Albums of the year: #4

SHINING: Grindstone
Rune Grammofon would be my label of the year. It’s an extraordinary imprint that combines design elegance and, to a degree, uniformity with a musical breadth that would be dismissed as dilettantism if it wasn’t so consistent in quality.
Shining are pretty much the consumate Rune Grammofon group, if such a thing could possibly exist. [...]

Albums of the year: #5

PORT-ROYAL: Afraid To Dance
The Genovese quartet followed the superb Flares with an equally strong collection that blends instrumental rock and breezy electronica into an emotional, cinematic soup.
Below is a video for “Putin vs Valery” directed by Sieva Diamantakos.