Nick Mitchell Maiato and James Toth return with their third album, a joyful-sounding record which deepens the band’s connection to the cosmic American heritage.
New Zealand’s Tall Dwarfs showed a whole generation of musicians what could be done at home on a 4-track and what magic could be made if you mixed pop melodies and hooks galore with homemade sounds.
For an artist like Mac McCaughan, the answer lies in experimentation – testing his voice in a different light, deconstructing it, sometimes relegating it elsewhere or removing it altogether as the piece dictates.
The character of the recordings are informed with warm fuzz and intimate room sounds. The songs are short blasts of psychedelic chill, a rummage around an alien radio dial.
The new solo album, ‘Reason to Live’ from the legendary Lou Barlow, is shambolic and grand yet intimate and doting, warmly acoustic and crackling with grit.
For this new LP, Greg Cartwright has reunited with Reigning Sound’s original ‘Memphis line-up’. Another welcome dose of garage rock and Memphis soul.
Prolific and enigmatic as ever, Alec Ounsworth’s recent works marry the quirky, left-field spirit of the early years with a well-earned confidence, and grander sense of scale and ambition. After nearly two decades, Ounsworth remains one of music’s most distinctive voices.
“I am tempted to say it is the band’s best record, except Garcia Peoples are too restless to settle for plateaus. Just do as the title says. Raise a glass at your wit’s end, and let the music blow away the night.” David Fricke
‘Blonde On The Tracks’ (produced by Wilco’s Patrick Sansone) is Emma’s ‘reimagining’ of some of her favourite Bob Dylan songs.
Telekinesis is perfect, unfussy power pop—romantic and hopeful, skittish, fresh and familiar. Check out the first single “Set A Course”