Tara Clerkin’s ‘Hello’ is deeply steeped in lo-fi counterculture, it appeals to the analog audiophile or the music lover with a sixth sense for the production experimentation that embodied recordings of the psychedelic era.
Our Song of the Day comes from Vienna-based band DAWA who release their “Put It Away Remixes” EP tomorrow (16th June) via Las Vegas Records. Some of their influences are José Gonzalez, Junip, Fink and Santana. Take a listen.
Recorded in two days immediately following the completion of Buena Vista Social Club with many of the same musicians, ‘Introducing….Rubén González’ now gets a welcome reissue on double 180gm vinyl.
After a successful album debut in 2015, Threaded return with ‘Fair Winds and Following Seas’… Enjoying the album is “like an evening spent at the best of dances among the best of company – you leave feeling fresh, elated, and eager for more.”
This week Aguirre Records release Terry Riley’s Persian Surgery Dervishes, available again on vinyl (double LP) for the first time since the 70s. The release features two live performances, one recorded in Los Angeles and the other in Paris.
Our Song of the Day is ‘Fine Horseman’ from Lal and Mike Waterson’s 1972 folk-noir masterpiece Bright Phoebus which will be reissued by Domino on August 4th including a deluxe version containing 12 demos for the album.
While The Burying Ground may be devoted to the precious music of a long gone golden era, they still have an awful lot to offer the present and future, as music this good is evidently timeless.
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan announce news of Chori Chori Remixes EP which will be released on June 24th. Listen to the remix of ‘Chori Chori’ by Irish alt-folk and electronica alchemist Seamus Fogarty.
What is perhaps most impressive about Peasant is the way it invents and develops – seemingly with ease – a world, an entirely new ancient landscape that has its own musical language. Richard Dawson has created a genuinely outstanding and astounding work of art.
Three years on, Luke Tuchscherer returns with Always Be True, a more sonically fleshed out affair that, as the press release notes, comes with echoes of Uncle Tupelo, Tom Petty and Steve Earle.
After his critically acclaimed debut album under the moniker Det Stora Monstret (2014), singer-songwriter Jacob Johansson returns with a brand-new venture to sit alongside it: Mount Song. Watch the latest video Here it Goes.
With Oumou Sangaré’s mesmerising vocals, irresistible beats, and soulful social justice commentary, Mogoya is an album to continually return to for strength and celebration.
