singer-songwriter

  • Austrian singer-songwriter Soap&Skin drops a new 7″ of emotionally potent tracks that should hold fans over until something more lengthy comes along. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • art pop

    Singer-songwriter Jenny Hval has a sharp, interesting voice that is equally matched by the odd beauty of the music she surrounds herself with. This adventurous personality Hval’s got was also on display through the track I previously posted on this blog, “I Called,” which is much noisier. In contrast,

  • 2013

    James Blake drops some visuals for the track “Voyeur,” and kills two birds with one stone by promoting his new album, Overgrown, which is dropping on April 8th; plus, the dude is bringing more visibility to the label he’s trying to put together, 1-800-Dinosuar. The song itself follows a

  • 2013

    On the Drones’ latest release, the band is working with some of their longest and most emotive songs yet. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    With a past that includes being the lead guitarist of UK indie rock band The Coral and later a film score composer, Bill Ryder-Jones isn’t exactly new to the music scene. His next album, however, feels like a debut in some senses, for although it is technically his second

  • acoustic

    Truth be told, I wasn’t really a huge fan of the last Kurt Vile record; however, I think the few tracks he’s dropped thus far from his forthcoming LP, Walkin On A Pretty Daze, have been pretty sweet on the ears. Less meandering, more substance, but still maintaining

  • 420 love songs (second 40) by obama You may remember that about a month ago we posted the first 40 in what a collective of underground musicians are hoping will be 420 love songs. This time, the project has expanded to make room for a lot of new faces; bringing

  • 2013

    Austrian singer-songwriter Soap&Skin drops a new video in promotion for her latest single, which comes on the tail of an intense and forlorn sophomore album that I loved last year. “Sugarbread” features the same vocal stylings, but it’s incredibly heavy with organ and orchestral hits of brass

  • I won’t say Push The Sky Away is Nick Cave’s darkest album yet, but it’s easily one of his most depressing–so much so that Cave himself seems too shaken to engage his listeners with the same emotional potency he usually does. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    Hinterkaifeck by Giles Corey Giles Corey is a the mysterious and atmospheric singer-songwriter project of Connecticut multi-instrumentalist and Enemies List owner Dan Barrett. Y’all may remember me loving his debut outing under this particular pseudonym, but I’ve been a fan of Dan’s unpredictable work flow for a