Jeni Magana‘s ‘Golden Tongue’ EP was a hautingly beautiful listen that tackled subjects of loneliness and despair with real heart and soul. Available now via Audio Antihero, it’s an incredible listen for fans of Cat Power and Perfume Genius. We asked Magana to talk us through five songs that have influenced her work and five…
Audio Antihero Records signing CHUCK was kind enough to let us know the Top 5 songs that influenced this year’s ‘Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store’ and the Top 5 songs he’s enjoying right now. It’s an eclectic mix so enjoy! 5 Songs That Influenced My Last Record Modern Lovers – ‘Pablo Picasso’ I LOVE…
Signed to our friends at Audio Antihero, it’s with a heavy heart we review the final album from CHUCK (known to friends and family as Charles Griffin Gibson). The fantastically named ‘Frankenstein Songs for the Grocery Store’ is an album full of songs ‘about diet, exercise, work, love, TV and animals’. It’s CHUCK’s last album…
‘You were born with thicker skin and I am only oxygen’ are the first lines of Magana‘s new single ‘Inches Apart’ and if that doesn’t get the hairs on the back of your neck standing up, the sheer emotion of her vocals and Cat Power-meets-Jeff Buckley guitars are sure to grab you. Dark, cold and…
Annabel Allum – ‘Rich Backgrounds‘ Annabel Allum has long been a Spectral Nights favourite and she’s going from strength to strength. Playing shows at SXSW and getting set to release a new EP on the ever-reliable Killing Moon Records, ‘Rich Backgrounds’ introduces another side to her. It’s a slacker-punk song full of fiery energy as…
Mutes – ‘Vanishing‘ Birmingham shoegazers Mutes have unveiled the first song from their debut long player and ‘Vanishing’ is possibly their most immediate song yet. It sounds like Cloud Nothings grappling with Johnny Foreigner and has a post-punk sound that immediately prickles the ears. There’s even a completely gloriously clashing breakdown to signal the ending.…
Regina Spektor – ‘Small Bill$’ It’s so good to have Regina Spektor back and this new single opens with some Bond-style atmospherics. While the video is wrapped up in Yellow Submarine-style themes, the subject matter is far darker. There’s talk of ‘all the poets in the alley coughing up blood’ and how ‘everyone wants their…
Megan Landry – ‘Questions (on the Cliff)’ A proudly independent Canadian artist, Megan Landry tackles a host of political and environmental issues in Questions (on the Cliff). Opening in a Regina Spektor style, the offbeat aesthetic is accompanied by lyrics covering everything from graves to ‘sleeping in the bed you made’. Falling somewhere between Fight…
Real life has meant we haven’t had much time on weeknights to delve into our overflowing inbox. The positive of this is that when we do finally have the chance to work our way through the various email, there’s an electrifying selection of music from new bands and old favourites to wrap our ears around.…
‘Saw you hugging all your kids inside, picking up your toys, you cried and I watch you from the kitchen window’ is a statement that sets a scene of quiet devastation – and it’s exactly how Frog open this heartbreaking and poignant song. That they follow it up with the equally affecting ‘I want to…
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