Grabar aquellas hermosas melodías terminaron por hastiarlos. Un buen día prefirieron dejarlo todo y comenzar a experimentar. Quitemos las cuerdas y ensayemos con el blues, dejemos de imitar a Nick Drake y busquemos refugio en la Motown, a partir de ahora jugaremos a ser negros, quizás fueron sus consignas cuando decidieron de ser la mejor [...]

James Blackshaw Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death [Important; 2012] by Matthew Phillips Rating: Mysticism in its myriad forms boils down to a set of techniques that assist one in a process toward an ultimate goal: absolution, divinity, enlightenment, etc. One such technique that finds purchase across most traditions is repetition, sometimes in the form of a mantra, whispered ad infinitum , or a rosary, a prayer that involves a repeated motion but fixed form. James Blackshaw’s rippling flows of guitar and piano most commonly take this second structure. Love is the Plan, The Plan is Death , perhaps ...

With Song of Love, Berkeley-based singer-songwriter Steven Emerson’s long-awaited second solo release, you hear the somber quietude of Nick Drake, the acoustic alchemy of Iron and Wine, the soulful accumen of Van Morrison and just a touch of the goofball humor of Andrew Bird. Best known for his work in the 1980s with the post-punk band True West (they opened [...]

Dimenticatevi quasi del tutto di Nick Drake, dimenticatevi delle soffici ballate notturne al sapor… Black Eyed Dog – Too Many Late Nights pubblicato su Indie For BUNNIES

It is the delicate nature of Justin Ringle’s voice that creates space for the music of his music collective, Horse Feathers, whose fingerpicked guitars, building tracks and potent material has drawn comparisons to Nick Drake and Foxes">Fleet Foxes. We caught up with Ringle to discuss his latest album, the baroque-pop-filled Cynic’s New Year, which was released last month through Kill Rock Stars. Ringle brought us up to speed on the album’s themes, the set of collaborators featured on the album and Portland’s influence on his music....

Llevábamos años intentando que Dominique A viniera al programa, pero costaba hacer cuadrar agendas. Por fin lo conseguimos. El de Provins , uno de los músicos francófonos más importantes de las dos últimas décadas, nos acompañó junto a la chasca del Fotomatón Bar una semana antes de que "Vers les lueurs", su noveno álbum de estudio, sea publicado en nuestro país. Empezó cansado y algo tenso, contestando en su idioma materno, pero poco a poco se fue soltando y terminó haciendo su primera entrevista radiofónica en castellano. Con un par, Mesié Ané. Nacho hizo fotos. Vinieron amigos. Clara nos prestó su ...

The British folk revival appears to have been given another forceful resuscitation on these shores in 2012. In a state of pre-apocalyptic reflection, the UK has been hit with yet another rogue wave of ham-fisted, beardy bed-wetters to strum us out and yet - for our nation's limp lamenters - the next Kiwanuka, Howard or McMorrow can't come along soon enough. Well, with this in mind, spare a thought for a poor old Peasant , in this case 26-year-old Damien DeRose, who (now) four albums in, is still solemnly living the DIY, dainty-plucker's dream – conjuring self-produced LPs of largely-ignored, earnest ...

Don’t be surprised if you see the name Michael Kiwanuka popping up everywhere in the coming months. The U.K.-based singer-songwriter is on the verge of becoming this year’s breakout British import, thanks in part to his signature brand of folk-infused soul music. Think something along the lines of Nick Drake meets Bill Withers. Earlier this week Kiwanuka released his full-length debut album,  Home Again , stateside exclusively through iTunes, which will be available digitally elsewhere on May 8, with a physical release set for July 31. The 11-track record was produced Paul Butler from The Bees, and ...

Father John Misty Fear Fun Sub Pop Records [2012]     Fire Note Says: Josh Tillman follows up his exit with the Foxes">Fleet Foxes with his excellent new project Father John Misty! Album Review: Father John Misty is the new band from ex-Foxes">Fleet Foxes drummer and solo singer/songwriter Josh Tillman. Fear Fun is his debut record under this moniker but Tillman has around seven solo records under his belt so he is an indie veteran that uses this new venture to spread his wings in a little different direction. Fear Fun shakes off Tillman's comparisons to his solo ...

Whatever else he’s been doing for the last four years, it doesn’t sound like Nick Talbot has let much light in. The Bristolian returns with his first Gravenhurst album since 2007′s The Western Lands and The Ghost In Daylight is as moody and atmospheric as anything before it. The gloom is almost claustrophobic at times, the effect like listening to Nick Drake but the sadness is reaching despair, the sweetness is bitter. Opener ‘Circadian’ is soothing but dangerous, almost hypnotic as it draws you in while hinting at an attack to come – and one that does midway ...

Escucho preocupado por casi 20 segundos. Un solo de flauta (¿o es una melódica?) es una manera peligrosa de empezar un álbum. Quizás el ultimo en salirse con la suya con una canción en la que había un solo de flauta fue Nick Drake (mis disculpas a los  fans de Ian Anderson). Afortunadamente, después de [...]

Good afternoon, friends, Naturally owls know better than to get caught in the rain, so I am fluffed up by the fire with a hot buttered rum. Since you’re probably about to brave the outside with one of those horrific umbrella things that don’t even keep the water off your middles, I thought I’d be kindly and provide the perfect soundtrack to a wet afternoon. Yours cosily, Brian Rainy days on Spotify. Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want Is You Alexi Murdoch – All My Days Foxes">Fleet Foxes – Battery Kinzie Athlete – Beautiful Doves – Black And White Town ...

We've been asked to drop some knowledge on Danish 'underground' acts, so here are some outtakes of what’s happening right now within the borders of tiny little Denmark. Of course we could go on with many more, but there had to be some sort of limit, which leaves out a lot of other truly good groups. Hope you will take your time to listen to some of these extraordinary bands. You can visit Pinkunoizu by heading to pinkunoizu.com Selvhenter Selvhenter is a most unique Danish band playing a delicate sort of primal noise music with loose connotations ...

Das am 27. April erscheinende fünfte Album "...Little Broken Hearts" der Soul-Sängerin Norah Jones gibt es bis zum Release bei tape.tv im exklusiven Pre-Listening. Der Langspieler, welcher via Blue Note Records veröffentlicht wird, wurde von Danger Mouse  produziert. Der DJ machte zuletzt durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit Daniele Luppi  für das gemeinsame " Rome "-Projekt auf sich aufmerksam. Ihr Fünftling überrascht mit einem neuen Klanggewand – der aktuelle Langspieler verbindet den seichten Jazz-Gesang der Grammy-Preisträgerin mit schwungvollen Beats. Die Platte handelt – wie bereits am Titel zu erahnen ist – von ihrer letzten, gescheiterten Beziehung. Hört an dieser Stelle exklusiv in die gesamte Kompilation ...

Orcas Orcas [Morr Music; 2012] by Rowan Savage Rating: Just in case you missed Obscure Mythology 101 in school — hell, I even did a year of classical Greek and we never got any further than sniggering about pederasty — Orcus was lord of the underworld and punisher of broken promises. Death and betrayal, in turn, are classic pop themes, but the reason I mention the god who would later transmute into Dis Pater (Pluto, now sadly demoted from planetary status) and then the more familiar Hades is because the genus Orcinus , to which the orca or killer whale belongs, is named ...