Daily Newsletter, November 28, 2023

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Millenium Resorts – Happiness-Release date: October 27, 2023 What constitutes happiness is quite a personal thing, and differs from a single person to the next. but for [...]

Dave Alvin played guitar and wrote many of the best known songs for The Blasters, the band he started with his brother Phil in 1979. The Liberation Hall

Fronted by John Waite, The Babys could have become one of the biggest bands of the 70s – if only they hadn’t torn themselves apart

Montreal’s Feeling Figures make a kind of catchy, arty, punky garage rock that just sticks in your ear. Their latest record, Migration Magic , makes good on the promises of their tantalizing three song debut with ten new, self-recorded songs of skronky guitars and off-kilter vocal harmonies.

A love letter to machine music.

Aquarium Drunkard Weekly

With memorable performances and high-quality tactics of behind-the-scenes filmmaking, these movies should be discussed by film fans everywhere.

It’s time to cast an eye on the Criterion Collection, a distribution company renowned for giving cult, classic and world cinema a new lease of life… Christopher Nolan and Guillermo del Toro have come out recently and spoken of the importance of physical media and the dangers of everything shifting to digital. The art of […]

The last ‘new’ podcast before we head into our end of 2023 review shows showcases more exceptional sounds from across the world. From field recordings of Afro-Ecuadorian culture to Persian footwork, House bangers to sounds of the Sahara and Japanese folk, there’s a lot to enjoy on this week’s selection. You can listen to the first six tracks for free. To listen to the full episode, get a huge back catalogue of music, and access to our live shows and Discord group, please join our Patreon: patreon.com/independentmusicpodcast. The podcast only survives with Patron support TracklistingBounaly – Tamala (Sahel Sounds, USA)Alicia Mina, Maria Orovio, Ru Dei, Tai y Dalia – ¡Ay Carajo! (Akuphone, France)UKAEA – Le Stessa Croce (The state51 Conspiracy, UK)Aziz Konkrite – Mokido (Shouka, France)DJ Haram – Handplay (Hyperdub, UK)NTsKi – Milk White Steed (EM Records, Japan / Orange Milk, USA)The Body & Dis Fig – Holy Lance (Thrill Jockey, USA)Egil Kalman – Subtines (iDEAL Recordings, Sweden)Kali Malone – All Life Long (for organ) (Ideologic Organ, France)Phillipi – Hacido (DEEWEE, Belgium) This week’s episode is sponsored by the state51 Conspiracy, an independent music house. Go to state51.com to find out more about everything they do: state51 Factory sessions and events; hand-made Atelier products; a diverse roster of Label releases; Greedbag stores, pop-up and fanzine, and the Collective of distribution partner labels and artists Produced and edited by Nick McCorriston

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