Interview – The Districts
The Districts will be your new favourite band if you like ragged US rock, country-tinged Americana with elements of blues and folk. If you like music made by young men who appear to have just stumbled out of bed. For…
Interview – Hiss Golden Messenger
Hiss Golden Messenger is Durham, North Carolina-based songwriter M.C. Taylor and multi-instrumentalist and recordist Scott Hirsch, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. The pair has been making music together for twenty years in various incarnations, including six records with the…
Interview – Viet Cong
It takes less than sixty seconds of album opener “Newspaper Spoons” for you to decide that Viet Cong is a winter record. The album has barely begun, and the guitar doesn’t snarl until the end of that opening minute, but…
Interview – Emily Jane White
After releasing three albums in three years (“Dark Undercoat“, 2008; “Victorian America“, 2009; “Ode To Sentience“, 2010), she wrote over 100 sketches between January 2011 and October 2012. Blood / Lines is a selection from these songs. The setting of…
Interview – Sleep Party People
The masked Danish electronic dream-pop outfit, started as an idea in the head of Copenhagen based multi-instrumentalist Brian Batz. Taking inspiration from the work of Boards Of Canada, David Lynch and Erik Satie, along with some classic movie soundtracks, Brian…
Interview – I am Oak
Thijs Kuijken from Utrecht wrote the folk album alone and performs it with I Am Oak. A trip to Finland was a huge inspiration for the music, lyrics and whole idea of the album. Those big thoughts come in small…
Interview – Amen Dunes
Damon McMahon, the mastermind behind Amen Dunes, knows – it may be impossible simply been fortunate coincidence how he has named his new work. “Love” is honest without being rugged, it scratches here and there and is still soft. Although…
Interview – Mark Berube
His roots lie undoubtedly in the North American folk music, but he enriched them with jazz overtones or African-style sounds. The result of this musical openness are emotionally touching pieces which take the listener caught soon and take you on…
Interview – Jesuslesfilles
For fans of The Black Lips, Mark Sultan, or King Khan & The Shrines, Jesuslesfilles is the right band to choose. Four years after “Une belle table”, Jesuslesfilles is back with ‘‘Le grain d’or’’, an very intense album to listen,…