Song of the day: BOARDS OF CANADA - Friendly Fire (2005)

There are a lot of predominantly instrumental albums where there is a particular track that I adore, but whose title remains a mystery to me. I think “Oh yeah, I love this one” as it plays, but don’t actually bother to look at the sleeve to see what it’s called, and since there’s no-one helpfully [...]

A Few Forthcoming Long Players

ALTER EGO WHY NOT KLANG 22nd October
BEIRUT FLYING CLUB CUP 4AD 8th October
BOXCUTTER GLYPHIC PLANET MU 29th October
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MAGIC COLUMBIA 1st October
CHARALIMBIDES LIKENESS KRANKY 29th October
EMMA POLLOCK WATCH THE FIREWORKS 4AD 17th September
FEU THERESE CA VA COGNER CONSTELLATION 8th October
JONI MITCHELL SHINE UNIVERSAL 24th September
KIM HIORTHOY MY LAST DAY SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND 5th November
MUM GO [...]

Album: ANGELS OF LIGHT - We Are Him (Young God YG35 2007)

It’s amazing to think that We Are Him is the sixth Angels Of Light LP (including the split release with Akron/Family) since Michael Gira called time on Swans. Up to now, the albums have been much lighter sounding than even the relatively mellow late-period Swans, with acoustic, almost folky influences to the fore. They’ve been [...]