Daily Newsletter, June 22, 2024

PERRY BLAKE DEATH OF A SOCIETY GIRL MOOCHIN’ ABOUT RECORDS There is a tragic coincidence that came a week or so before Irish singer-songwriter was to release his latest album Death of a Society Girl, which celebrates his 20 years as a recording artist – the passing away of French legend Francoise Hardy, with whom […]

On 'Daystar Nocturnal' composer and producer Gianfranco Pescetti, comes up with an effective ambient/electro-dance combination.

LARA TAUBMAN THE GOSPEL OF GETTING FREE ATOMIC SOUND RECORD COMPANY There is a certain assured quality that was tied with the prime, 70s era of West Coast singer-songwriters: excellent songwriting, strong lyrics, and detailed arrangements and production that rounded the picture, putting the vocals at the forefront to lead the way. Since then, things […]

MAX BLANSJAAR FALSE COMFORTS BEANIE TAPES Ok, so you are born in Amsterdam, raised in Oxford, and end up recording with Katie Von Schleischer in Brooklyn. That is the brief story of Max Blansjaar and his debut album False Comforts.  The main thing though is that there are quite a few comforts and nothing false, […]

Home » Blog » Hot Picks 20/6/24 Part 1 – The Best New Releases Photo: QUENA.K *Read Disclosure Here Today we bring to you our hottest finds of the week. We have curated a list of the best releases from our musical travels this week and are putting them all in one place for your listing […]

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Exploring the life and times of Kinks frontman and revolutionary songwriter Ray Davies, who penned some of the greatest songs of the 1960s and 1970s.

Released 50 years ago, on June 20, 1974, Before the Flood marked the second phase of a reunion that brought Bob Dylan back to his earlier, highly touted

Milford Graves never seemed to be that worried about making records. An early run of recordings for ESP-Disk in the 1960s, which established him as one of the paradigm-shifting percussionists of his time, was followed by a number of independently issued efforts and some seismic releases by Sonny Sharrock and Albert Ayler during the ensuing decade. But Graves’ discography is punctuated with six-, seven- and eight-year gaps. He preferred to focus on teaching, physiological research, performance, practicing martial arts, gardening and other creative pursuits. If you’ve had the opportunity to see 2018 film Milford Graves: Full Mantis, you already know that just listing such activities does no justice to the singular way Graves went about doing them. If you haven’t, track it down posthaste and prepare to learn just how much a person can do with a life.