Watch Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts performing ‘Màiri nighean Dòmhnaill’, the opening track of their new album ‘Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia’, out now on Drag City.
Following their 2012 debut, Màiri Morrison and Alasdair Roberts reunite on ‘Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia’. It’s a beautiful and glimmering album on which they also demonstrate how to wring intense emotions from the most minimal of ingredients.
When Bitchin Bajas and Natural Information Society get together, a singular kind of magic emerges that epitomises the creative spirit of the Chicago scene but is nevertheless unique. ‘Totality’ is the fullest possible rendering of that magic and an essential piece of work.
Experimental, trippy, fiercely creative and quite mesmerising, Whitney Johnson & Lia Kohl’s ‘For Translucence’ is a tricky album to pin down, but you’ll be glad you gave it the time and space to reveal itself.
Are Possible, the first full album from the trio Nathan Bowles, Rex McMurray and Casey Toll, is an outstanding slow burner of an album that benefits from repeated listens to unearth its intricate melodic details, phrases, time signatures and rhythmic shifts.
Taken from his new album Locust Land, Bill MacKay shares his second single, ‘Glow Drift’, on which he locks into a relatable psychedelic groove with Mikel Patrick Avery and Sam Wagster. Intelligence and imagination are the order of the day for these sonic explorers.
Our song of the day is Jim Woehrle & Michael Yonkers – Borders of My Mind. The title track of the latest reissue from Drag City celebrating the work of Yonkers…If you like The Fuggs & ISB you’ll love it!
Bill Callahan has released a new video for Small Plane taken from his latest LP/CD “Dream River”. It features a silent movie in which Bill plays a tyrant factory manager.
