singer-songwriter
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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
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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
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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
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On her latest installment of tracks–which were formulated at the time of 2008’s Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill–multi-instrumentalist Liz Harris brings another collection of ambient-style folk tracks that are opaque, shadowy, and extremely emotive. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Lo-fi rock project Dirty Beaches, a.k.a. the solo endeavor of Taiwanese musician Alex Zhang Hungtai, had its breakthrough in 2011 with Badlands, a brief exercise in dirtily recorded indie rock that filters influences from old styles through an odd, hazy lens. Many modern rock acts adopt the “lo-fi”
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Right here, you can find a pre-order page for the forthcoming Soap&Skin 7″, which looks like it’s going to feature three new tracks from the Austrian singer-songwriter. Though it was a short release, Soap&Skin’s Narrow still towers as one of my favorite albums of
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On their sophomore full-length, New York’s Buke and Gase continue fine-tuning their unique combination of noise pop, folk, and indie rock with loads of strangely idiosyncratic melodies and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Quiet go round by Tori Tori Bird Quiet Go Round is the latest release from Tori Tori Bird. It was dropped back in December of last year, and features a number of lovely attributes: Oddly beautiful female vocals, wonderful piano playing, and a generally mysterious aura that keeps things feeling
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Oh, hey, it’s a new track from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ next album! I’m down! A lot like the last track Nick and his band dropped from this forthcoming album, Push the Sky Away, “Jubilee Street” is somewhat subtle and restrained. However, the track still brings
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Hit play on the widget above, and you’ll be hearing the latest full-length effort from Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Daphne Lee Martin. I was featured with Daphne on an episode of Where We Live recently, and that’s how I caught on to her latest release, and lemme tell you it’