Single Reviews: 22 June 2023: Scasca, Matt Wilde, The Cry, figure eight, Mali Hâf
Photo by Aishah Rahman Scasca – Glue (feat. Talipes Valgus) downtempo Serbian electronic composer and producer Scasca has a gentle touch on his recent single “Glue”, which features the transcendent vocals of St. Petersburg resident Talipes Valgus. The Belgrade-based artist uses lo-fi textures to colour his spluttery and preciseContinue Reading
Aki Yli-Salomäki – Jäi mieleen (Album Review)
Finnish neoclassical composer Aki Yli-Salomäki stretches his sparse compositions towards oceanic and blurred parameters on Jäi mieleen, an album of nine patient, thoughtful and colourful compositions for strings and synthesizer. The first three tracks see heavily sustained bows of cello and violin rise and fall around melancholia, sometimes finding disharmonicContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 19 June 2023: Oldest Sea, AnnaOtta, Zabelov Group, Josephine, Nil Elses
Photo by Mikhail Volkov Oldest Sea – Wolf Dream alternative Oldest Sea, founded by Sam Marandola in 2017, started as a personal exploration of folk music’s darker side. Now a full band, they blend haunting solo passages with walls of grit and distortion, weaving ambient folk and Americana with elementsContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 17 June 2023: Left Iris, Auld, Fiona Fox, Flor de Lux, HAVVK
Photo by Leo Sokolovsky Left Iris – Crash indie rock Multi-instrumentalist Dubliner, Left Iris, delights his listeners with breezy 90s-tinged acoustic folk rock verses and an operatic falsetto chorus on his recent single “Crash.” The moniker of Finn O’Reilly, Left Iris’ tightly-knit combinations of straightforward guitar pop merge with more dreamyContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 16 June 2023: autumn girl cry, Prince Josh, Arliston, Loose Buttons, Marella
Photo by Krišjānis Kazaks Autumn Girl Cry – She Listens to Girl in Red alternative Belgian bedroom pop artist Autumn Girl Cry delivers sweetly-sad slices of dreamy, low-key atmospheres. With reverbed guitars, captivating drum loops, and hazy vocals, her poetic lyrics create a captivating experience. Drawing comparisons to beabadoobee, AutumnContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 13 June 2023: Laura Wolf, Dessauer, Catch Prichard, Aaronson, Inge Weatherhead Breistein
Photo by Александр Македонский Laura Wolf – Alluvial Fan alternative Making music that is both intelligent and fun is a perennial challenge, yet for cellist, singer, and producer Laura Wolf, this balance seems to come naturally. Her recent single, “Alluvial Fan,” is taken from the album “Shelf Life,” self-produced betweenContinue Reading
Sir Bobby Jukebox – Sir Bobby Jukebox in the Organ Loft at Midnight (Album Review)
Sir Bobby Jukebox, the moniker of Dublin artist Bobby Aherne, has released his sophomore effort, the breathily-titled Sir Bobby Jukebox in the Organ Loft at Midnight. This collection of persistently offbeat and contagiously irreverent songs might lead one to mistake it for comedy or children’s music. However, Bobby skillfully navigatesContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 8 June 2023: Viktor Benev, heka, SOFT, Reid Jenkins, Banyan
Photo by Ihor Malytskyi Viktor Benev – Aera IDM / glitch On his recent single “Aera,” the Bulgarian electro-acoustic artist Viktor Benev creates a beguiling environment of gentle splutters, simple piano keys, and delicate production in which to practice explorative sonic experimentalism. Benev’s musical education may have its roots inContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 6 June 2023: Mervyn, Celestial Ground, Kid Travis, TECHNOIR, Music Within & Jay Cliffen
Photo by Kyle Johnson Mervyn – Control alternative From the deepest recesses of the French Republic comes the awesomely industrial sounds of producer and composer Mervyn. On the recent single “Control,” the mononymous producer blends highly acidic electronic production with sweeter and more emotive sweepsContinue Reading
Single Reviews: 30 May 2023: elshuffles, Penguin Cafe, La Faute, Mike Casey, Hannah Schneider
Photo by David Sager elshuffles – months of electronic dreams electronic London-based electronic artist elshuffles’ “months of electronic dreams” is a glitchy and pensive composition with a motivational undertone. While the emotional potency is akin to a video game soundtrack, the single constructs a world just as colourful and detailedContinue Reading