“Amor Anciano” is the latest single off the new album “Envejeciendo” (Spanish for Aging) by NYC-based musician Maria Usbeck. Originally from Colombia she uses two languages to tackle the topics of youth and growing older and even if you cannot understand the words like me, you get the impression that[…]
At Brooklyn’s popular bar and music venue Union Pool many shows become a communal experience, even more so when a beloved local musician celebrates the release of her anticipated debut album. Michelle Birsky aka Birch had something special planned for the night: she shared the stage with two other talented[…]
Two people coming together to make music is a staple in pop music these days, often as a collaboration of a singer and a producer. The three duos presented here go beyond that and create their music truly as a unit. Is it coincidence that they all are based in[…]
Alice Phoebe Lou – Paper Castles A large part of Berlin’s vibrant music scene is made up by artists who are not actually from there, but deliberately chose the German capital as their place to live and work. Alice Phoebe Lou hails from South Africa, but moved to Berlin years[…]
Discover three new albums from musicians based in Ireland, New York and Los Angeles. Two are built around guitars, one around a piano. But all are personal and from artists who want to control their music themselves. Rosie Carney – Bare Just in her early 20s Ireland-based singer/songwriter Rosie Carney[…]
Synth-pop is a vast genre and the endless possibilities one has these days with hard- and software invite to constant experimentation and invention. The second installment of our Three (or more) Albums series highlights three EPs which convey quite different vibes. Gwendolyn Dot – Mystic Responsibility Indianapolis-based producer Gwendolyn Dot[…]
2018 is in the rearview and after all best-of-the-year lists have been published, we are looking forward to what kind of new music 2019 will bring us. But why not have a look back to what you might have missed last year? Music does not age that fast, a good[…]
“You cover me in aphids” – it is not pleasant image that Sophie Strauss invokes in her song “Aphids”. The track is about being fed up that women are expected to play the second fiddle and serve as an inspiration and muses for male “geniuses”, something that is clearly still[…]
“Go Down” is a song from the new album “Mothdust” by Callow. The title is perfect for what is going on here: the San Francisco-based duo of Red Moses (vocals, guitar) and Sami Knowles (keys, drums, backing vocals) develop their music around heavy, earthy guitar lines that weigh down on[…]
Here’s another one from Bristol, England: Laura Kidd does epic indie rock under the name She Makes War. Her new album “Brace For Impact” comes with 12 well-crafted, guitar-driven tracks, such as “London Bites”, about the difficulty to reconcile your dreams with the realities of a big city as a[…]
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