MARK LANEGAN - Bleed All Over
Straight Songs Of Sorrow is the semi-companion album to the singer’sunflinching memoir Sing Backwards And Weep, and“Bleed AllOver” is a highlight, mixing electronic beats with acoustic guitarand, of course, Lanegan’s indelible, magnetic voice.
I BREAK HORSES - Silence
Maria Linden is about to release Warnings, her first album in six years, inspired by watching her
Maria Linden is about to release Warnings, her first album in six years, inspired by watching her
favourite films with the sound muted. However the process worked, it was a fruitful one, producing woozy, synth-heavy shoegaze such as this.
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS (I Want To Join A) Biker Gang
Stephin Merritt can be relied upon to pack more wit into two minutes than most songwriters manage in an album, as proved by his new five-EP boxset of short songs, Quickies. Here, we find him subverting the stereotypes of the motorbike gang: “I will be known henceforth as Fang…”
Stephin Merritt can be relied upon to pack more wit into two minutes than most songwriters manage in an album, as proved by his new five-EP boxset of short songs, Quickies. Here, we find him subverting the stereotypes of the motorbike gang: “I will be known henceforth as Fang…”
DAMIEN JURADO - Arthur Aware
What’s New, Tomboy? is reviewed on p33, and it finds the Seattle artist, together with producer and bassist Josh Gordon, taking on new influences – including The Beatles – and refining his introspective
songwriting further.
What’s New, Tomboy? is reviewed on p33, and it finds the Seattle artist, together with producer and bassist Josh Gordon, taking on new influences – including The Beatles – and refining his introspective
songwriting further.
WILLIAM TYLER - A Closing
The final track on Music From First Cow, themaster guitarist’s soundtrack to Kelly Reichardt’s new film, is ameditative delight. Tyler’s evocative acoustic guitar is slowly joinedby other stringed instruments as itbuilds and then, beautifully, fades.
The final track on Music From First Cow, themaster guitarist’s soundtrack to Kelly Reichardt’s new film, is ameditative delight. Tyler’s evocative acoustic guitar is slowly joinedby other stringed instruments as itbuilds and then, beautifully, fades.
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