MODERN NATURE – ” Harvest “

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Modern Nature share ‘Harvest’

Having last month announced their new 7-track mini-album “Annual”, To be released 5th June via Bella Union, and shared a video for lead track ‘Flourish’, today Modern Nature now share a video for new single “Harvest” which features Kayla Cohen of Itasca on lead vocals. Of the track bandleader Jack Cooper says: “Harvest represents Autumn on the record and centres around rituals and superstitions. A lot of the words and ideas that became the bones of the song were written the days after a vivid experience in Lewes for Bonfire Night.” Of the video he adds: “Lockdown Britain forced us (my wife Tsouni and I) into making our directorial debut and this is the outcome. A moving snapshot of the year through the medium of everyday objects. The record moves from winter through the seasons and back to winter… We end up back where we began… It’s familiar, many of the objects are the same but everything has morphed.”

Released in August 2019, Modern Nature’s debut album – How to Live crossed the urban and rural into each other. Plaintive cello strains melted into motorik beats. Pastoral field recordings drifted through looping guitar figures. Rising melodies shone with reflective saxophone accents, placing the record somewhere between the subtle mediations of Talk Talk, the stirring folk of Anne Briggs and the atmospheric waves of Harmonia.

The album was met with universal acclaim and featured in a number of publication’s ‘Best Of 2019’ lists. As the group took the album out on the road, Modern Nature became something even more expansive. “It feels like there’s scope and room to grow. I want the group to feel fluid and that whoever’s playing with us can express themselves and interpret what they think this music is” says Jack Cooper.

Their new mini-album Annual, recorded in December 2019 at Gizzard Studio in London, is another step towards something more liberated and a world away from the  sound of Jack Cooper’s previous bands. Will Young sits this one out, concentrating on his work with Beak, but How To Live collaborator Jeff Tobias takes a more central role, alongside percussionist Jim Wallis.

Deep Throat Choir – ” Camille “

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Deep Throat Choir debut ‘Camille’

After reverential reviews of their 2017 debut, Be OK, Deep Throat Choir return with their new single “Camille”. Taking its name from Children of the Compost, a collection of future fables by the eco-feminist writer Donna Haraway, the track is “an exploration of the feeling that the boundaries between yourself and the natural world, or somebody else, are entirely porous and dissolving”, says choir leader Luisa Gerstein. A music video for the track has been created by London based visual artist Rachel Sale.

It is the first single from Deep Throat Choir’s forthcoming album, and marks the foundation of the Amorphous Sounds collective. The label takes its name from the lyrics to Camille, in which the group sing “I’m reeling / I’m restless / porous / amorphous”. Describing the collaborative practice of the artists working within Deep Throat Choir, it gives name to an already existing collective of music makers from a wide-range of disciplines, and is a statement of intent for future cross-stitched imaginings. The label is founded by Luisa Gerstein and Anika Mottershaw.

“I wanted to formalise a cohesive space for all of us within Deep Throat Choir making work of our own, be it solo or collaborative; so really it’s giving a name to a collective that already exists, and making fertile ground for even more collaborative work. Outside the longer-term projects of albums and EPs, I want to have a space where we can create and put out stuff more regularly, sometimes without the context of that bigger project” – Luisa Gerstein.

Deep Throat Choir is an all-female singing collective that formed in 2013, driven by a desire to strip music making to the basic elements of voices and percussion, and to gather for the joy and communal experience of raising voices together. They released their debut album “Be OK” on Bella Union in 2017, and followed in 2018 with “Murmurations”, a collaborative album with Simian Mobile Disco, where voice and synthesiser were one and the same. They continue to explore the capacities of the human voice, and are working on a new body of work, this time with more extensive instrumentation, the product of a collaborative effort.

MOUNTAIN MAN (KACEY MUSGRAVES COVER) – ” Slow Burn “

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Eight years since the release of their debut, the acclaimed trio Mountain Man return with a cover The trio Amelia Meath, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, and Molly Sarlé have been doing a series of covers, and their latest is this beautiful, harmony-laden take on Kacey Musgrave’s “Slow Burn.” “We are all huge fans of Kacey Musgraves,” the trio says. “‘Slow Burn’ embodies the magic of the unfolding of life, the power of being present and patient and knowing that sometimes things just take time. Like following a thread—it requires attention and curiosity.”

Mountain Man – “Sings Kacey Musgraves”, Bella Union Records Released on: 2020-05-05

SONIC BOOM – ” Things Like This (A LITTLE BIT DEEPER) “

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Sonic Boom  are Experimental, psychedelic pop rockers . was formed by Pete ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember, founder of Spacemen 3.

Sonic Boom’s music is often a headtrip but the video for “Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)” from his forthcoming All Things Being Equal is literally one, a nesting doll journey that heads deeper and deeper inside a bust, each time exploring unknown territory, blowing new minds. A fantastic, mind bending music video for Sonic Boom is out today! The official music video for Sonic Boom’s latest single ‘Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)’ is a must see – animated and directed by James Siewart.

“Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper)” is taken from Sonic Boom’s forthcoming record, ‘All Things Being Equal,’ out June 5th, 2020 on Carpark Records.

UK/EU TOUR DATES:
September 12, 2020 – Yes – Manchester, UK
September 13, 2020 – Dingwalls – London, UK
September 14, 2020  – The Green Door Store – Brighton, UK
September 17, 2020 – Le Petit Bain – Paris, FR

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THIRD MAN RECORDS, DRAG CITY, NUMERO GROUP & more Indie Labels Selling Rarities via Discogs Daily Dig

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Online music marketplace Discogs has just launched the Discogs Daily Dig, an initiative to support indie record labels during the coronavirus pandemic. Each day they will focus on a different indie label that will sell rarities, test pressings, out-of-print releases, and back catalouge through Discogs. It started today (5/5) with Numero Group and here’s the first week’s schedule:

  • Tuesday, May 5 – Numero Group
  • Wednesday, May 6 – Captured Tracks
  • Thursday, May 7 – Burger Records
  • Friday, May 8 – Trouble In Mind
  • Saturday, May 9 – Stones Throw
  • Sunday, May 10 – Drag City
  • Monday, May 11 – Third Man Records

TALKING HEADS – ” Palazzo dello Sport, Rome ” 17th December 1980

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You’ve seen Stop Making Sense a million times (and if you haven’t, You must watch that) but maybe you haven’t seen this — Talking Heads playing Rome on the “Remain in Light” tour. It’s less of a flashy production and and a little more punk, with the augmented “10-piece funk machine” line up of the group that included Bernie Worrell and Adrian Belew, and the setlist that hits some deeper cuts (or at least just pre-“Burning Down the House”). No big suits, just a killer performance with especially awesome renditions of “I Zimbra” and “Crosseyed and Painless.”

This full show footage finds the band hitting their stride with the expanded and rather talented roster (in all its art-funk worldbeat glory) you can see at the bottom. Moreover, there’s a reason Nine Inch Nails fans should be thrilled to death about new touring member Adrian Belew and these videos below paint a pretty good picture of just how special and unique the out-of-the-stratosphere King Crimson guitarist is (see “Stay Hungry”, “Crosseyed and Painless” and “The Great Curve” for reference). Throw P-Funk’s Bernie Worrell in the mix and this show stacks up musically with Stop Making Sense, albeit lacking in the Big Suit department. Consider this the visual b-side prequel to Demme’s legendary concert film.

Setlist:
01. Psycho Killer, 02. Stay Hungry, 03. Cities, 04. I Zimbra, 05. Drugs, 06. Take Me to the River, 07. Crosseyed and Painless 08. Life During Wartime, 09. Houses in Motion, 10. Born Under Punches
11. The Great Curve

GUM – ” Out In The World “

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Jay Watson Gum “Out In The World” the fifth album from the project helmed by Tame Impala and Pond multiinstrumentalist Jay Watson, Gum.

The title track and first single off the album, Out In The World received critical acclaim from Clash Magazine [“explores his continuing creativity, a psych-pop wonder built around that baroque-tinged acoustic guitar line”], Life Without Andy [“…pairs euphoric funk with Watson’s spacey vocals”], VENTS Magazine [“glimmers with rich textures”], DIY Mag [“soaring”], and NME.

Official video for new single Out In The World by GUM.

JACK BRUCE (1943-2014)

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Indisputably one of the greatest bassists of the Rock era, Jack Bruce, a multi-instrumentalist, is known primarily as part of the original power trio Cream. However, the fiery Scot had a musical life before the supergroup – originally in the Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated in 1962, where he played upright bass. The band also featured another volatile performer, drummer Ginger Baker who would later join Bruce in Cream. the two developed a pronounced aversion toward each other which helped to turn Cream rancid after just three years. Bruce also formed the Graham Bond Quartet in 1963 (later becoming the Graham Bond Organization) which featured future Mahavishnu Orchestra guitarist John McLaughlin, and, of course, Ginger Baker on the skins. There was a short stint with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, where he crossed paths with Eric Clapton, and the stage was set for the formation of Cream in mid-1966 when Clapton upped and left Mayall high and dry. But first Bruce had joined Manfred Mann and tasted success in the form of a No1 hit “Pretty Flamingo.” While a member of Cream from 1966-1969, Bruce was elevated to rock superstardom with his EB-3 electric bass runs on many of Cream’s classic recordings. After Cream disbanded, Bruce issued his first solo album “Songs for a Tailor,” featuring the sublime “Theme for an Imaginary Western.” (1969). In 1972 he formed a Blues Rock trio, West, Bruce and Laing, issuing two studio albums and one live disc. He joined Mick Taylor and Carla Bley in a short-lived ensemble in 1975, and later rejoined John McLaughlin in 1979 touring with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Drugs bedeviled Bruce at decades’ end and he was nearly destitute. His fortunes improved in 1981 when Bruce hooked up with guitarist Robin Trower and drummer Bill Lordan in two successful power trio recordings, B.L.T,” (1981) and “Truce,” (1982). Bruce continued to collaborate and record solo albums – 14 in all, plus seven live albums – before his death in 2014 at age 71. Bay Area fans will remember Bruce with Cream at Winterland in 1967 and the Fillmore Auditorium for record two of the live double album “Wheels of Fire,” in 1968 in which Bruce traded licks with Clapton in a fierce interplay of improvisational prowess.

Those were the days..“Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days/Those were the days, miracles everywhere are they now?/They’re gone/Those were the days, yes they were, those were their ways/Those were the days, yes they were, those were the days”

IAN HUNTER – ” Stranded In Reality ” Box Set

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Stranded In Reality, a masssive 30-disc anthology box set celebrating the solo career of British rock legend and Mott the Hoople iconic frontman Ian Hunter…

Strictly limited to 2,500 copies worldwide and available to buy exclusively through propermusic.com, the set has been compiled and curated by Ian Hunter and his biographer Campbell Devine. Covering the years 1975 to 2015, it comprises over 400 rock ‘n’ roll tracks, with 17 original albums spread across 19 CDs, nine ‘new’ discs of rare and unreleased tracks plus two DVDs.

The panoply of solo albums include expanded Anniversary Editions of Ian Hunter, All-American Alien Boy, You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic and Welcome to the Club, plus bonus track discs of Short Back n’ Sides, The Artful Dodger and When I’m President.

The other nine CDs offer many unheard and ‘lost’ songs from Hunter’s archive:

Tilting the Mirror (rarities – two-CD)
If You Wait Long Enough for Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (Live 1979-81 – two-CD)
Bag of Tricks (Live Volumes 1, 2 and 3)
Acoustic Shadows (The 2008 Acoustic Tour)
Experiments (Unreleased Trax)
Highlights include San Diego Freeway, Nobody’s Perfect and Salvation as well as rarely performed live versions of Wild East, While You Were Looking At Me, The Outsider and a 2008 acoustic concert.

The worldwide-compatible two-DVD package that completes the set is entitled It Never Happened and features promo, concert and archive material, most of which has not been issued commercially on DVD before. It includes a TV film from the 1979 tour, live in Toronto

This weighty collection is presented in an LP-size box with specially commissioned Escher-esque cover artwork and various goodies to complement the music. There’s an 88-page hardback book with a comprehensive essay on Hunter, rare memorabilia and Ian Hunter ‘track by track’ for every song; an Alien Boy lithograph personally signed by Hunter; a reproduction Shades newspaper featuring classic old press features; and original and new album artwork in replica card sleeves.

Those wary of diving straight into such a pricey pre-order purchase, can first dip into seven-track CD Sampling In Reality, which contains five tracks from the forthcoming limited edition set plus two songs unique to the sampler (all songs on here are previously unreleased bar Your Eyes from Shrunken Heads from the Shrunken Heads EP).

Also look out for Hunter’s new studio album with his Rant Band, Fingers Crossed, scheduled for release a couple of weeks after Stranded In Reality. Among the self-penned ten new tracks is Dandy, his tribute to the David Bowie who produced and provided the hit title track for Mott the Hoople’s 1972 album All The Young Dudes.

Stranded In Reality was originally released on 2nd September 2016.

SLEEP EATERS – ” Holy Days “[EP]

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In a plot twist that nobody saw coming- this week’s Album Of The Week isn’t an album. This week we’ve picked Sleep Eaters 12″ EP “Holy Days”. It may only be 4 tracks, but it’s an essential part of the PNKSLM catalogue that you can now get for just €7 at the store. A lot of people are expecting big things from this band in the near future – don’t miss the chance to own this debut EP! Don’t miss out on their recent quarantine single “In This Town” either, and they’ve got new music in the works.

a swaggering, louche, loungey sound that should appeal to fans of Nick Cave and Tindersticks” – BrooklynVegan
marries a hearty balance of rich, comfortingly worn rhythms and dashes of cutting exuberance – crafting something unified and unsuspectingly poetic” – So Young

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The London based country-infused rock quintet Sleep Eaters are ready to unveil their debut EP Holy Days on August 9 via Stockholm’s PNKSLM Recordings. Having become one of London’s most talked about new acts for their country-infused take on garage rock, Sleep Eaters have spent the past year honing their craft on stage and in the studio, recently supporting Drahla on their UK tour while drawing praise from the likes of So Young and Clash. Holy Days was recorded with Euan Hinshelwood of Younghusband and will be followed by live dates during the fall.

Released August 9th, 2019

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