As Ride were working on their excellent new record, the quartet realised they had now been a band longer in their second phase than their original incarnation had lasted. When Andy Bell, Laurence “Loz” Colbert, Mark Gardener and Steve Queralt reunited in 2015, it was with a desire to re-conjure the musical alchemy that had… Read more »
Loverman is the solo project of Anglo-Belgian artist James de Graef. On his debut record – simply titled “Lovesongs” – the deep-voiced songwriter reveals himself in a minimalist formula, where the guitar accompanies his twilight poetry. Following in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, Loverman evolves in a world of chiaroscuro, and delivers… Read more »
Good Morning are a band from Melbourne, Australia. Formed as a recording project in 2014 by Stefan Blair and Liam Parsons, the band’s presence in their lives has expanded slowly but surely over the better part of a decade. Due in part to a few strokes of luck, and a mysteriously unflinching desire to write… Read more »
When Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mali Velasquez traded her Texas panhandle home for the verdant foothills of Tennessee, she did so with a newfound perspective that mirrored her environment, culminating in the lushly raw edge of her folk-rooted indie rock. Wistfully openhearted and incisive, Velasquez tips the fulcrum between reflection and remedy with melody-forward unction and lyrical… Read more »
KARI FAUX is an American rapper/singer based out of Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2014, Faux released her debut mixtape, Laugh Now, Die Later, which had been received well from critics, landing a spot on Pitchfork’s “Most Overlooked Mixtapes of 2014. The EP would most notably gain the attention of rapper Donald Glover, also known as… Read more »
For The Nude Party, nearly a decade has flown by in the blink of an eye. In that time, the New York-based band has released a pair of well-received albums, an EP, and played countless shows. Prior to the pandemic, the band was really starting to hit its stride. They had a system in place… Read more »
Some things never go out of style. Emerging from the London punk scene with a high energy blend of Oi! hooks and hardcore stomp, The Chisel have a sound that’s as timeless as it is exhilarating. Now on their sophomore album, What A Fucking Nightmare, the band somehow cranks the dial further into the red… Read more »
Chanel Beads started as a name for Shane Lavers to organize his voice memos, collages and experiments in songwriting. After playing house shows in different formations around Seattle, Shane and his collaborator Maya McGrory moved to New York. The music blends real and synthetic instrumentation that blur the lines of genre and aims for something… Read more »
Having recently sold out both Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Berlin’s Philhamonie concert halls, B O D I E S show no signs of slowing down. The Berlin-based 8-piece vocal ensemble’s concerts are touching, adventurous and above all transcendent. Featuring eight exceptional voices and no instruments, B O D I E S deliver a performance about what… Read more »