With Te Whare Tīwekaweka, Marlon Williams turns to the Māori tongue of his ancestors for inspiration. In nurturing his cultural and spiritual ties, Williams has found a way into his most expansive and majestic album yet.
Ahead of next month’s tour, watch Toby Hay and Aidan Thorne perform a track from their album ‘after a pause’ – music of sharply defined brilliance, brimming with consideration for the spirit of collaboration and the natural world.
Delivered with eloquence, fire and an impressive eye for poetic detail, Lonnie Holley’s ‘Tonky’ is a work of multitudes. It follows unlikely trails, expands on themes other artists would pass over, and invites a depth of thought and engagement rarely found in contemporary music.
Asthmatic Kitty announces a 10th Anniversary Edition of Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell. The double-LP, out on May 30th, features seven previously unreleased bonus tracks and a 40-page Booklet. Listen to the previously unreleased “Mystery of Love (Demo)”.
Two decades after their initial foray into Zimbabwean music, Analog Africa revisits the fertile grounds where their crate-digging journey commenced with “Roots Rocking Zimbabwe – The Modern Sound of Harare’ Townships 1975-1980”.
Musically, lyrically and thematically, a fire rages through the Brown Horse’s sophomore album, All The Right Weaknesses. It’s a stupendous follow-up that should see it easily featured on many year-end best-of lists.
Another Monday Morning Brew Playlist ft. Mairi Morrison & Alasdair Roberts, Alfi, Spitzer Space Telescope, Stranded Horse & Boubacar Cissokho, Matmos, Dana Gavanski, Eyedress & Matt Sweeney, Creekbed Carter Hogan and more.
To celebrate World Piano Day (March 29th), Georgia Ruth is releasing ‘Cooler Head’ today, a companion EP to her celebrated 2024 album Cool Head. Watch Georgia recording the tracks live and read her exclusive Track-by-Track.
With lightness and an ear for a concise and cutting phrase, Clara Mann alchemises her experience into a universal emotional reaction on ‘Rift’. In the space of a debut, she has gone from ‘one to watch’ to one of the best songwriters in the country.
‘no floor’ is more eaze & claire rousay’s most organic and free-flowing record to date. With not a wasted note to be heard, it’s full of ideas, using the collage form to its full potential; an impeccably crafted album and highly recommended.
Taken from their forthcoming album Remscéla, London-based duo Milkweed share the video for their latest single ‘The Pangs Of Ulster’ that tells of a curse that incapacitated the men of Ulster with the same pain felt by women in labour.
Taken from his latest album, End of the Middle, Richard Dawson shares the video for his unashamedly sentimental album finale ‘More than Real’. “There’s no holding it back,” admits Dawson. “It’s quite glorious, hopeful – and terribly sad.”
