Multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and producer Cosmo Sheldrake, described as a “musical visionary” by The Telegraph is concerned with improvisation and the sonorous environment. Having released his debut album on Transgressive in 2001, he has since had his song “Come Along” feature in an advertisement for Apple’s iPhone subsequently charting in the Digital Songs chart and… Read more »
Lucy Rose has gradually become one of the most respected and influential of the new generation of UK artists. In 2011 her trio of self-released singles – ‘Middle Of The Bed’, ‘Scar’ and ‘Redface’ – invented their own world of uniquely emotive post-acoustic pop, and her debut album ‘Like I Used To’ beautifully mined her… Read more »
Rather than an ordinary show, ‘La Colonie de Vacances’ is a proper live creation that reunites 4 bands, Pneu, Electric Electric, Papier Tigre and Marvin.Together, they’ve imagined a project based on a quadraphonic sound system which puts the audience in the center of a musical ping-pong game played by two, three or four teams. Attendees find… Read more »
Hailed by critics as “the most significant band Miami has produced in years” (Miami Herald) and loved for their sweat-soaked brand of melty garage rock, Jacuzzi Boys – Gabriel Alcala (guitar/vox), Diego Monasterios (drums), and Danny Gonzales (bass) – have released three full-length records since their humble beginnings in 2007.
Bunny is a stunning evolution of Beach Fossils’ sound throughout the years, pulling elements from the jangly melancholy of What a Pleasure, the lush arrangements of Somersault and the gritty, post-punk inspired tracks from Clash the Truth. The record has Dustin Payseur’s most vulnerable lyrics by far. He’s pushed himself to be honest and give… Read more »
Close to five years on from their last transmission, Ulrika Spacek resurface from self-imposed exile with their third album, Compact Trauma, a collection of songs that function as a chance treatise of sorts for our current collective condition. With a title like that arriving at this point in time, it’s tempting to interpret the record… Read more »
The Parrots have played across Europe, the US and Central America – packed nights at the Shacklewell Arms and chelada-fuelled lunchtime showcases at SXSW, raucous gigs of elemental garage noise, feelgood ferocity and many, many stage invasions (“Everybody else gets very motivated when they see us play,” says frontman Diego). After three years and half… Read more »
Sonny & the Sunsets are a beautiful west coast thing. Birthed from the sand, the surf, and twilight campfires down in Ocean Beach, Sonny & the Sunsets’ busted beach-pop songs spark recollections of doo wop’s otherworldly despair, a dose of goofball humor from the Michael Hurley school, and positive possibilities exuded by Jonathan Richman. Helmed… Read more »
Frankie Cosmos’ latest album ‘Close It Quietly’ is a continual reframing of the known. It’s like giving yourself a haircut or rearranging your room. You know your hair. You know your room. Here’s the same hair, the same room, seen again as something new. Close It Quietly takes the trademark Frankie Cosmos micro-universe and upends… Read more »
Cavern Of Anti-Matter are the new band from Stereolab mainman Tim Gane, now Berlin-based and collaborating with original Stereolab drummer Joe Dilworth, and synth wizard Holger Zapf. “Void Beats / Invocation Trex” is their first album proper following limited edition vinyl releases on Grautag, Deep Distance, Peripheral Conserve and Associated Electronic Recordings. It features contributions from… Read more »