California rockers The Great Escape – most recently featured with their new album Universe in Bloom and brass-y opener “Let Me Go Wild” – take a successful stab at a holiday song.
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Swiss musician Yvan Poisson produces abstract, minimalist trip-hop throughout his atmospheric new EP Blind Experiment. The seven tracks do well in crafting their own worlds, ranging from the brass-laden call-and-response patterns of
Brooklyn-based Blakeley successfully showed her vein of “electronic rockabilly” on the October featuring of “Caffeine & Nicotine”, showing a great variety between bubblegum-pop hooks and alt-rock-geared verses. Blakeley again shows her versatility
A perfect antidote (or lush accompaniment) to the Monday blues, Oh Genius’ latest track “I Still Think About” – featuring the angelic vocal stylings of AKACIA and a guitar outro by Rob
Zenzero is a post-electronic duo comprised of Tim Kellett (Durutti Column, Simply Red, Olive) and Rosie Doonan (Birdie, Peter Gabriel), crafting a soulful and atmospheric vein of music that quickly captivates. Such
Norwegian act Remedies impressed this past September with “High as the Moon“. The project – consisting of Tor Erik Krane Ursin and Sigrid Ryan – pursues a more elegant, understated vein on
British singer/songwriter DANiCA HUNTER takes on a unique, chilled-out vein of pop with her soulful vocal croon, jazz-laden guitar progressions, and electronic flourishes. Having played at the Reading & Leeds Festival on
Featuring a vibrant hook with fervent brass and guitar, “No one else Just you and me” is another success from Rex Wang, who impressed with the autobiographical gem “Rexhits” a few months
New Albums
Following a career as an industrial rock vocalist, Tokyo-based Yuichi Nishikawa pivoted to composition after a vocal disorder, eventually scoring over 50
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Founded by Ed Silva in 2007, the project Cries of Redemption serves up two decades of unreleased material on the LP Patterns.
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County Durham quintet The Casbahs channel decades of British guitar-rock heritage into their excellent sophomore album, Peasants of the Show. Recorded at
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San Francisco-based collective Wreckless Strangers continues their “Ameri-Cali Soul” stylishness with Dirty Souls, a six-song EP produced by four-time Grammy winner Dave
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