Available from Our Silent Canvas Records.
While in the midst of completing the upcoming Ghost Against Ghost concept album, Oia, Ghost Against Ghost front man Christopher Bono was unexpectedly struck by a close, personal tragedy in the spring of 2014 forcing him back into the writing studio to process this new trauma through music.
Over the following months, Christopher reflected on the confusion and internal conflict that results when the life we knew and accepted as true and stable is ripped apart by disturbing revelations of a shocking betrayal and a pandora’s box of dark, misaligned secrets.
Since assuming the recording moniker Hiro Kone in 2011, New York City-based electronic artist Nicky Mao has personalized a space predicated on dark layers interacting with rhythm. With her early EPs on Group Tightener and Bitterroots, leading up to the EP Fallen Angels and the acclaimed debut full length album, Love Is the Capital (both on Geographic North), Mao’s meticulously crafted textures attracted collaborators like Drew McDowall (Coil), Little Annie, and Roxy Farman (Wetware) while driving against the grain of experimental techno. Mao’s explorations often cast themselves against danceable structures, creating a duality of crisis and escapism. Order now from Dais Records.
Pentangle Was One of the Most Distinctive and Musically Accomplished Groups to Emerge from the ‘60s. A Blend of Jazz, British Folk, Rock, Blues, and Even Classical. Featured the Unbeatable Twin Guitar Attack of Bert Jansch and John Renbourn; also the Sublime Rhythm Section of Bassist Danny Thompson and Percussionist Terry Cox; capped Off by the Piercingly Clear Vocals of Jacqui McShee. Sweet Child Was Their Second Album, Released in 1968. Real Gone Music is releasing this 50th anniversary version on 9/7/18 — pre-order now!
Imagine if Wanda Jackson, Bob Dylan and James Brown had a child, then Lou Reed was the godfather. The new record, You Had Your Cake, So Lie In It, recorded at the BOMBSHELTER in East Nashville, is that. Watch for it here.
Kate Renegade has just finished recording their sophomore album, New Unquiet Life, with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio.