Sean Adams

independentmusicmonday:Hi All, This week is my last week...

Mon, 29 May 2017 12:59:42 +0100

Hi All,
This week is my last week compiling this playlist that acts as an alternative to New Music Friday. Thank you for listening and supporting this playlist. The in-house team [PIAS] will take over from next week. You’ll find me over on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram. - Sean Adams
This week’s tracklisting:

The Kills - Desperado - Non-Electric
Lucy Rose - No Good At All
alt-J - Adeline
Soulwax - Do You Want To Get Into Trouble? - Edit
RIDE - All I Want - Glok Remix
RHAIN - Tall Ships - Henry Green Remix
Washed Out - Get Lost
Saint Etienne- Magpie Eyes - Villagers Remix
Jen Miller - Fire
Songhoy Blues ft. Elf Kid - Mali Nord
Kojey Radical - AFTER WINTER
Shabazz Palaces ft. Quazarz - Since C.A.Y.A.
CARGO Time - Nos vies
DAF - Der Mussolini - Giorgio Moroder & Denis Naidanow Remix
Mew - In A Better Place (Purity Ring Remix)
Carl Craig - Sandstorms (feat. Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles & François-Xavier Roth)
Agnes Obel - Mary - Instrumental
Marika Hackman - Cigarette
Sam Airey - Station Approach
The Districts - If Before I Wake
Kamikaze Girls - Deathcap
The Orielles - I Only Bought It for the Bottle
Big French - The Troll
Someone - The Deep
Tender - Nadir
Fyfe - Closing Time
Ben Ottewell - A Man Apart
Micah P. Hinson - Lover’s Lane
POSTILJONEN - Crazy
Low Island - That Kind of Love
LUMER - Gruel
Bellevue Days - Secret Love
Jakob Ogawa ft Clairo - You Might Be Sleeping
Slowes - U
Eivør - Slør
Beach House - Chariot
The Charlatans - Different Days
Girlhood - Together
HAN ft. REMAIN - Cliché
Crystal Fighters - In Your Arms - Glacci Remix
Chewii - PuNoni (feat. GOVALES & KAYTRANADA)
St. Jude the Obscure - Ruins
Luna Shadows - Thorns
James Heather - Oizys
Mink’s Miracle Medicine - The Rift
Pale Seas - Into the Night (Radio Edit)
The Gravity Drive - Wake of the Dawn
Elise LeGrow - You Never Can Tell
James Vincent McMorrow - National
Quiet Boy - Redeem
Diamond Thug - Eclipsed
New Atlas - Twins
Girls In Hawaii - This Light
Peter Perrett - An Epic Story
Slow Dancer - I Would
Currents - Withered
DBFC - New Life
The Hairem - Like a Snake
3RD MAN - Surreal - Radio Edit
Artbreak - Will To Survive

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It’s the last goodbye…

Here’s the 2017 edition of my Music for Office Workers...

Mon, 17 Apr 2017 20:42:17 +0100

Here’s the 2017 edition of my Music for Office Workers series. It’s a playlist of gently euphoric electronic soundscapes, ambient gems, and modern classical compositioto ease you into or enliven your work day, without distracting you.

Tracklisting to kick it off - I’ll update it each time I discover something worth adding so check back throughout the year.

Mary Lattimore - It Was Late and We Watched the Motel Burn
Jean-Michel Blais & CFCF - In a Landscape - Rework
Earlham Mystics - Hera
Clark - Peak Magnetic
Kelly Lee Owens - CBM
Noveller - Rituals
Yann Novak - Surroundings
Nicolas Jaar - Fight
New Jackson - Electric Blue - Original
R.Seiliog - Myopia
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - We Forget Who We Are
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Gare du Nord, Pt. 1
Toydrum - I’ve Got a Future - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Rework
William Ryan Fritch - Tending the Herd
Jean-Michel Blais & CFCF - Hasselblad 1
Ben Frost - Welcome To Fortitude
Agnes Obel - Citizen Of Glass - Instrumental
The Bug & Earth - Agoraphobia
Nathan Fake;Prurient - DEGREELESSNESS
Mary Lattimore - Wawa by the Ocean
The Black Madonna - He Is the Voice I Hear
Lambert - Sweet Apocalypse
Sebastian Plano - Blue Loving Serotonin

Listen on Spotify here.

independentmusicmonday: Austra, Maximo Park, Frank Carter, AFI,...

Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:45:25 +0000

independentmusicmonday:

Austra, Maximo Park, Frank Carter, AFI, CocoRosie, and lots more on this week’s #IndependentMusicMonday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles an alternative to #NewMusicFriday. The playlist celebrates the best new releases from Independent labels.

Subscribe on your platform of choice and every week you’ll find 20-50 new releases from independent labels and independent artists. Some choices tracks arrived online in the past few days from brand new acts or forthcoming albums, whilst others are select cuts from new albums that were just released.

How to submit? You can submit tracks by emailing Spotify links to IMMplaylist@gmail.com.

Track of the Week

‘I Love You More Than You Love Yourself’ by Austra

Our track of the week is ‘I Love You More Than You Love Yourself’, it sounds like a soothing slap, and is taken from Austra’s sensational new album Future Politics (out now on Domino). Fans of Depeche Mode synth grooves and Bjorky operatics are sure to love it.

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This Week’s New Additions

Austra - I Love You More Than You Love Yourself
CocoRosie - Smoke 'Em Out (feat. ANOHNI)
Maximo Park - Risk to Exist
Cherry Glazerr - Nurse Ratched
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Vampires
AFI - Above The Bridge
Ronika - Make Your Move
Dirty Projectors - Up In Hudson
Nadine Khouri - Surface of the Sea
Charlie Cunningham - Minimum
Throwing Snow - Helical
Crystal Fighters - Good Girls - Airia Remix
Dutch Uncles - Oh Yeah
MENACE BEACH - Maybe We’ll Drown
Joan of Arc Band - This Must Be the Placenta
Fufanu - Liability
Témé Tan - Ça Va Pas La Tête?
Duke Garwood - Coldblooded
Cloud Nothings - Enter Entirely
Foxygen - Mrs. Adams
Gemini Brothers - Thesalli Noir (feat. Shahin Badar)

ICYMI - Listen to: Best of 2016 Spotify Playlist

Miss something? Browse the 2017 archive playlist on Spotify.

Posted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound).

This week’s alternative to NewMusicFriday, curated by me.

independentmusicmonday: Laura Marling, Flaming Lips, Nine Inch...

Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:44:24 +0000

independentmusicmonday:

Laura Marling, Flaming Lips, Nine Inch Nails, Los Campesinos!, The xx, and lots more on this week’s #IndependentMusicMonday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles an alternative to #NewMusicFriday. The playlist celebrates the best new releases from Independent labels.

Subscribe on your platform of choice and every week you’ll find 20-50 new releases from independent labels and independent artists. Some choices tracks arrived online in the past few days from brand new acts or forthcoming albums, whilst others are select cuts from new albums that were just released.

How to submit? You can submit tracks by emailing Spotify links to IMMplaylist@gmail.com.

Track of the Week

‘Wild Fire’ by Laura Marling

Proving that age ain’t nothin’ but a number, Laura Marling once again delivers something with the heft and heart of artists three times her years. This track is taken from Semper Femina, her first release since leaving the major label system, and with this newfound freedom you can hear her melodies and production fluttering into ever more exciting corners, leaving her gliding on that course to become the greatest living songwriter.

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This Week’s New Additions

Laura Marling - Wild Fire
Blaenavon - Orthodox Man
Minus The Bear - Invisible
All Them Witches - 3-5-7
Los Campesinos! - 5 Flucloxacillin
Rose Elinor Dougall - Stellular
R.Seiliog - Myopia
The Flaming Lips - How??
Nine Inch Nails - Dear World,
Anna Of The North - Oslo
Matthew Dear - Wrong With Us - DJ-Kicks
The xx - Lips
Lydia Ainsworth - The Road
Bonobo - Break Apart (feat. Rhye)
Peter Silberman - New York
Minor Victories - Scattered Ashes - Orchestral Variation
Brian Eno - Reflection (Excerpt)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Gare du Nord, Pt. 1
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - We Forget Who We Are
Soft Error - You Caught Up
Alexis Taylor& Green Gartside - Repair Man - Blended Mix
CUT_ - Undertow
SOHN - Dead Wrong
VÉRITÉ - Phase Me Out
KLARA - Breathe
Harlea - You Don’t Get It
Alice Jemima - No Diggity
Flo Morrissey and Matthew E. White - Suzanne
Johnny Flynn - Raising the Dead
Julie Byrne - Follow My Voice
Zooey - Time to Get Alone
Diet Cig - Tummy Ache
Cabbage - Free Steven Avery (Wrong America)
You Me At Six - Take on the World
Less Than Jake - Things Change
Pissed Jeans - Ignorecam
Ten Fé - Twist Your Arm
Carson Cox & Sam York & Austin Brown - Fire Dance
Mick Harvey;Channthy Kak - Contact
The Balconies - Middle of the Night
Black Star Riders - Testify or Say Goodbye
Emptyset - Border
The Gravity Drive - Kaleidoscope
CHRISTON - Bonfire
MALKA - Breakout
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Don’t Fight Back
Flume feat. Tove Lo - Say It (Illenium Remix)
Hippo Campus - way it goes
Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm
Turbostaat - Die Tricks der Verlierer
The Raveonettes - PENDEJO

ICYMI - Listen to: Best of 2016 Spotify Playlist

Miss something? Browse the archive playlist on Spotify.

Posted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound).

If you’re not already a subscriber (or are and forgot to check it for a while) here’s this week’s selection of the best new releases.

independentmusicmonday: #IndependentMusicMonday’s Tracks of the...

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:15:04 +0000

independentmusicmonday:

#IndependentMusicMonday’s Tracks of the Year: 2016 Edition

Every Monday throughout 2016 we have compiled the week’s best new releases. We’ve featured over 1000 tracks, which you can find compiled in our Archive Spotify playlist.

It’s been a real joy rummaging through the new releases from Independent labels throughout this year, and I hope that this best of the year playlist featuring 70 of my favourites gives you a taste of some of what a great year it has been. LISTEN to the IMM tracks of the year playlist on Spotify here.

Track of the Year: ‘Three Sides of Nazareth’ by Nicolas Jaar

A pummelling beat and children chattering and tiger-growlin’ greets you at the start of this almost ten-minute masterpiece. Jaar has seemingly thrown his downbeat hyper-dub trunk off a cliff and whilst diving behind it into the infinite abyss he’s managed to make one of biggest floor-fillers of the year. If anyone was going to soundtrack a Party in the Sky, with lightning flickering at your feet, then you could bet Jaar would do it. Of course, it remains a production masterclass with the slinky, snarling, super-smart, shape-shifting, almost philosophical exercise. It’s a voyage that revels in making your synapses shake as much as your hips, but boy oh boy, if this isn’t one of the songs of the year then you better hurry up and tell me what is better than this utter bliss. “I found my broken bones by the side of the road…”

Tracklisting
Nicolas Jaar - Three Sides of Nazareth
Jean-Michel Blais - Nostos (feat. BUFFLO)
Snow Ghosts - Undertow
School Of Seven Bells - On My Heart
El Perro Del Mar - Breadandbutter
Junior Boys - Over It
Primal Scream - Where The Light Gets In (feat. Sky Ferreira)
Eagulls - Lemontrees
FEWS - The Zoo
Future Of The Left - Animals Beginning With a B
Sløtface - Sponge State
The Kills - Doing It To Death
Kate Jackson - Metropolis
The Duke Spirit - Wounded Wing
Innerspace Orchestra - One Way Glass
Guy Andrews - Paganism
Pet Shop Boys - The Pop Kids - Radio Edit
The Dandy Warhols - STYGGO
Marissa Nadler - Janie in Love
Jesca Hoop - The Lost Sky
Minor Victories - A Hundred Ropes
Nils Frahm - Chant
Julianna Barwick - Same
Fear of Men - Island
ANOHNI - Drone Bomb Me
Animal Collective - FloriDada
Radiohead - Daydreaming
Ulver - Moody Stix
Fiona Brice - Dallas
Hammock - Dissonance
Garbage - Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
Sleigh Bells - Lightning Turns Sawdust Gold
The Avalanches - Frankie Sinatra (Extended Mix)
Soulwax- Heaven Scent (feat. Chloe Sevigny)
Shearwater - Radio Silence
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines
The Raveonettes - This World Is Empty (Without You)
Angel Olsen - Intern
Melanie De Biasio - Blackened Cities
Hilary Woods - Sabbath
Julia Jacklin - Pool Party
Wild Beasts - Big Cat
Femme - Light Me Up
BadBadNotGood - Confessions Pt II (feat. Colin Stetson)
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
Lost Under Heaven - I&I
Tim Hecker - Castrati Stack
Agnes Obel - Familiar
Jenny Hval - Conceptual Romance
C Duncan - Like You Do
Warpaint - New Song
Black Honey - All My Pride
Eluvium - Fugue State
Dead Light - Blooms
Sharon Van Etten - Not Myself
The Anchoress - Long Year (Acoustic Version)
Hannah Lou Clark - It’s Your Love
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jesus Alone
Merchandise - Lonesome Sound
Flock of Dimes - Everything Is Happening Today
Daughter - The End
The Blow - Think About Me
Austra - Utopia
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & Gustavo Santaolalla - Before the Flood
Worriedaboutsatan - This Restless Wing (feat. Vincent Cavanagh)
Lucy Claire- Kawaita Tsuki / The Barren Moon (feat. Yuri Kono) (worriedaboutsatan Remix)
On Dead Waves - Blue Inside
The Moonlandingz - Black Hanz (Radio Mix)
Gruff Rhys - I Love EU
New Order - Singularity - Erol Alkan’s Extended Rework
LISTEN to the IMM tracks of the year playlist on Spotify here.

Posted by playlist curator Sean Adams of Drowned in Sound

Give this a spin when you get a moment. The first taste of...

Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:01:30 +0000

Give this a spin when you get a moment. The first taste of Juanita Stein from Howling Bells’ debut solo album (due in Spring 2017) that has all kinds of dark-country vibes. This one is a dreamy alt-Xmas track. You can follow her on Tumblr here: http://www.juanitastein.com

“I fell into it ass backwards.“ A conversation with...

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:02:18 +0000

“I fell into it ass backwards.“

A conversation with actress, composer, lyricist and author, Claudia Corrieri.

independentmusicmonday: Julia Jacklin, Kate Tempest, The...

Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:58:24 +0100

independentmusicmonday:

Julia Jacklin, Kate Tempest, The Anchoress, Ani Difranco, You Me At Six, NOFX, and lots more on this week’s #IndependentMusicMonday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles a playlist celebrating the best new releases from Independent labels. The concept is a little like those New Music Friday playlists that you might be aware of, but on a Monday, and with no major labels.

Each week, we compile 20-50 new releases from independent labels and independent artists. Some tracks arrived online in the past few days, whilst others are cuts from albums that were released on Friday.

Track of the Week

‘Coming Of Age’ by Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin has got that vibe. You know the one, where country music fades into indie-rock. Where First Aid Kit meets Sharon Van Etten. That little bit of film grain on a photo of a field full of straw. Is it alt-country? Is it Americana? Does it really matter. Her debut album Don’t Let The Kids Win was released by Polyvinyl & Transgressive on Friday to rapturous reviews and with tracks like this, it’s easy to see why.

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This Week’s New Additions

Julia Jacklin - Coming Of Age
Kate Tempest - Lionmouth Door Knocker
D.D Dumbo - Walrus
Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes
The Anchoress - What Goes Around (Acoustic)
Ani Difranco - Play God
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Black Crow
Sleigh Bells - I Can Only Stare
Factory Floor - Wave - Jlin Remix
Slam - Ecclesiastic
Acid Arab - A3ssifa (feat. Rizan Said)
Archive - Driving In Nails
Ten Fé - Turn - Ewan Pearson Remix
DILLY DALLY - Desire - Odonis Odonis Remix
You Me At Six - Plus One
American Football - Desire Gets in the Way
Blaenavon - My Bark Is Your Bite
JONES - Tomorrow Is New
Boston Manor - Laika
Hiss Golden Messenger - Heart Like a Levee
MV & EE - Yr My Jam
White Lies - Hold Back Your Love
Joyce Manor - Eighteen
NOFX - Sid and Nancy
Luke Haines - Power of the Witch
Meshuggah - Monstrocity
Aliocha - Flash in the Pan
Andrea Terrano - Woodlands
Bazart - Chaos
Jean-Michel Blais - il
Joseph Lawrenson - Ljubljana
Lisa Mitchell - Warhol
Oasis - Stand By Me (Mustique Demo)
Shovels & Rope - Buffalo Nickel
Nilufer Yanya - Keep On Calling

ICYMI - Listen to: 50 Finest Tracks of the First Half of 2016

Miss something? Browse the archive playlist on Spotify.

Posted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound).

This week’s Independent Music Monday playlist is here.

independentmusicmonday: Marissa Nadler, Warpaint, Hamilton...

Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:53:02 +0100

independentmusicmonday:

Marissa Nadler, Warpaint, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, Honeyblood, Roisin Murphy, and lots more on this week’s #IndependentMusicMonday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles a playlist celebrating the best new releases from Independent labels. The concept is a little like those New Music Friday playlists that you might be aware of, but on a Monday, and with no major labels.

Each week, we compile 15-30 new releases from independent labels and independent artists. Some tracks arrived online in the past few days, whilst others are cuts from albums that were released on Friday.

Track of the Week

‘Give Me Your Gun’ by Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler has always had a way of haunting everything she touches. Her voice is rich with its own ghostly wisp whilst her melodies swirl and swirl until time stands still like a frozen waterfall. She’s one of the most consistently brilliant musicians in the world and we’re lucky to have her. Those of a fragile disposition should investigate her new EP of home-recordings Bury Your Name (out now on Bella Union) and her entire back catalogue at your peril, as it’s quite likely you’ll get utterly obsessed and begin to forget that other music exists.

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This Week’s New Additions

Marissa Nadler - Give Me Your Gun
Petrels - Terra Nullius
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times
Temples - Certainty
Honeyblood - Sea Hearts
Merchandise - Lonesome Sound
Beach Slang - Spin the Dial
NxWorries - Lyk Dis
Warpaint - Heads Up
MADEIRA - Come on Thru
Flock of Dimes - Everything Is Happening Today
Negative Gemini - Real Virtual Unison (Fake Edit)
Róisín Murphy - Whatever
Lucius - Pulling Teeth
Archive - Driving In Nails - Guy Andrews Remix
Kamera - Ventoux - Throwing Snow Remix
Junk Son - Picture - Ghost Culture remix
Tender - Violence
Alice Jemima - Dodged a Bullet - Bodhi Remix
JONES - Indulge - HONNE Remix
How To Dress Well - What’s Up
Archy Marshall - Swell
Meadowlark - Headlights
Happyness - Friend of the Revolution
Terry - 8 Girls
LVL UP - She Sustains Us
Skinny Girl Diet - Lazy Eye
Scarlet Rascal - Strange
Every Time I Die - C++ (Love Will Get You Killed)
Boxed In - Shadowboxing
True Widow - Theurgist
Stick To Your Guns - Universal Language
God Damn - Again Again
Flyying Colours - Long Holiday
Pixelord - Operator
Michael Nau - Maralou
Holy Sons - Robbed and Gifted
Ilya Beshevli - Tears of a Tiger - Taken From Night Forest
Tad - Stumblin’ Man - Remastered
Attila - Ignite

ICYMI - Listen to: 50 Finest Tracks of the First Half of 2016

Miss something? Browse the archive playlist on Spotify.

Posted by Sean Adams (@seaninsound).

This is probably the third time in less than a year I’ve made Marissa Nadler track of the week. #fanboy

dispodcast: #9: From ANOHNI to Bat for Lashes - Best of Q2...

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:00:23 +0100

dispodcast:

#9: From ANOHNI to Bat for Lashes - Best of Q2 2016

April, May and June 2016’s finest album releases are considered and evaluated by Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams and Absolute Radio’s Danielle Perry. The show kicks off with Amber Arcades and ends with Fiona Brice, and there’s plenty more including Minor Victories, Ala.ni. ANOHNI, Bat for Lashes, Fiona Brice, Black Honey, Minor Victories, Marissa Nadler and we chat about more stuff too.

Please note: this show was recorded the day after Brexit. Sorry for the delay on this podcast going live, we had issues with our Spotify uploader but it’s now up there as a playlist with full tracks too, and on all the podcatcher websites with audio clips amongst the chatter.

Tracks played on this episode

‘Fading Lines’ by Amber Arcades
‘All My Pride’ by Black Honey
'4 Degrees’ by ANOHNI
'Cherry Blossom’ by ALA.NI
'Give It Your Worst’ by False Advertising
'A Hundred Ropes’ by Minor Victories
'Janie in Love’ by Marissa Nadler
'In God’s House’ by Bat for Lashes
'Echo of Creation’ by JAMBINAI
'Berlin’ by Fiona Brice

PODCAST

The podcast version only includes clips of the tracks but is available to download for free. You can browse our previous podcasts here. You can also get this podcast via RSS, Stitcher and most likely via your 'podcatcher’ of choice.

New episode of our podcast now available!

ccclxmusic: Ed Harcourt’s new album FURNACES is OUT NOW The...

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:10:44 +0100

ccclxmusic:

Ed Harcourt’s new album FURNACES is OUT NOW

The album features artwork by legendary gonzo artist Ralph Steadman (Hunter S. Thompson, New Statesman, etc) and was produced by Flood (PJ Harvey, Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, U2, Foals, etc).

Here’s a taste of the the critical praise.

“A big beast of an album”
Album of the Week
THE TELEGRAPH

“His fiercest yet…”
Album of the Week
THE SUNDAY TIMES

Album of the Week
VIRGIN RADIO

“Superb… almost Bowie-esque”
★★★★★
SUNDAY EXPRESS

Album of the Day
BBC 6 MUSIC

“Politically aghast… Harcourt’s best record yet”
★★★★
MOJO

“A masterpiece”
MARK LANEGAN

“Phenomenal”
GREG DULLI (Afghan Whigs)

“Amazing”
JAMIE CULLUM

“Completely engrossing”
★★★★
EVENING STANDARD

“Excellent”
★★★★
THE INDEPENDENT

“A very English exercise in social commentary”
GQ

“Flaming greatness” 8/10
UNCUT

“Powerful stuff”
★★★★
THE SUN

“Career-defining”
★★★★
Q

“Full of fury”
★★★★
CLASSIC POP

“Bold and unrepentant"
THE TIMES

★★★★
FT

★★★★
THE i

“Apocalyptic pop”
THE GUARDIAN

“Wonderfully evil”
ABC

“Satan licking your earlobe”
9/10
GIGWISE

“A welcome left turn”
LA TIMES

8/10
UNDER THE RADAR

“Utterly absorbing”
★★★★
MUSIC OMH

“Big, bold and beautiful”
METRO

“…arresting ear candy… a stirring, often searing look at the “menace” of men in the world.“
NPR

I’ve been managing Mr Harcourt for 4 years now, and this new record arrived on Friday. If you get chance to give it a stream or pick up the record in a store, you’re in for a treat.

ccclxmusic: Furnaces by Ed Harcourt (Dir. Matt Mahurin) Ed...

Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:34:28 +0100

ccclxmusic:

Furnaces by Ed Harcourt (Dir. Matt Mahurin)
Ed Harcourt says: “Meet Furnaceman and his claw of despair. He loves Trump, oil & money. Probably adores guns and hates your God too. Whattaguy.”
Furnaces is the new single taken from his brand new album Furnaces out Aug 19th through Polydor. The record was produced by Flood and Ralph Steadman has done the cover art.
Pre-order the album at edharcourt.com. Follow: @edharcourtuk

A busy week with my management head on.

dispodcast: #8: The Anchoress on her complex, concept-driven...

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 18:34:48 +0100

dispodcast:

#8: The Anchoress on her complex, concept-driven debut album

Danielle Perry chats to The Anchoress aka producer, songwriter, author, and PhD, Catherine Anne Davies, about her critically-celebrated (see below) debut album Confessions of a Romance Novelist, which is out now via post-progressive independent label Kscope.

The Anchoress will perform her debut album in full at London’s most ornate Edwardian Ballroom, The Bush Hall, on Weds June 15th 2016. In the run up to this special event, we thought this in-depth album commentary that explores the concepts behind the album and the recording process would be a great way to prepare yourself for the show.

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY

You can hear this album commentary with the tracks in full on Spotify.

PODCAST

The podcast version only includes clips of the tracks but is available to download for free. You can browse our previous podcasts here. You can also get this podcast via RSS, Stitcher and most likely via your ‘podcatcher’ of choice.

FREE DOWNLOAD

Get the title track from The Anchoress’ debut album from Bandcamp and pick up a signed copy direct from the artist:
Confessions of a Romance Novelist by The Anchoress
LEARN MORE

You can learn more about The Anchoress at iamtheanchoress.com.

You can also read:

The Anchoress’ track by track guide to Confessions of a Romance Novelist (Drowned in Sound).

The Perils of Producing Your Own Album by The Anchoress (The Line of Best Fit).

Confessional Mode: An Interview With The Anchoress (TheQuietus).

NEW VIDEO

Watch her new video co-starring David Gilmour’s son Charlie:

LIVE DATES

CRITICAL PRAISE

…And here’s what the critics had to say about her debut album.

☆☆☆☆ MOJO

“…addresses the peaks and troughs of love, commitment and betrayal…Fascinating.” SUNDAY TIMES

“…a rich and complex debut…a blackly witty breakup album…Compelling.” THE OBSERVER

“…equal parts prog and pop, oddball & accessible.” NME

“…a flawless and sophisticated hyper-literate pop record.” GQ

“…insightful, intelligent songwriting on this hugely entertaining album . 9/10.” THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“…hyper-literary but radio-friendly debut. A record which could sneak big ideas past the listeners of daytime radio.” Q

“…literate and emotive. Karen Carpenter singing John Grant.” UNCUT

“…rich and satisfyingly poptastic.” THE QUIETUS

“Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love… updated for the 21st century.” PROG

The Anchoress is managed by CCCLX, run by Drowned in Sound founder, Sean Adams.

Beyond The Cloud — Music in 2016

Wed, 25 May 2016 22:18:38 +0100

Beyond The Cloud — Music in 2016:

Had a bit of an exorcism ahead of Friday’s series of conversations I’m charing at SoundCity+.

independentmusicmonday: ANOHNI, Radiohead, Julianna Barwick,...

Mon, 09 May 2016 16:10:50 +0100

independentmusicmonday:

ANOHNI, Radiohead, Julianna Barwick, Marissa Nadler, The Associates, and lots more on this week’s #IndependentMusicMonday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles a playlist celebrating the best new releases from Independent labels. The concept is a little like those New Music Friday playlists that you might be aware of, but on a Monday, and with no major labels. Our 50-song playlist focuses on the best new tracks and albums released by independent labels and independent artists, with a weekly selection of twenty plus new additions that have arrived on streaming services in the past seven days.

Track of the Week

For a long while Marissa Nadler has shuffled away in the shadows, building up a back catalogue of consistently brilliant albums. Her music sits an a dark hinterland, somewhere between Carol King and The Cure. At times, this gothic splendour could easily have her confused for Lana Del Rey’s sister, but there’s something far more psychedelic and far-out about her spidery-web of songs. ‘Katie I Know’, from her forthcoming seventh album Strangers (out May 20th via Bella Union) offers fans old and new a dusty window into Marissa’s world where melodies flutter through oily grooves. Having heard the album, it’s little wonder critics are already talking about an album of the year contender and she’s recently featured on the cover of The Wire. She’s a true talent and her time to step out from the shadow of endless critical praise is nigh.

New Album Releases

Friday 6th May 2016 offered an interesting selection of new releases - one of the best weeks of the year so far, maybe. Hopefully a certain band from Oxford won’t overshadow these too much.

Recommended Album of the Week: ANOHNI Hopelessness (Rough Trade)

The Duke Spirit - KIN (Ex Voto Records)
Julianna Barwick - Will (Dead Oceans)
LUH - Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing (Mute)
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool (XL)
RY X - Dawn (Infections)
Shit Robot - What Follows (DFA)
Spookyland - Beauty Already Beautiful (Play It Again Sam)
The Associates - The Very Best of the Associates (Metro)
White Lung - Paradise (Domino)
Willow - Zacht ([PIAS] Belgium)

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There’s so much more great music out this week than Radiohead. Tuck in.

edharcourtuk: Tickets are now on sale for Ed Harcourt’s shows...

Sat, 07 May 2016 11:15:25 +0100

edharcourtuk:

Tickets are now on sale for Ed Harcourt’s shows with his new beast of a band at The Borderline in London’s West End (30th June 2016), and at the Deaf Institute in Manchester (29th June 2016). Tickets available from SeeTickets, Ticketmaster, TicketWeb, and other ticketing outlets.

With a new album on the way this summer, expect lots more shows to be announced soon. Find tickets and get alerts as soon as new gigs are confirmed using Songkick and BandsInTown.

independentmusicmonday: Brian Eno, Kate Jackson, Yeasayer,...

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:49:53 +0100

independentmusicmonday:

Brian Eno, Kate Jackson, Yeasayer, Mogwai, Moderat, New Order, and lots more on this week’s Independent Music Monday

Every Monday the editor of Drowned in Sound compiles a playlist celebrating the best new releases from Independent labels. The concept is a little like those New Music Friday playlists that you might be aware of, but on a Monday, and with no major labels.

Track of the Week

‘The Ship’ by Brian Eno is 21 minutes of bliss to escape into. According to the inventor of ambient, it’s a piece about the Titanic… although with its funereal and side two of Low feel, part of me wonders whether it might be a something written in the shadow of Bowie, as a sort of transatlantic tribute… but perhaps the egg hunt for Bowie-isms is getting a little much.

Eno said:

“The piece started as an Ambient work intended for a multichannel sound installation in Stockholm, but during the making of it I discovered that I could now sing a low C - which happens to be the root note of the piece. Getting older does have a few fringe benefits after all. From that point the work turned into an unusual kind of song … a type I’ve never made before where the vocal floats free, untethered to a rhythmic grid of any kind.”

The track is taken from the forthcoming album The Ship which is released on Warp on April 29th. Alongside the song ‘The Ship’, there’s a three-tiered suite entitled 'Fickle Sun’, which includes Eno’s cover of the Velvet Underground’s 'I’m Set Free’. Of the Lou Reed-penned classic, Eno says it “seems even more relevant now than it did then.”

New Tracks from Forthcoming Albums

The past week being a short 4-day week after the Easter holidays hasn’t seen loads of new tracks teased out, but today we’ve been treated to a new cut from Kate Jackson’s forthcoming solo album from the iconic former Long Blonde singer, written and produced with the legendary Bernard Butler. Her debut album, British Road Movies, will be released on 20th May 2016 via Hoo Ha Records/PIAS.

This week also saw new tracks from forthcoming albums by bedroom floor-filler Gold Panda, emo-leaning Nordic sorts Slotface (fka Slutface), key-thumping rockers Black Honey, electro-maestros Digitalism, and the eerie 'Black Phase’ from Tim Hecker.

New Album Releases

Friday April 1st saw a barrage of new releases from independent labels, which you can try before you pick up a nice slab of wax on this week’s playlist:

Recommended Album of the Week: Hammock Everything and Nothing

Explosions in the Sky Wilderness (Bella Union)
Woodpigeon T R O U B L E (wiawya)
Iamthemorning Lighthouse (kscope)
Andrew Bird Are You Serious (Wegawham/Loma Vista)
Charles Bradley Changes (Daptone)
Black Mountain IV (Jagjaguar)
Bleached Welcome The Worms (Dead Oceans)
Vessels Dilated [Special Edition] (Different)
Mogwai Atomic (Rock Action)
Three Trapped Tigers Silent Earthling (Superball)
Gnod The Mirror (Rocket)
Yeasayer Amen & Goodbye (Mute)
Bibio A Mineral Love (Warp)
Moderat iii (Monkeytown)
The Last Shadow Puppets Everything You’ve Come to Expect (Domino)

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Independent Music Monday on Spotify

Mon, 28 Mar 2016 14:50:40 +0100

Independent Music Monday on Spotify:

independentmusicmonday:

It’s your weekly dose of the best new independent music, curated by Drowned in Sound’s editor Sean Adams. Today is a bank holiday in the UK so a full post and updated playlists on all services are coming tomorrow but for now here’s the updated Spotify playlist with 19 new tracks.

independentmusicmonday: The Kills, M83, Yeasayer, Ry X, Fear of...

Mon, 07 Mar 2016 22:38:33 +0000

independentmusicmonday:

The Kills, M83, Yeasayer, Ry X, Fear of Men, and lots more on this week’s Independent Music Monday

Are you new to our playlist? Welcome along if so.

What we do is make a playlist every Monday of the best new releases on Independent labels. It’s a bit like those New Music Friday playlists, but on a Monday, and with no major labels (except a few fall in the grey area of being distributed in some countries by major labels, but it all gets a bit complicated….).

The playlist consists of 50 songs hand-picked by the editor of Drowned in Sound, about 20 or so new additions each week. These are both tracks/singles added to streaming services in the past week or from albums which were just released. Expect everything from melacholic pianos to Scandi-pop bangers via gritty hip-hop and deathly metal riffs.

New Tracks from Forthcoming Albums

The Kills don’t appear to have lost that vampiric bite since they went away. ‘Doing It To Death’ slipped online last week alongside confirmation of the duo’s new album Ash & Ice (pictured above) on June 3rd through Domino Records. Watch the video and pre-order your copy here.

This week, Fear of Men’s haunting ‘Island’ arrived from Jessica Weiss’s forthcoming album Fall Forever. Apt for this playlist, she described the track as an “anthem to independence”. The new album is out on the 3rd June, through the Kanine label. and you can order a special limited edition golden vinyl edition from her website.

Also this week we had the slighty bonkers first taste of the new album from M83, another teaser from the forthcoming Yeasayer album plus tracks from Joey Bada$$, El Perro Del Mar, Innerspace Orchestra, RY X, Explosions in the Sky, Hammock, Haelos, YILA, The Dandy Warhols, The Boxer Rebellion, Guy Andrews, Cate Le Bon, Aurora, Lonely The Brave, Junk Son, and Bodhi plus a Disclosure remix of Flume’s 'Never Be Like You’.

New Album Releases

Friday March 4th saw the release of the following notable new albums, which you can sample a track from on this week’s playlist:

Wussy Forever Sounds (Damnably)
Anna Meredith Varmints (Moshi Moshi)
Låpsley Long Way Home (XL)
M. Ward More Rain (Bella Union)
Polica United Crushers (Memphis Industries/Mom+Pop)
Yndi Halda Under Summer (Burnt Toast/Big Scary Monsters)
Fatima Al Qadiri Brute (Hyperdub)
Wintersleep The Great Detachment (Dine Alone)
Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm Trance Frends (Erased Tapes)
The Coral Distance Inbetween (Ignition)

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My picks this week.

Album Review: The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:13:06 +0000

Album Review: The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It:

Was into the last album for all of its British Panic at the Disco wonder, have been obsessed with the recent singles, but wrote a review focussing on my favourite tracks on the record that reminded me of M83’s instrumental period before they got massive and there’s even some Sigur Ros-like guitars on it. Really taken aback by that suite of songs at the heart of the record. A really special band who are far too easy to dismiss. This is quite likely to be one of my albums of the year.