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Five Albums to Listen to This Week – October 27, 2015
Album releases are plenty, but these five gems are particularly worthy of your time.
Album releases are plenty, but these five gems are particularly worthy of your time.
After the success of her debut album Lil' Golden Book and it's popular hit song and music video "The Cigarette Duet," Princess Chelsea is back with her sophomore album, The Great Cybernetic Depression. Something of a concept album, this new effort is held together by a loose narrative and cohesive theme. It's saturated by a futuristic synth-heavy sound which we heard glimpses of on her previous record. In this interview, Princess Chelsea discusses the influence her hometown of Auckland, her classical music training, the 'sound of the future' and the isolation tied to technological progress.
Self-taught Danish filmmaker Ada Bligaard Søby makes films infused with a sense of exploration and movement. One of her most recent productions is the music video "Hitchhiker," set to Parisian trio Tristesse Contemporaines I Didnt Know. For this film, Søby was shortlisted for the 2015 Cannes Lions Young Director Award. Filmed with a VHS camera and mixing contemporary and vintage…
Matilde Davoli recently released her album "I'm Calling you from my Dreams" by her record company Loyal to your Dreams. She is a musician, songwriter, and sound engineer, originally from Lecce in southern Italy, but recently relocated to London. Her album contains elements of rock, R&B, and synth-pop, presented cloaked in the shiny veneer of electronica. Interestingly enough, however, the…
From old-time favourites to newcomers with raw appeal, we picked five albums to listen to this week.
Brooklyn-based EZTV are fresh off their first album release Calling Out on the label Captured Tracks. On the surface, the album is the perfect summer soundtrack, but underneath the catchy melodies and guitar hooks, there is a sense of real heartbreak. It is a refreshing throwback to an older musical aesthetic, along with a mature songwriting style that you rarely…
What exactly is Italian disco? What is produced if you mix French with pop and an electronic sound? All these questions and more are answered by the Montreal trio, Le Couleur. With singer Laurence Giroux-Do bringing a sultry sound to each track, Le Couleur will make you go back to a time of pure music fit for an Italian Club.…
Fraser A. Gorman is a young singer-songwriter based out of Melbourne, Australia, who just released his first album "Slow Gum" on June 29th. The self-proclaimed Americana country-rock artist comes from humble roots but has grown his musical career to playing shows all over Europe and Australia. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and The Band, Gorman adds an Australian twist to the Americana catalogue. He talked to us about his musical inspirations, family, and what its like to live on the road.