78. The German band’s new release, Automated Improvisation, is eight tracks flush with Hip Hop production, Jazz grooves, and Classical instrumentation. Next level cool.
I have a love/hate relationship with Singer-Songwriters. Among the first Music that truly won my heart are artists like Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, and Van Morrison. I still love them, but I don’t need to hear 12,000 copycats, who have nothing interesting to record, and less to say. My Feature Pick for this week breaks that mold. Kilynn Lunsford is a Singer-Songwriter from New York. Her inspirations don’t list the artists mentioned above, but they are more firmly based in Throbbing Gristle and Diamanda Galas. Her debut solo album, Custodians of Human Succession is a bedroom production. You haven’t heard anything like this today, I guarantee.
Since my embrace of BandCamp this past couple of years, my musical intake has erupted to such a great amount that I sometimes find it difficult to keep up. But then I remember that I will never be able to hear everything that’s available to everyone with a wifi connection. There is more Music released than there is time to listen to it. It is an embarrassment of riches.
Just like my man Slick Rick. Ask your grandparents. Photo Credit: Janette Beckman
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve had less than ten New Releases to recommended in a given week. The eight that I’ve discovered that suit my tastes span both the globe and the imagination, so let’s get right down to it.
A five-track ep by a band from Nashville was first out of the gate this week. Snooper was started around the beginning of the pandemic by Connor Cummins, and audio/visual artist Blair Tramel. They’ve released a series of eps, and their latest, Town Topic, is frenetic and charmingly quirky. The angular attack of Devo with Electronic weirdness is a fun addition to my life, and I yearn to see them live.
Score is the musical alias for Electronic Producer Chris Tate, from England. His latest album Now Here is a leisurely journey in sound, with no thought to genre. It is atmospheric, droning, and soothing. Currently in heavy rotation in the Chill-Out Room at My Imaginary Nightclub.
Another great release from Brazil’s Experimental Label The Church Of Noisy Goat has entered my life. It’s a collaboration between Austrian Electronic duo Afghanistan Mon Amour and DC poet and MC, Black Saturn, that has been remixed by Las Vegas DJ, Gzilla. Afghanistan Mon Amour Black Saturn Collab & Gzilla Remix is two tracks with dreamlike, entrancing Production, and Saturn’s clever rhymes.
Back at the end of November in 2021, I discovered an underground Punk Band from Hong Kong called The Offset: Spectacles. The only problem was that their lone album was released in 2011. Not exactly New Music, but I justified adding it to my New Music Playlist because it was new to me, and it was so fresh and exciting.
I mention this because I’ve discovered an eccentric artist from Japan that has really blown me away. Syoichi Miyazawa is a singer/songwriter who came to Tokyo in 1978 to go to University, and formed The Rabbits in 1982. They released a string of cassettes and played to puzzled audiences in Japan for two years, then disappeared. A new self-titled full-length compiles ten of their (presumably) best tracks. It sounds like a jarring combination of Syd Barrett and John Lydon fronting a Post-Punk Beatles Freakout. Hell yeah, it’s New Music. It was just locked in a time capsule for forty years.
Real World Records is a label that was created by Peter Gabriel back in The 1980’s, and was an influential reason that World Music became globally recognized. They continue to release groundbreaking music this week with US-born, Indian-raised percussionist and composer Sarathy Korwar’s KALAK. The eleven-track Full Length is steeped in South Asian Culture and Instrumentation, with gorgeous club-ready production from Photay. Tamar Osborn features on flute and saxophone.
A band from Tucson, Arizona that has been active for over ten years has finally caught my attention. Lenguas Largas has a unique take on Punk. On their new album “Is This Still Laughing Hyenas?” incorporates synths and guitar stabs with psychedelic mindfucks. Technically speaking.
It pleases me to no end to add New a music to my life from Brooklyn MC Homeboy Sandman. Sand has been busy, with an ep that was produced by Aesop Rock just over a year ago, and another ep produced by Illingsworth back in February. A Full-Length release of leftover tracks from sessions that were doomed for one reason or another, I Can’t Sell These, was also released back in June. He’s just put out a new LP, and he’s chosen a terrific producer, Deca, to turn the knobs. I recommended Deca’s album back in May and he’s providing the heat for Still Champion. Sandman’s style of flow borders with scat singing, with its rhythm-play and tonal contrast. If I had to name one MC in the game today…
This past Tuesday I highlighted a New Release pulled from my BandCampWishlist that I was unsure of. The Cool Greenhouse began as the solo project of London’s Tom Greenhouse, and has since evolved into a living, breathing band. Greenhouse started recording in 2018 and soon caught the attention of cool Baby Boomer Henry Rollins. The second full-length release, Sod’s Toastie, is the first to incorporate the full band and the first to land on my ears. Greenhouse’s vocal delivery is mostly plain-spoken, spinning sublime tales of ordinary madness. The band is creative and free, with a quirky Pop aesthetic. Did I mention that it is my Feature Pick for this week?
I hope you’re enjoying what you’re listening to. Remember to pace yourself, and drink lots of fluids. You need to take care of yourself. I care about you. Have a great weekend!
It’s been a wonderful week for New Music to end the month. Though none will be bothering Taylor Swift in terms of sales, those with more discerning tastes have much on which to feed.
I, myself, have come up with a whopping thirteen titles that I’ve added to my life this week. I shall lay them out before you as follows, for your enjoyment.
In lack of a Single to start the week, let’s begin in Ecuador for some joyous and hopeful sounds. Mala Fama is an Indigenous Sound Artist from the northern Andean region. Jichushka is his debut album, and through its eleven tracks, he explores multiple styles, both traditional and modern. Guest vocalists dot the beautiful landscape.
Trevor Dunn is a bassist for many different projects, based in Brooklyn, NY. His latest release is by Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant avec Folie à Quatre. It features Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Ches Smith on Drums and percussion. The are joined by a string quartet, and the resultant Sèances is seven sublime tracks filled with unexpected turns.
Hakeem Lapointe is an artist and musician based in Montreal. As Amselysen, they have released their second album, Organe Solare. It is a solo affair, wherein Lapointe performs poetry to Electronic production. Varying styles and ear-prickling Aural Candy make it a compelling listen.
Brazil’s The Church Of Noisy Goat is a Music Label that has been releasing albums to BandCamp on a daily basis, by a number of artists that span the globe. While I can’t endorse every album they release, one of the artists that released an album on this label just last month is already back with another scintillating set of satisfying soundplay. Frank Is A Dadaist is the latest full-length release from Brazil’s Antoine Trauma. Three tracks, spanning over thirty minutes, of Electronic Noise, samples, music boxes, cuckoo clocks, and Fantasy.
HASAMI Group is an Electronic band, who’s career spans over 30 years. I know nothing about them, other than their country of origin (Japan), and that the title of their 21st album, パルコの消滅, translates as “The Disappearance of PARCO.” Tricky synth parts and lush production make this a fun and intriguing listen.
Mello Music Group, the fantastic Rap label and collective, has put out a new album by producer L’Orange and MC Solemn Brigham. It is their third collaboration as Marlowe, and Marlowe 3 is Hip Hop at its finest. North Carolina represent!
After an absence of a few weeks, Australia makes its return to my consciousness in the only way it seems to know how; by rocking my world. A solo artist from Sydney named Angus Lewis records lo-fi DIY Punk with trippy production elements, as Daughter Bat and the Lip Stings. His four-song ep, Down bad, is fire (as the kids say), and quite unlike what I’ve heard before.
Lest the Colonizing homeland be left out, I came upon a quartet from London who’ve released their debut album. Ghost Car’s eleven-track Truly Trash is curious synth punk, filled with smart singalong lyrics that make a stand.
Also from London, but riding a very different wave, is solo Artist Will Dorey. As Skinshape, Dorey has been making and releasing dreamy Electronic Music with a Trip Hop bent since 2014. His new album, Nostalgia, is a beautifully orchestral Production, with dynamic leaps and falls.
Wrapping up our visit to London, we have an artist that I’ve seen previous work from, and was hoping that I would enjoy what he has to offer for himself. Fred Again… is multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Fred Gibson. I enjoyed his remix that he did for Britney Howard last year. He’s just released another in his Actual Life series, titled Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022). Destination: Dance Floor.
A strange band from Amsterdam also crossed my path this week. A Family Band, calling themselves The Mauskovic Dance Band, has released their second album. Bukaroo Bank is twelve tracks of high-energy party music, with exceptional bass work and percussion.
An artist that I teased on Tuesday came through with a fantastic album this week. Nosaj Thing is LA’s Jason Chung. His fifth album, Continua, is Electronic Music, both pensive and head-nodding. It features guest appearances from Juliana Barwick, serpentwithfeet, and Pink Siifu. Thoughtful mood music.
I’m sticking around the American West Coast for my Feature Pick this week. Katy Davidson is a singer and songwriter from Joshua Tree, California. Her band, Dear Nora, has been active since 1999, and their newest album, human futures, is filled with beautiful and unique melodies. The production is the tasty delicate touch of a sure and steady hand. And I have a whole career’s worth of music to look back at!
Do I discern that you made it this far? I couldn’t be happier. We’ve got some great stuff here to sink our incisors into, with complete aural satisfaction guaranteed!
Don’t forget this Sunday (10/30), for Jason’s New Music Heroes, Chapter Eight – Thelonious Monk.
Take good care of yourself, and make sure to be kind to others!
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