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Beak> has been around for some time now, featuring some of Bristol’s finest talents, including members of Portishead. They came on my radar when they produced the debut Anika album many years ago. This is pure CAN and that’s not a bad thing to be!
6d ago
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A friend of mine recommended this band semi-recently. Was taken aback immediately and have been listening to a bunch of their early catalogue. Hard to beat the creativity of it all, especially in contrast with the rest of the self-seriousness that seeps into the cracks of anything cool.
Nov 23, 2024
i saw babehoven open for indigo de souza this summer in a church; i was about ten feet away from them on the stage. i had never heard their music before and as soon as they started playing i was instantly blown away by the thoughtfulness, tenderness, and strength to their songs. their presence on the stage was absolutely magic and i was enthralled by them. since then babehoven has become a favorite of mine, and today they released a single off their upcoming album, ”water’s here in you,” due in april. the single, “birdseye,” is a jangly, joyful tune that sets your heart aflame. everybody go listen NOW !!!!
Feb 12, 2024
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Small, but growing band who have been sporadically releasing singles for the past couple years. They have an album on the way too. they actually sound like something new and refreshing but bring some of the raw emotion and symphonic explosions that earlier BC,NR had but make it their own by incorporating more tenderness and acapella (which actually works and doesn’t sound annoying). stop reading my ramblings about how great they are and just go listen to them!
Feb 4, 2024
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I’ve posted about Chanel Beads a few times on onrepeat.substack.com as one of the bands popping off in Brooklyn and beyond right now—a collaboration between musician Shane Lavers, vocalist Maya McGrory (Colle) and experimental instrumentalist Zachary Paul. The sound is a result of manipulated strings and something called “fake jazz” which I can’t describe but sounds right.
6d ago
I was at a party and this song came on, and it’s the best. Cansei de Ser Sexy (named after a Beyonce quote that she “got tired of being sexy”) were a Brazilian group you were either a fan of or at least heard played in Zune commercials. I completely missed a reunion tour last year and that is a bummer!
I always thought the Death From Above they were talking about were DFA but on closer inspection of the music video, it is indeed, Death From Above 1979 they are listening to while making love.
6d ago
Jonnine Standish, one half of the long-running Australian moody, atmospheric post-punk band HTRK, also makes solo stuff that I’ll let her bio describe: “Skeletal rhythms slink and echo through dimly lit streets framed by fragments of guitar, bass, breath, keys, scrapes, and haze.” HTRK inspired a lot of bands I’ve featured lately, like aso, Astrid Sonne and Acopia
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