Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVaux

A soul record, certainly. A project born of a shared feel for that idiom’s sounds. But not a suite of songs by its bold-faced names (well, maybe a couple – they couldn’t lay off that Sam classic, or from making…

Pinact: Into the One

Pinact are my new favorite gratuitously-noisy and mind-spinningly fast two-piece based in Glasgow, Scotland; basically high school friends [Corrie Gillie and Lewis Reynolds] putting together some really great songs. They’ve gone out and released an EP called “Spill Your Guts,…

Bear Cavalry: Aubrey Plaza (Shileds Remix)

Bear Cavalry, a rapidly emerging 4 piece from the sleepy town of Gosport on the south coast, are no strangers to making waves (…) it looks like a trend set to continue. (press release) We’re listening to Puryss, the new…

Sambassadeur: Memories

The Swedish Gothenburg foursome Sambassadeur is back with the first production since the critically acclaimed album European (2010). The new single Memories is flirting with a contemporary Serge Gainsbourg and is fully loaded with their trademarked melodies and grandiose arrangements.…