RINA MUSHONGA’S AFFIRMING NEW SINGLE OF RESISTANCE
Despite the protestations of those, usually on the Right, who never got the memo some forty years ago, or simply don’t understand what either concept means, being an independent artist is in itself a political act. And whether expressed in abstract ways or directly, the powerful role that independent music and other forms of art […]
IZZIE WALSH UNVEILS DYNAMIC NEW SINGLE
This week saw Manchester singer-songwriter Izzie Walsh release her bright, upbeat and determinedly insistent new single, ‘Clouded Mind’. Taking its cues in particular from bluegrass and country, it also contains some rock tinged edges that take it into Americana territory particularly within the dynamics at work in the verses. The inventive songwriting and composition is […]
BALTHAZAR ANNOUNCE FEVER, DROP TITLE TRACK & VIDEO
Belgian avant-garde pop quintet Balthazar have returned from their self imposed hiatus with a brand new single ‘Fever’, the shuffling and funk infused title track from their forthcoming album to be released in January. Fever will be the fourth long player from the Jinte Deprez and Maarten Devoldere led outfit and their first since 2015’s Thin […]
WARHAUS DROPS NEW VIDEO FOR MACHINERY
Warhaus, the solo project of Balthazar frontman Maarten Devoldere released a brand new video earlier this month for the track ‘Machinery’ off his 2016 album We Fucked A Flame Into Being. The newly minted Belgian troubadour’s velvety voice matches the track’s slow burning qualities perfectly as the swelling horn section and subtle string arrangements coalesce […]