Cy Dune – Desert
Cy Dune does not lament the inevitable end of a mortal coil. Instead there is an acceptance, which allows for celebration. In brevity there is beauty.
Tengger – Spiritual 2
‘Spiritual 2’ is an album that demands replay, and yet it never seems to repeat itself. Tengger have channeled the good stuff here.
Juan Wauters – Introducing Juan Pablo
“I’m a man on the street / I walk right through the storm / confidently…” Juan Wauters delivers wave after wave of self-assurance on his latest album, Introducing Juan Pablo. Released via Captured Tracks this collection of songs is a prequel and spiritual partner to Onda de Juan Pablo – the artist’s album released in…
Lisel – Digital Light Field
Here, in the producer’s seat Lisel displays an affection for the easy other-world of following personal codes, and subscribing to new personal standards.
Pom Pom Squad – Heavy Heavy
Weight, is it an insufferable burden or does it give us meaning? From Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being to Ivan Calvino to Zen Buddhism, the question of whether it is better to be light or heavy has plagued people’s minds for millenia. On ‘Heavy Heavy’ by Pom Pom Squad, this eternal quandary rages…
Yumi Zouma – Bruise
Loss and sadness can lead to unbridled freedom. Change, or just its glowing essence on a hill, encourages creative development. This is the case with ‘Bruise’, the new song from Yumi Zouma. Yumi Zouma has always had a bit of a fluctuating nature. Following the completion of the New Zealand quintet’s tour for their second…
ZelooperZ – Easter Sunday 97 ft. Earl Sweatshirt
Summer is a time of collaboration. Friends are made. Friends come together. Under blue skies in warmer weather, everyone one is a bit looser. This holds true when it comes to music as well. People are looking for that jam that brings soulful good times. Good music, good people, that’s what summer is about. With…
Souvenir Driver – A Dangerous Crossing
A Dangerous Crossing is the newly released album from Portland’s Souvenir Driver. The title references a Nietzschean quote that states that ‘Man is a dangerous crossing’. Phew, what can it all mean? ‘Man’ plays a pivotal part in the sequence of nine tracks. From the outset the narrator of ‘Haze’ is “…working for a broken…
L’Eclair – Sauropoda
E’Clair have delivered a soundtrack to the summer of 2019. Sauropoda is infused with timely grooves, and it gives great color.
Budokan Boys – Dad Is Bad
Budokan Boys ‘Dad is Bad’ captures the moment when we realize the concepts to which we previously subscribed are almost entirely meaningless.