FURLONG – ” Eloquently “

Posted: October 2, 2019 in MUSIC
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The Melbourne four-piece Furlong bring a touch of alt-rock nostalgia to latest release ‘Eloquently’.

Released last week, ‘Eloquently’ exquisitely fuses pop-rock melodies, with a driving bassline and drums, while vocalist Andrea lends a sultry delivery to the lyrical punch.

The band describe the track as “a story of a one-sided relationship, with the storyteller willingly feeding the ego of the person they lust after. Knowing in their heart of hearts they are just being kept around because the person they’re fixated on just likes the attention. It’s a need to have the truth be told, to have it told straight to your face, to have it put eloquently.”

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Taking cues from the likes of Garbage and Wolf Alice, they’ve perfected the soft and rowdy contrast in their music and the light and the dark in their story telling. Although the sound of their songs has roots in the ’90s alternative rock aesthetic, it’s safe to say that Furlong is not only a nostalgia act. The energy featured within their recordings is palpable. From effortlessly charismatic vocals, to raw guitar tones, to that drum and bass combo that feels like a punch to the chest. With these guys, anything goes.

Band Members
Andrea – Vox/Guitar
JJ – Bass
Tim – Lead Guitar
Raff – Drums

WILDER MAKER – ” Infinite Shift / Black Wood Shine “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Wilder Maker is a band that I feel like I’ve been meaning to post about it for a while now. Anyway, here’s some info on the two tracks.

“Infinite Shift” is a track brimming with the churning, unending energy of NYC, propelled by Sean Mullins’ drums and full of a teenage sense of yearning for something more, some entry into the mysterious adult world of taxis gliding through Manhattan streets in the early morning. It’s about being drunk on new york, drunk on the future, and builds to a shattering and euphoric instrumental climax.

“Black Wood Shine” is dreamy and moody, composed of only vocals (run through guitar pedals for extra disorientation) and one electric guitar. Black Wood Shine is the moment when a relationship between two people is over even as they remain seated next to each other, feeling the rift. What if love is not enough? “I love you / but I’m killing you / I can see / it’s you or me.”

Band Members
Gabriel Birnbaum, Sean Mullins, Katie Von Schleicher, Nick Jost, Adam Brisbin
Wilder Maker makes down home Americana music for the city streets and walk-ups that frame them. Wry lyrics[…]that are buoyed by CCR grit and lurch, with enough no-wave sax/Television guitar touches to make sure the band’ll get beat up when it gets past Cleveland.” – Noisey
“The Wilder Maker crew seem to be distinguishing themselves in the Brooklyn indie-rock landscape by embracing their natural penchant for deceptive complexity.” – SPIN

KATE DAVIS – ” Trophy “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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If your PR piece touts Sharon Van Etten and Bob Boilen as big fans, there’s a good chance I’ll (eventually) open that email. And I’m glad I finally got around to Kate Davis. In a nutshell, this is wonderfully executed mid-tempo indie sung by someone with a lovely voice. “Trophy” is out on 11/8 on Solitaire Recordings. Here’s some more info on Kate.

Kate Davis’ story is one of elegant artistic evolution. Having grown up in the spotlight as a jazz prodigy, she performed in the Grammy Jazz Ensemble, won ASCAP’s Robert Allen Award, played slots at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and collected fervent endorsements from Herbie Hancock, Ben Folds, Alison Krauss and Jeff Goldblum among others. But — Kate outgrew her accolades. Days spent practicing and performing standards became nights spent writing — cathartic indie rock. Forbidden chord progressions emerged like diary entries, documents of an internal reaction to routine. Time intended for technique slipped into secret listening sessions of Beach House, Elliot Smith and TV On The Radio.

In the same bright, arresting croon that ignited her youthful stardom, Davis created confessionals. Now 28 and audibly matured, Kate is prepared to properly share the artifacts from her late night craft, a full length reaction to ritual required of perfection, an outburst from the pedestal. Throughout twelve tumultuous tracks, she poetically reflects upon the intricacies of what it is to live, ruminating on topics too close to her heart — identity, self-worth, loss.

JOSIENNE CLARKE – ” In All Weather “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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With an elegant, nuanced and emotionally affecting singing style (Cerys Matthews described her as having a voice that can “trickle back over centuries”) Josienne Clarke has frequently been compared to the great Sandy Denny, but present too are elements of Nina Simone and Gillian Welch; all three are important influences on her work.

In recent years, Josienne has supported the great Richard Thompson on a dream-come-true tour of the UK and opened for the legendary Robert Plant across Europe, as well as performing at some of the UK’s best-loved festivals, including Latitude, Larmer Tree and End Of The Road. She also found herself in demand as a writer and broadcaster, contributing to Standard Issue magazine and appearing on BBC Radio 3’s The Verb to discuss her pet subject melancholy, alongside poet Simon Armitage.

Expanding beyond the folk music for which she was first known, Josienne has partnered with rising star jazz pianist Kit Downes to release the Such A Sky EP. And her friendship with London-based Scottish singer songwriter Samantha Whates bloomed into the group PicaPica, whose debut album was released by Rough Trade in 2019.

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Her latest solo album In All Weather is the result of an enormous upheaval in Josienne’s life. Putting an end to toxic personal and professional relationships, she moved to a Scottish island to write and record 13 songs that stand as a manifesto of how to leave and how to change. Music critic Tim Cumming described the new work as “not so much about heartbreak as about knowledge. There is no one to match her in that regard, perhaps in any genre.”

releases November 8th, 2019

All songs written and composed by Josienne Clarke

CHERRY GLAZERR – ” Call Me ” (feat. Portugal. The Man)

Posted: October 1, 2019 in MUSIC
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Cherry Glazerr’s most recent full-length, Stuffed & Ready, has continually impressed us since its release,  It’s rocking, confident, and intoxicating to say the least. The band made its late-night TV debut on The Late Late Show With James Corden, and today they’re back with “Call Me,” a new collaboration with Portugal. The Man.

The track was produced by Cherry Glazerr’s Clementine Creevy, Ariel Rechtshaid, and Tabor Allen. “Call Me” feels like a breath of fresh air, sauntering along with a funky groove guided by congas and art-grunge guitar. Bizarrely enough, there’s an air of James Bond or Austin Powers here as a spatial synth melody lurches along in this asymmetrical, yet dramatic way. The lyrics take the shape of a call and response between Creevy and Portugal. The Man vocalist John Gourley.

Also of note, today the two bands are launching a “Call Me” fashion pop-up installation at the flagship Fred Segal store on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles. The installation will feature garments and accessories inspired by the new song,

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“Call Me” is out now on Secretly Canadian.

ROBERT PLANT – ” Digging Deep Boxset ” 8 x 7″ Singles Box Set

Posted: October 1, 2019 in MUSIC
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Following the success of Robert Plant’s podcast series that digs Deep into his catalogue, Robert Plant releases a special limited edition 7” singles boxset on his own label, Es Paranza. The boxset features two singles from each of his solo albums; from the hit single ( # 3 Billboard US) Burning Down The House to Tin Pan Alley.

Robert Plant’s music is the result of a lifetime striding around the globe, from The Midlands to Morocco, from Nashville to North Wales, and the influences and friends collected along the way can be heard in his songs. In this podcast series he delves into his back catalogue to revisit a track from this remarkable history to tell stories of inspiration, collaboration and intervention. It’s Robert’s personal road map to an incredible and personal journey that’s ongoing to this very day.

Robert Plant’s work draws from a lifetime of journeys exploring music from the Welsh borders to the Sahara and from Nashville to the misty mountains; since 2019, the singer-songwriter’s Digging Deep with Robert Plant podcast has revisited his back catalogue and told stories of inspiration, collaboration and intervention. Recently released to mark the podcast’s third season, the career-spanning 2-CD set DIGGING DEEP gathers 30 extraordinary songs spanning four decades, including three previously unreleased new tracks. The collection showcases landmark recordings from each of the 8x Grammy winner’s 11 solo albums, including such highlights as the #1 rock hit “Hurting Kind” and the Grammy-nominated “Shine It All Around.” A truly remarkable lineup of musicians – including Jimmy Page, Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin, Phil Collins, Nigel Kennedy and Richard Thompson

Released on December 13th, it comprises eight 7″ singles featuring remastered versions of songs from his eight solo albums, some of which have been discussed in the podcast. https://lnk.to/RPDiggingDeep

Vinyl 1:
Side A: Burning Down One Side
Side B: Like I’ve Never Been Gone (S1, E4 of podcast)

Vinyl 2:
Side A: Big Log (S2, E6 of podcast)
Side B: In The Mood

Vinyl 3:
Side A: Too Loud
Side B: Little By Little

Vinyl 4:
Side A: Ship of Fools
Side B: Tall Cool One

Vinyl 5:
Side A: Hurting Kind
Side B: Tie Dye on the Highway

Vinyl 6:
Side A: Calling To You (S1, E1 of podcast)
Side B: 29 Palms

Vinyl 7:
Side A: Song To The Siren
Side B: Morning Dew

Vinyl 8:
Side A: Shine It All Around
Side B: Tin Pan Alley (S2, E1 of podcast)

JEFF LYNNE’s ELO – ” From Out of Nowhere “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Jeff Lynne will release the 14th Electric Light Orchestra album, From Out of Nowhere, on November 1st via Columbia Records. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee previewed the LP , the second billed under the moniker “Jeff Lynne’s ELO” following 2015’s Alone in the Universe — with the dreamy title track.

“From Out of Nowhere” conjures vintage ELO, minus the symphonic edge of the band’s layered keyboards and strings. “Let me go, let me fly to a place that I love,” Lynne croons over a jangling, descending guitar progression and steady, choppy drums. “Let me fly away and start anew.

ELO recently concluded their second North American tour since 1981, featuring Dhani Harrison as opener. Lynne, the band’s singer-songwriter, performed virtually every instrument on the new record — just as he did on Alone in the Universe. Accordingly he played “nearly every note of the music on guitars, bass, piano, drums, keyboards and vibes, as well as singing all of the lead and layered harmony vocals,” with engineer Steve Jay “[adding] some percussion.”

“From Out of Nowhere — that’s exactly where it came from,” Lynne said in a statement. “That’s the first one I wrote for this album, and it’s kind of like that.” He noted that he was aiming to spread optimism with both the song and album: “Everybody’s got to have a bit of hope.”

JESPER LINDELL – ” Stormy Waters “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Jesper Lindell was the breakout star of 2017 on the Swedish music scene, when he released his debut EP. Produced by Benkt Söderberg, father and former producer of the world-renowned sister duo First Aid Kit, “Little Less Blue” presented a collection of songs that were equal parts soul, Americana and rock.

Lindell went on to star in the acclaimed show “Who by Fire”, a tribute concert to Leonard Cohen organized by First Aid Kit at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where Lindell performed the Cohen classic “Chelsea Hotel #2”.

Jesper Lindell’s enticing debut album Everyday Dreams (out November 29th via Alive Naturalsound Records) is a clever mixture of rock, folk, blues and soul, performed by a 26 year old musician in love with classic pop, Stax-Volt R&B, and that old time rock & roll. The album finds the young guitarist/pianist/songwriter delivering an intimate collections of songs that could have been recorded in the late sixties. This is modern classic rock music, and hearts full of soul will fall in love.

“Stormy Waters”, one of the main singles on the new album. The song is a groovy nugget of throwback soulful rock and roll. Lindell showcases a voice that is completely original and well-suited to lead a band. Speaking of band, his conjures a subtle yet powerful sound, letting the music ebb and flow around the singer’s emotive vocals and the catchy choruses and harmonies. With its stomping piano and revelatory lyrics that feel like Lindell conquering life’s challenges,

Lindell shares his own story behind the song:

“When I wrote ‘Stormy Waters’ I was signed to one of the larger record labels in Sweden. I had just been to a meeting with the label and had played some of my demos, and the head of the company didn’t like any of them. And I remember feeling like a shipwreck when I got home. And that’s when I wrote ‘Stormy Waters.’ Though the song is not about that meeting. It’s about that feeling. And holding onto something that’s dragging you down. The songs I played for him turned out to be my debut album Everyday Dreams.”

Taken from the album “Everyday Dreams”

TITUS ANDRONICUS – ” Live at Audiotree “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in MUSIC
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Titus Andronicus is a hectic experimental punk rock band from NYC whose inimitable sound has been developing over the course of 6 albums and endless tours. 2019’s brisk “An Obelisk” showcases the band’s raw, rapid-fire sound over the course of its barely 40 minutes, reminding listeners that over a decade into their career, they’re are always ready to upend expectations. Check out the rad performance by Titus Andronicus live at Audiotree.

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Band Members
Patrick Stickles – Vocals and Guitar
RJ Gordon – Bass and Vocals
Liam Betson – Guitar and Vocals
Chris Wilson – Drums

Released October 1st, 2019

FOALS – ” The Runner “

Posted: October 1, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Foals are releasing two albums this year: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 came out in March and Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 is due out October 18th, both via Warner Records.

Now they have shared a video for Part 2’s “The Runner.” Quentin Deronzier directed the cinematic clip, in which frontman Yannis Philippakis fights his doppelgänger (played by Vincent Heneine), including battling in and out of paintings.  Previously Foals shared Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2’s first three singles: “Black Bull” (via a video for the track), “The Runner,” and “Into the Surf.” They also released a remix album, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1: Remixes, featuring Metronomy and others.

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 was among the nominees for the Mercury Prize . Previously Foals shared a cinematic video for Part 1’s first single, “Exits” a video for “On the Luna,” and a lyric video for “Sunday” . Then once the album was released album track “In Degrees” . Then the band shared videos for Part 1’s “White Onions,” “Cafe D’Athens,” “In Degrees,” and “Sunday.”

The albums are the follow-up to 2015’s What Went Down. Philippakis produced the albums, which were recorded at 123 Studios in Peckham, London with the help of engineer Brett Shaw. The band also features Jimmy Smith (guitar), Jack Bevan (drums), and Edwin Congreave (keys).

In a previous press release Philippakis had this to say about releasing two albums: “They’re two halves of the same locket. They can be listened to and appreciated individually, but fundamentally, they are companion pieces.”

Philippakis said that the albums do address the environmental crisis our planet faces. “There’s a definite idea about the world being no longer habitable in the way that it was,” he said. “A kind of perilousness lack of predictability and a feeling of being overwhelmed by the magnitudes of the problems we face. What’s the response? And what’s the purpose of any response that one individual can have?”

Philippakis added: “Lyrically, there are resonances with what’s going on in the world at the moment. I just feel like, what’s the utility of being a musician these days, if you can’t engage with at least some of this stuff? These songs are white flags, or they’re SOSs, or they’re cries for help… each in a different way.”

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