Tag Archives: avant-garde

BETTER IN THE DARK: AN INTERVIEW WITH YAEL NAIM ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM NIGHTSONGS

Posted Feb 20, 2020

interview by Michael McCarthy I was recently blessed with the opportunity to hear Franco-Israeli singer/songwriter Yael Naïm’s fifth studio album Nightsongs, which will be released via Believe Music on March 20, 2020. Although her songs have largely been introspective throughout her career, I was moved by just how much more personal the tracks...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = POPPY: “ANYTHING LIKE ME”

Posted Feb 2, 2020

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"You shouldn't be anything like me," pop star turned heavy metal kid Poppy sings insistently on her ferocious new single, "Anything Like Me," which finds her sounding not unlike a female Marilyn Manson. "I'm sorry for what I've become / Because I'm...

#songoftheday / #amlistening = BAR BRUTAL BAND: “SPECIAL TERMS” DEMO

Posted Nov 19, 2019

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Bar Brutal Band, has just released a spot on new single, albeit in demo form, called "Special Terms," which I simply had to share with you. It's just too good for me not to. ...

#amlistening / #nowlistening = OH LAND: “SALT (ARTHUR MOON REMIX)”

Posted Sep 5, 2019

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Oh Land ( Nanna Øland Fabricius) and Arthur Moon (Lora-Faye Åshuvud), two artists we've interviewed this year, have collaborated on a new EP! ...

#songoftheday / #amlistening: AMANDA PALMER: “DROWNING IN THE SOUND”

Posted Aug 20, 2019

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The always spell-binding Amanda Palmer's new single, "Drowning in the Sound" is yet another chamber pop masterpiece from the insanely-talented singer/songwriter....

DEFINITELY NOT MADE OF CHEESE: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR MOON

Posted Jul 2, 2019

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Arthur Moon is a wondrous collaboration between Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Lora-Faye and musicians Cale Hawkins (Quincy Jones, Bilal) and Martin D. Fowler (a composer for This American Life). Arthur Moon is also the moniker that Lora-Faye herself goes by. (More on that in the interview.) Arthur’s debut album is out on vinyl now via...

WORLD PREMIERE / #songoftheday = NATHASSIA: “GODDESS”

Posted Apr 25, 2019

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I am pleased to present you with the global premiere of her latest single, "Goddess," which finds her once again in the world music vein as she calls on and portrays the Goddesses Athena, Venus, Diana, Inanna and Laxmi as she sings...

#songoftheday X3 / #picksoftheweek / #amlistening = LAURE SHANG, DOE PAORO, REBECCA & FIONA

Posted Aug 18, 2018

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Today we have three exceptionally good pop tunes of very different styles, all works of art in our opinion....

#SONGOFTHEDAY / #AMLISTENING = MIMOZA H: “WINTERLUDE” FEAT. JONATHAN CAYER ON PIANO

Posted Mar 22, 2018

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I imagine this would work splendidly as score in a movie. Perhaps in a suspense thriller that takes place during the winter. I imagine the protagonist fleeing from her captors, and she comes to the edge of a frozen lake, and her only chance of survival is...

#songoftheday = ELOHIM: “SKINNY LEGS”

Posted May 30, 2017

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Elohim's latest single, "Skinny Legs," might strike you as an abstract, maybe even inaccessible, song the first few times you listen to it. I even wondered if it was too bizarre for me when it first wormed its way inside my ears. That said, I put...

#songoftheday = alt-J – “Adeline”

Posted May 25, 2017

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As you probably have figured out by now, most of our song of the day selections are chosen because they're catchy. It's almost an unwritten rule that we only select the most infectious tunes we come across. There are exceptions to this rule and today is...

An Exclusive Interview with Mimoza H

Posted Dec 5, 2016

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by Michael McCarthy Mimoza H is one of the most fascinating artists I’ve come across in a long time. Her somewhat abstract music is like a cross between Florence + The Machine, Bjork and Tori Amos. That might not sound like a good combination, but to my ears it’s sonic bliss. I especially...

#albumoftheday / REVIEW: ZELOOPERZ: BOTHIC

Posted Mar 5, 2016

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Detroit rapper ZelooperZ — who was born in the 313 and still resides there — is part of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade. Interestingly, they connected via Twitter when the 6’7″ ZelooperZ was promoting a mixtape like crazy and Brown took notice. But before Brown took him into the studio he gave him a proper...

EXCLUSIVE WORLD PREMIERE / #songoftheday: AJ UNITY: “KAGUYA-AJ AJ UNITY” feat. RYOMA

Posted Feb 25, 2016

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AJ Unity are a duo comprised of Naomi Suzuki, one of the most popular singers from Japan in the UK, and Philipp Moll. The two first collaborated when Moll produced one of Naomi's solo albums and they sensed that they were destined to make more music together....

#albumoftheday / REVIEW: CHELSEA WOLFE: ABYSS

Posted Aug 18, 2015

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For me, Chelsea Wolfe’s albums have always been more about an overall vibe than specific songs taken individually. I do prefer certain songs, yes, but within the context of her albums. They’re not songs I’d necessarily take and put on a playlist. (They don’t necessarily play well with other artists.) I have to be...

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