31.12.2025-2026

 

     BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...BE HAPPY...

https://www.sendspace.com/file/o6udy1

27.12.2025-EMILY JANE WHITE Ode To Sentience (Talitres,2010)

 

NEOFOLK

   After her debut E.P. and first album, White seemed firmly pegged as a gloomy, miserabilist artist, a champion of the sad song.  But Ode To Sentience, while it’s far from being a radical departure, has plenty of surprises. There are minor chords and mourning string arrangements throughout, but there’s pedal steel on “Broken Words”, a light breath of fresh air. There’s tight composition and clever pop songwriting in “The Black Oak”, and bright drums lead the way on “The Cliff”, another song with a country tilt. In a song about someone thinking about taking their life, White summons Townes Van Zandt, or maybe he just reminds her of herself: “It’s as if you were waiting around to die, and you found something to mend the frayed corners of your mind.”

https://www.sendspace.com/file/qvilt9

25.12.2025-MORIARTY Epitaph (Air Rytmo,2015)

 

AMERICANA

   They are influenced by Americana, sing in English, take their name from a character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, and recorded this engaging acoustic set in the attic of a farmhouse in eastern France.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/dl0ozpprziyut4o/MTEpitaph.zip/file

23.12.2025-BLACK NEEDLE NOISE These Mortal Covers (COP International,2022)

 

DARKWAVE

   You will find songs originally penned by Sonny Bono, Bob Thiele / George Douglas / George Weiss, Farrar John / Farrar John Clifford, Joseph Lee Wood / Michael Paul Roche / Mitchell Dean Margolin / Ronald Lewis Emory, M. L. Gore, Miles Gregory, W.T. Ward / John Osbourne / Tony Iommi / Terence Butler, R. Robinson / C. Robinson, Peter Lawrence Buck / Michael E. Mills / William Berry / Michael J. Stipe, Russ Conway / Lyndon Haley and Chris Butler.

    The vocal lines were executed by Anjela Piccard, Dr Strangefryer, Tom Berger, Beca, Anjela Piccard, Rebecca Coseboom, Pinky and Betty X.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/fqpnzm

21.12.2025-LISA HANNIGAN At Swim (Hoop,2016)

 

INDIE FOLK

   At Swim is an incredibly soft record. Contrasting our harsh world, all of the album's instruments are played gently and with care, while Hannigan's hushed and raspy voice is as commanding as ever as she exudes a quiet confidence. On "Anahorish," a gorgeous a cappella interpretation of Seamus Heaney's poem, we hear the full powers of Hannigan's voice, but she dazzles all the same on denser tracks like "We, the Drowned" or "Barton," which is flecked with a muted electronic beat. Her voice punctures the thick layers of instrumentation with ease.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/z4znn6

17.12.2025-PICTORIA VARK The Parts I Dread (Get Better,2022)

 

INDIE ROCK

   Summoning the communal energy of a live band, the indie rock songwriter’s debut explores uneasy emotions, anxiety spirals, and perseverance.

https://www.sendspace.com/file/b0jkj8

15.12.2025-BALMORHEA Pendant World (Deutsche Grammophon,2023)

 

NEO-CLASSICAL

   Subtlety is a delicate art form. Too little, and one runs the risk of being too obvious, clunky, or blatant. Too much, and no one gets the joke, takes the hint, or catches the drift. Finding the right amount of subtlety makes comedy funnier and mysteries more intriguing; it can also lead to music that is full of the magic that leaves the listener wanting to hear more. Performing and recording together since 2007, Balmorhea has often explored the auditory world of subtle minimalism and restraint, and they continue to do so on their latest, "Pendant World", their second release on the Deutsche Grammophon label. 

https://www.sendspace.com/file/lpagoz