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Wednesday, Feb 10 2021, 4PM
Debut album from the Brooklyn arist. Via Bandcamp "Ela Minus’ debut album is a collection about the personal as political and embracing the beauty of tiny acts of revolution in our everyday lives. Throughout, a sense of urgency and a call to arms is mixed with this love and appreciation for reality—because even revolutionaries need to leave space for simple human interaction."
elaminus.bandcamp.com
From the Manchester, UK band via Bandcamp "Working Men's Club is about the music, the vibe, and that feeling, forcing you to move. Anyone can join"
workingmensclub.bandcamp.com
The Black Country New Road is a major road running through the West Midlands of England, first planned in 1980 to relieve congestion on the M5; it was first opened in 1995, and completed in 1997.
The band taking its name from that road formed in London in 2018! Their bassist Tyler Hyde is the daughter of Underworld's Karl Hyde.
blackcountrynewroad.bandcamp.com.
“We wanted it to sound exactly how we love to sound live,” saxophonist Lewis Evans said of the album in a statement. Frontman Isaac Wood added: “This is basically representative of our first 18 months. We see this as being a stop in the road. I’ve always been interested in a really honest portrayal of what a band is and what they’ve been working on. I think it’s really nice if people can see an artist like: This was them in the early days, this was their next phase, and that they’re quite clear and honest about genuine progression as people and musicians.”
This song is said to be loosely based on a poem by Jim Morrison.
Members of the Olympia band went on to perform in bands such a Survival Knife and the Corin Tucker Band.
Recently signed to local label Sub Pop, London's TV Priest will see their debut album ‘Uppers’ was released on February 5th 2021. Find them here! tvpriest.bandcamp.com
“A lot of this album focuses on the subconscious and dreams, this song being the pivotal moment of these themes,” frontman Charlie Steen said in a statement. “A song about love that is lost and the comfort and displeasure that comes after you close your eyes, fall into sleep, and are forced to confront yourself.”
www.stereogum.com
shamebanduk.bandcamp.com
With Jacob Collier on back up vocals, this track is expected on SZA's upcoming and long-awaited second studio album. During an interview, the singer also expressed a sense of overall peace with her slow-moving creative process, saying, "Sometimes you just want to make something f**king awful just to rage against the system, but that’s not where I’m at. In this space, I just want to do what I want without any pressure, without any hyper-conversation about it.": www.nylon.com
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H.E.R. is an acronym for "Having Everything Revealed", and Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson performs under this persona. She was nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2020!
This song appears on the soundtrack for "Judas and The Black Messiah", a movie about the betrayal and assassination of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Black Panther Party. The movie comes out in theaters on HBOMax on February 12! Watch the trailer here: youtu.be
Watch the live performance on Stephen Colbert from last week: youtu.be
Arlos Parks recorded a wonderful session Live on KEXP (at Home) late last year - check out her full performance here after the show today: www.youtube.com
That's Amy Taylor from the Australian group Amyl and the Sniffers.
www.sleafordmods.com
Look for this debut release from the British band on April 2nd. It was recorded during the pandemic & can be found here drycleaning.bandcamp.com
Via their Facebook page: Ora The Molecule is the musical moniker of Norwegian-born avant-pop artist Nora Schjelderup. For Schjelderup, life has always been about observation and finding one's purpose in the community at large. She is the molecule personified: the smallest bit of matter that retains its own identity while being part of something greater. This keen sense of inspection and willingness to surrender to feelings of wide-eyed wonder guided Schjelderup from her childhood to the release of her debut album, Human Safari.
Check them out here: www.orathemolecule.com
This Seattle artist’s latest album is a strong set of mostly covers (along with two originals).
This track covers Leonard Cohen, who told Allan Showalter that the song was inspired by the Holocaust: "...[it] came from just hearing or reading or knowing that in the death camps, beside the crematoria, in certain of the death camps, a string quarte[ was pressed into performance while this horror was going on, those were the people whose fate was this horror also.... So, that music, 'Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin,' meaning the beauty thereof being the consummation of life, the end of this existence and of the passionate element in that consummation." -- tinyurl.com
Israel Nash is gearing up to release 'Topaz' on March 12th. Nash recorded the candid, textured album at Plum Creek Sound, his studio assembled from an old quonset hut near his home in the Texas Hill Country. 'Topaz' marks the first album Nash has recorded mostly on his own, both taking his time and relishing his newfound access to immediacy, punching the red button moments after an idea hit. “It’s allowed me to capture sounds and ideas, to really get stuff out of my head and into the world so quickly,” Nash says.: americansongwriter.com
israelnash.bandcamp.com
From the band's 4th studio album which used more synthesizers than previous releases. They incorporated dub and reggae into the albums sound as well.
This was a Record Store Day exclusive recently.
Arriving on the heels of the socially conscious Babylon, Dr. John's 1970 album Remedies marked his 3rd studio release under his eccentric, voodoo-inspired "Night Tripper"persona, and his first not to be produced by Harold Bapttiste--he instead turned to famed rock producer Tom Dowd. Featuring a psychedelic and progressive take on Dr. John's signature style of swampy, hazy New Orleans boogie-woogie rock, undoubtedly inspired by his then recent stint in apsych ward.
Debut album from the New York artist. oceanator.bandcamp.com
Check out the latest Isolated Tracks Episode with Bartees Strange via our YouTube channel after the show.
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Pick up this latest album from the Amsterdam band later this month. altingunband.bandcamp.com
Mystery collective SAULT said when this album was released on Juneteenth: "We present our first ‘Untitled’ album to mark a moment in time where we as Black People, and of Black Origin are fighting for our lives. RIP George Floyd and all those who have suffered from police brutality and systemic racism. Change is happening… We are focused. SAULT x" saultglobal.bandcamp.com
This track features surprise guests: soul singer Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) and English folk singer, Vashti Bunyan. Bunyan appears only as a sample from her 1970 track, "Glow Worms";
Read a fascinating interview on how and why Terence Trent D'Arby became Sananda Maitreya: "“People ask: ‘Why did you change your name?’ When you have a psyche that’s no longer functional, you petition another psyche. You either die – you kill yourself – or you think: ‘No, I’ve got more to do.’" -- tinyurl.com
Black Pumas performed this glorious rendition of "Colors" for President Joe Biden's Inauguration Ceremony at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater.
Breathe in... exhale. Rinse and repeat: bit.ly
From the San Antonio hip hop trio's release last year. thirdroot.bandcamp.com
Ignorance is the 5th release from the Toronto folk rock band. Check it out here: theweatherstation.bandcamp.com
Better Oblivion Community Center is the project of Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers. The duo released their eponymous debut album on January 24, 2019, through Dead Oceans. The music video for their initial single "Dylan Thomas" was directed by Michelle Zauner a.k.a. Japanese Breakfast: bit.ly
Via Stereogum: The band recorded Life In Your Glass World literally at home in Toledo. Frontman Mat Kerekes built a studio in his garage, and that’s where the band made the entire album. In a press release, guitarist Nick Hamm says, “This is the first self-sufficient Citizen record. There was no pressure at all and moving at our own pace allowed the songs to be a little more fleshed out.”
The new album will be out March 26th.
New super vibey album from the Los Angeles artist. pearlcharlesmusic.bandcamp.com
Here's Nada Surf performing this one live for KEXP donors at The Triple Door in January 2020, when live music still existed in the world: www.youtube.com
