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A little bit of background knowledge about American Men: They are unabashedly prog. They comprise members of various bands and projects including Dananananaykroyd, Solum and Russia. Their label touts them as ‘Miami-laser-rock’. They are signed to the forward-thinking LuckyMe collective, who also brought you Hudson Mohawke and Rustie among others. They have a [...]
IMAGE: ‘PodcART Young Team’ by Louise Cochrane
A little over a year ago a handful of Glasgow based music and art aficionados got together to start a collective dedicated to supporting local music and art, via the internet, live events and a weekly podcast. 52 podcasts later, Glasgow PodcART have put on art events, hosted live [...]
PHOTO: Picastro’s Liz Hysen.
♫ Listen to ‘Twilight Parting’ by Picastro (MP3 via Monotreme Records).
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Picastro’s music could just as easily have come from the sprawling emptiness of North America’s deserts. It melds rustic and contemporary styles, and instrumentation, into a fluid and uniquely nihilist brand of folk music, which is underpinned [...]
PHOTO: Frightened Rabbit, by Jannica Honey
After creating a minor masterpiece with 2008’s Midnight Organ Fight, the five-piece known as Frightened Rabbit (multi-instrumentalist Gordon Skene was added to the fray in late 2009) have returned with their third full-length studio effort. The Winter of Mixed Drinks (March 1 2010, FatCat Records) is a more diffused, slow-burner [...]
As Autumn approaches there is probably no music more appropriate than The Sleeper, the debut album by Brighton folk collective The Leisure Society, which is out this month. With musical hints of their peers including Belle & Sebastian, Fleet Foxes, and — dare I say it — Simon & Garfunkel — scattered throughout their literate, [...]
Music Interview: All City Records
MP3 DOWNLOAD: Dimlite - Quiz Tears (All City Records, 2009)
All City Records has been a staple in Dublin’s hip-hop scene since 2001 when they opened up a store selling records and graffiti supplies in the city’s fashionable Temple Bar area. The label came in 2003, releasing vinyl sporadically until a series of 12″s by Irish-Scottish [...]
When Scottish indie deviants Arab Strap mutually disbanded in 2006, founding member Malcolm Middleton took to focusing his energy on a solo career. Since then he has released a slew of albums, had a decent crack at trying to top the UK charts on Christmas day with a tune called “We’re All Going To Die” [...]
DOWNLOAD MP3: 85 Bears - Jumpin’ With Joe From The Highest Step
85 Bears are an East London three-piece who are making giant soundwaves across the country at the moment. Featuring Adam Hogwood on guitar, Alex Juror on bass, and Ben David on drums, the ‘Bears are fresh of their debut gigging stint, which included two [...]
DOWNLOAD MP3: Bibio - Mr. and Mrs. Compost
Stephen Wilkinson is best known as Bibio, that practitioner of audio botany and warped soundscapes that seem to leap out of your speaker like passages from a timeless novel or folk story. Famously described by Boards of Canada as “the antidote to the modern laptopia of pristine [...]
Following in the Scandinavian tradition of excellence in design and craftmanship comes a record label which combines its own unique visual and musical aesthetics with every release. Based in Dala-Järna and Stockholm in Sweden, Compunctio records is an offshoot from the purely Swedish-language label Hemlandssånger founded in 2000. The label has two distinct sides: one [...]
Earz Mag is an indie music and art zine based in Glasgow.
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