Morning Improvisations / Evening Abstractions, the debut collaboration from Elijah McLaughlin and Caleb Willitz’s, is so packed with creative ideas and endeavours that it defies you to switch off from it for a moment. It’s an ace, energising recording that has something for everyone.
With ‘Days of Shaking,’ M G Boulter takes a deep dive into the darkest corners and the toughest dreams and nightmares that visit during those nocturnal hours. Aiming high, he has taken time to create a full-length work that demands and rewards deep immersion.
Glookies Guit, D.C Cross’s latest offering, encourages deciphering of song titles and deep listening. A musically rich acoustic guitar album of both depth and character, it’s undoubtedly his most accomplished work to date.
Our Song of the Day is Kate Young’s ‘Mountain’, the first single from her new album Umbelliferæ. Watch the stunning video accompanying the single, which she made and co-directed with Ruth Barrie at Waltzer Films.
“Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free” eclipses the already high standard of their previous two albums and demonstrates the value of genuine improvisation in popular music and the unique natural chemistry at the heart of Bonny Light Horseman.
Watch the video for “In the Merry Month of May”, taken from the final studio recording of the late, great Tony Conrad, and the first duo release with Jennifer Walshe, one of Conrad’s most important collaborators in the final decade of his life.
Drag City are to reissue California Sigh, the 1988 solo album from guitarist Lee Underwood who featured on many Tim Buckley albums. Watch the visualiser for the first single “Quietude Oasis”.
Lyon’s L’Étrangleuse release their new album, Ambiance Argile, this Friday. Watch their latest video for Le remède on which their intuitive interplay makes their sound surprisingly diverse and deeply engaging.
With ‘The Wind’, Ann Annie explores the notions of what ambient music can portray, creating wafts of colour that tug and occasionally tear at the fabric of life…finding ways to take you places you might never have found otherwise.
Following the release of their new album ‘Rain on the Road’, Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements dig through some of their favourite Thrill Jockey albums. They are touring the UK in September 2024.
L’Etrangleuse’s Ambiance Argile is a richly hypnotic album filled with raw energy. It touches on folk, DIY punk, postpunk, krautrock, and electric desert blues, and the rapport and connection between musicians belie their relatively short existence as a quartet.
The Staples Jr. Singers share their new single and video, “I’ve Got A Feeling,” ahead of the release of Searching (their first new album in nearly 50 years) and their European Tour.
