Kings of Convenience return to the live scene and celebrate their newest album with shows at London's Royal Festival Hall. The Nordic folk-pop duo Kings of Convenience aka Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe don’t tend to tour very much and there was a hiatus of twelve years between their most recent albums, so their decision to perform both a matinee and evening show at The … [Read more...] about Kings of Convenience: Live at The Royal Festival Hall
Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel: The Globeflower Masters Vol.1
In which the Brighton duo dig deep and mine the rich seam of lavish soundtrack and library music from the 1960s and 1970s to thrillingly louche and arresting effect. The Globeflower Masters Vol.1’is both a labour of love and a homage to a specific, gilded age of pop. Brighton musicians Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel’s rapturous LP is an embodiment of a certain … [Read more...] about Glenn Fallows and Mark Treffel: The Globeflower Masters Vol.1
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises – Review
The electronic producer Floating Points and the octogenarian jazz master Pharoah Sanders harness the majesty of healing, atmosphere and expanse on their beautiful, sweeping and subtly realised hook-up with The London Symphony Orchestra, a recording that achieves spine-tingling and transfixing effects with a thoughtful and sparse application of its core ingredients. The … [Read more...] about Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises – Review
William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time – Review
Genre-hopping auteur William Doyle, formerly known as East India Youth, is as diffuse and dazzling as ever on his second recording under his own name. A new record from the prodigiously gifted William Doyle is always an event worth marking on the calendar. The singer-songwriter is noted for his full-bodied and steadfast immersion in the recording process, a love of … [Read more...] about William Doyle: Great Spans of Muddy Time – Review
New Bums: Last Time I Saw Grace – Review
Donovan Quinn and Ben Chasny reunite for their side project of unabashed troubadour folk stylings. Back in 2014, New Bums aka Donovan Quinn and Ben Chasny ushered a wave of critical acclaim for their gorgeous Voices In A Rented Room, a record that burrowed deep into contemplative, meandering psych-folk and exuded a scruffy, lived-in charm. A tour of the US and Europe … [Read more...] about New Bums: Last Time I Saw Grace – Review
A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Invisible Cities – Review
In which the kings of neo-classical ambient soundscapes work up a sumptuous and beguiling score for a dance theatre interpretation of Italo Calvino’s postmodern novel. Composers Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran have long been acclaimed practitioners of a woozily minimalist aesthetic, both as members of previous bands, artists in their own right and the feted duo … [Read more...] about A Winged Victory For The Sullen: Invisible Cities – Review