With Revolutionary Defiance Ayoni Delivers A Black Woman’s Truth
‘Unmoved’ is the most vulnerable I’ve ever been about my experience existing as a Black woman in this world. I recorded, produced, and mixed this in early June, just a couple weeks ago, at a time when the conversation about Black women’s erasure, exploitation, and disrespect in this world, in our industries, and in our […]
BELLA BOO SHARES OPENING CUT FROM DEBUT LP
Once Upon A Passion is the name of the just announced debut full length from Los Angeles based left field electronic/house/pop artist/producer Gabriella Borbély aka Bella Boo. It will be released on November 1 via Stockholm label Studio Barnhus and features among three, a collaboration with Axel Boman. The first single from it is the […]
VELF DROPS “CHIMERA” FROM “IN A SENSE”
Russian born Los Angeles based artist/composer Valeria Zaklinskaya aka Velf, is set to release a new five track EP next month called in a sense. This week she shares the fantastical ‘chimera’, the second cut from it. A beguiling sonic polyglot of vocals, guitar, effects and string synths work themselves into a recurring frenzy, eventually […]
BLACK MARBLE RETURNS BIGGER THAN LIFE
Minimal synth artist Chris Stewart aka Black Marble has announced the release date for his new album Bigger Than Life. It will emerge in October on his new label Sacred Bones and comes a full three years after the excellent It’s Immaterial, which placed #7 in our top albums list in 2016. The first single […]
BLEACHED DROP RIPPING SINGLE AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM RELEASE
“I don’t have to treat myself like shit anymore. I actually like myself now.” Jennifer Clavin. Los Angeles pop/punk/rock duo Jessie and Jennifer Clavin aka Bleached, have released a rollicking ripper of a new single ‘Rebound City’, the fourth and last to be lifted from their forthcoming new album Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough. […]
PEAKING LIGHTS CONTRIBUTE TO SOUNDTRACK FOR NEW SURF FILM
Peaking Lights, the electronic project of Los Angeles based duo Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes have released a super groovy as fuck new track ‘Mirror In The Sky’, one of their two contributions on the new Mexican Summer soundtrack to new film The Self Discovery For Social Survival, dedicated to surfing and surf music. On […]
GRAND NEW SINGLE FROM SOFT BLUE SHIMMER
Los Angeles via Boston dream pop quartet Soft Blue Shimmer are set to release their debut EP Nothing Happens Here next month and last week they shared the superlative second single to come from it, ‘Fruitcake’. Bright, bold and intricate guitars deliver perfectly blended and toned melodies strongly backed by a tough and tight rhythm […]
DRAB MAJESTY DO LONG DIVISION AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR
Los Angeles synth duo Drab Majesty have released ‘Long Division’, the second single from their forthcoming third album, Modern Mirror. Essentially a track about the ironic point in a relationship when both parties realise that compromise has not only cost them their individual identities but created a mutual and self-resentment and an unbridgeable rift of […]
MISSIONS ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, SHARES VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE “TRUTHER”
photo by hampton and katie mills Last week saw Los Angeles via Austin electronic artist Josh Mills aka Missions, share the long awaited decade in the making first single ‘Truther’ from his forthcoming debut solo album Subcreature. A dichotomous affair, it’s as open, inviting and expansive as it focused, introspective and restrained, Mills combines a […]
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: WEYES BLOOD (USA) – TITANIC RISING
April, 16, 2019. Titanic Rising Weyes Blood (USA) Sub Pop Mini-review, tracklist, album stream and links to buy in our Album of the Week section here. Watch the music videos from the album below. VIDEOS Andromeda Weyes Blood (USA) From the album, ‘Titanic Rising’, Sub Pop. Audio Stream Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood Official Visual […]