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Strange Strings Excursions : A Mix by Son of Buzzi
Son of Buzzi is Blind Joey Deaf, the mysterious persona cultivated by Zurich musician Sebastian Bischoff. Earlier this year he released Fluss, a collection of “sound collages” made by layered, multi-dimensional guitar soli, electric guitar, and the sparkling, gentle sound of the river Limmat captured on New Year’s Eve. Bischoff is a talented player, and those field recordings are a differentiator, making Fluss stand apart from other guitar soli releases.…
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Jeffrey Silverstein
Jeffrey Silverstein is an east-coaster turned PNW-er who teaches, writes, runs, meditates, and obviously, makes some extremely cool music. He has a beautiful new EP called Torii Gates that is out tomorrow on Arrowhawk Records. Last year, Jeffrey’s full-length You Become the Mountain made our AOTY list – an album of “effortless meditation” – even the most reluctant ball of stress will find their jaw unclenching and their shoulders descending…
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Buck Curran
Buck Curran, the prolific singer, songwriter, luthier living in Bergamo, Italy, has a lot going on. Buck’s Obsolete Recording label seems to be endlessly pumping out the jams, in the form of interstellar ambience, ruminative ragas, and melancholy melodies. I thought the best way to cover all the things going on with his label, Obsolete Recordings, would be to hear it straight from him. Hear Buck discuss the ten-year anniversary…
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Playlist for the Freeze and the Thaw : by Minor Moon
Minor Moon’s album Tethers was released on 3/26, a cinematic, visionary record blending midwest Americana, smart lyricism, and iridescent harmonies. From beginning to end, each track contains lush, full orchestration, with Wurlitzer and lap steel adding sparkling, sweeping elements, and songwriter and band leader Sam Cantor’s sometimes winking, sometimes somber, always solid vocal delivery rounding out the sound. Selecting singles must have been a difficult feat because there are no…
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decker. – In Outer Space & DNA
Sedona’s musical mystic decker. invites you to enter the vortex with the latest video for his new single, “In Outer Space & DNA” exploring the cosmic symbiosis between the macro and the micro, sacred geometry, and more. It’s no wonder this dweller atop electromagnetic and leyline convergences considers his music “psychedelic desert rock.” “Here we are in this great unveiling,” says Brandon Decker. “It’s like terminal velocity in so many…
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Bill MacKay & Nathan Bowles
When Drag City announced that the super powers that are Nathan Bowles and Bill MacKay were joining forces, music fans rejoiced, knowing the result would be greater than the sum of its parts, which are already pretty great. The two musicians have many commonalities, including their versatility and adaptability to any musical situation, their respective breadth of work as solo performers, their acclaimed collaborative output, and a shared sensibility on…
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No Kill – Swooning
Brooklyn artist No Kill announces her debut album today, Gold Chorus. The shiny, bright noisy-rock album is illuminated by (real life name) Jamie Cogar’s silvery vocals and voluptuous lyrics. “Swooning” is the first single from the album, accompanied by a video centered on the concept of the female gaze – the protaginists peer into the camera defiantly, yet the space is flickering and awashed in colorful light, playing with the…
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V.V. Lightbody – Really Do Care
Chicago’s V.V. Lightbody has released a new single, “Really Do Care,” a contemplative, groovy reflection on relationships. Really Do Care by V.V. Lightbody Lightbody’s acclaimed 2020 album Make a Shrine or Burn It (Acrophase Records) showcases the musician’s myriad multi-instrumental, vocal, and song-writing talents. “Really Do Care” is the lone B-side, featuring a burning thread of slide guitar from Nashville’s Juan Solorzano, Lightbody’s own flute playing, nouveau folk guitar strums,…
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Jesse Aycock – Sadder Than a Sunset
Today, Tulsa, Oklahoma-based musician Jesse Aycock shares the video and single, “Sadder Than a Sunset,” from his upcoming self-titled album, out April 16th on Horton Records. Of the 13 tracks on the album, “Sadder Than a Sunset” felt the most cosmic. Sometimes songs feel like they come from another place in time. This is one of those songs to me. It kinda wrote itself. All of these images started flooding…
