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Planning For Burial – A Flowing Field of Green

It’s Closeness, It’s Easy Out May 30 Via The Flesner

It’s Sunday, so that’s meal prep day, because it’s always easier than planning for a burial. Vocal’s got that Bowie waver, dig it!

 

 

Femi Kuti – Oga Doctor

Journey Through Life Out April 25 Via Partisan Records

Thaw yourself out of winter and into spring with the sound of trumpets.

 

Durrand Jones & The Indications – Been So Long

Flowers Out June 27 Via Dead Oceans

New one from the veteran hit bringers. One of those that are an immediate thumbs up within the first few seconds.

 

 

Deerhoof – Immigrant Songs

Noble and Godlike in Ruin Out 25 Via Joyful Noise Recordings

We’ve been following Deerhoof for over 20 years but they’ve been going strong for 31 years! Still got plenty in the tank, check this drop out.

 

Mien – Silent Golden

Mien Out April 18 Via Fuzz Club

Silky smoothness sneaks up over ya.

 

McKinley Dixon – Could’ve

Magic Alive! Out June 6 Via City Slang

Fresh sounds for a fresh season.

 

 

Brown Horse – Dog Rose

All The Right Weakness Out Now Via Loose Music

Hope you like slide guitar! If you don’t, you’re on the wrong blog.  

 

Lex Amor – Forward Ever

Full, soulful and lovely. The short film is a nice bonus.

 

Bria Salmena – Rags

Big Dog Out Now Via Sub Pop and Royal Mountain

NSFW

 

CocoRosie – Nothing But Garbage

Little Death Wishes Out Now Via Joyful Noise

Look on out if yo a junkyawd bitch.

 

Avery Friedman – Photo Booth

Out Now Via Kudos Records

Sounds like what the music for a unicorn making an appearance would be.

 

Ciao Malz – Clementine

This one gets your right in the heart.

 

Hectorine – Is Love An Illusion?

Arrow of Love Out May 23 Via Take a Turn Records

Maybe love isn’t real, but this here ditty is. 

 

Steel Wool  - Fading

Out April 10 Via Bug Body

Wavy wavy, shoegazy. Fading works both ways, out and in, usually. These lot are fading up. 

 

 

 

 

The latest single reviews from our London Correspondent, Captain Stavros

Aoife Nessa Frances

‘This Still Life’

Protector out October 28 via Partisan Records

As summer slowly slips away, we thought we’d start the STM list with a song that embodies that transition nicely.

 

Courtney Marie Andrews

‘These Are The Good Old Days’

Loose Future out October 7 via Fat Possum

Speaking of seasons slipping away, doesn’t mean the good ole days gotta go with ‘em.

 

Blancmange

‘Reduced Voltage’

Private View out September 30

A mechanical melody from the future.

 

King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard

‘Ice V’

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava out now via KGLW

It’s a good track but more importantly these motherfuckers are releasing three albums in October!!!!

 

Beth Orton 

‘Fractals’ (Feat Alabaster Deplume)

Weather Alive out now Via Partisan Records

One time Alabaster told me a funny anecdote involving a child and a tuba, I think, whilst walking down Holloway Road. The lesson? Listen to anything involving DePlume, you won’t be remiss.

https://bethorton.lnk.to/fractals

 

Gold Panda

‘The Work’

The Work out November 11 via City Slang

A hard to describe but uplifting track that sounds sort of like a computer got high in the sun.

 

Deerhoof

‘My Lovely Cat’

Out now via Joyful Noise

As always, get ready to have your mind bent by these lot. You either love ‘em or ya don’t. If it’s the former you’ll appreciate the consistency in their sound carrying through in this gem.

 

Yumi and the Weather

‘It’s All in my Head’

Out now via  Miohmi Records

It’s all in your head and you’ll have a tough time getting it out once it’s in there.

 

Princess Chelsea

‘Forever is a Charm’

Everything Is Going To Be Alright out October 8 via Lil’ Chief Records

It’s got a whimsical B52s-ness with a bit of Blondie, anyone else hear it?

 

Núria Graham

‘Yes It’s Me, The Goldfish’

Ridiculous song-title, ridiculously great lo-fi goodness.

 

Grandbrothers

‘Yonder’

Out Now via City Slang Records

Bit of a clubby anthem vibe, and yet, we were not put off.

 

The Black Angels

‘Empires Falling’

Wilderness of Mirrors out now via Partisan Records

The album is out now, sell your children to buy it, you will not regret it. It’s the love child of the QOTSA and TEODM.

 

Bass Drum of Death

‘Say Your Prayers’

Co-Written by Royal Blood’s Mike Kerr, not sure how we feel about that...

 

Cool Sounds

‘Like That’

Like That Out October 7 via Chapter Music

Cool sounds, now with saxa-ma-phone? Yes please!

 

The Orielles

‘The Room’

Tableau out October 7 via Heavenly Recordings

A band that met at a house party and always feels like they’re catering to that vibe, nothing wrong with that. Another low-fi gem.

 

Jade Imagine

‘Instinct That I Wanna Know’

Cold Memory out now via Marathon Artists

Low-fi funky pop, easy to listen to and feel good about.

 

DEHD

‘Eggshells’

Blue Skies out now via Fat Possum

Grungy and tough to pin down, a song I’d like to hear playing at my local.

These New South Whales

‘Rotten South’

Channelling some grunge/rock sounds of the mid ’90s, digging it.