Feeling the Pride with this month s Local 303. Representation of Colorado s LGBTQIA+ community takes center stage with new and returning voices.
We re welcoming back Colorado artists with new records and singles that we can t get enough of including indie-folk duo
LVDY from their springtime debut. Former Denver-by-way-of-Iceland artist
John Grant will release his new album Boy From Michigan at the end of June, so we are giving you a sneak peek of it. We ll also be playing electro-pop artist
ZEMBU s new single Mixed about the complexities of growing up mixed race and reconnecting with her Japanese ancestry. Also returning,
Claire Heywood, who has come out since being featured last March.
Felix Ayodele aka Felix Fast4ward
Photo: Stevie A. Selby
Hometown: I m originally from Evanston, Ill & I’ve lived in Denver for almost 2 decades. My new band The New Moons : Tim Philpott (Originally L.A.) , Mike Chiesa & Mark Emmons are from Denver, CO
Formed: Officially we formed in 2019 upon the release of the Walking Distance LP but have been playing for many years together.
Latest Release: Felix Ayodele -
Walking Distance, Self-Released, Mar. 12, 2019 / Felix Fast4ward - VSOTI, Multidim Records, Jan. 2021
About: Felix Ayodele is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, sound painter & singer-songwriter. His sound along with the New Moons is a blend world music jazz & soul with a unique improvisational approach to the pop song aesthetic.
Indie Basement: Best Reissues, Box Sets & Compilations of 2020
Having already posted the Indie Basement Best Albums of 2020 list, I thought I d run down my favorite reissues and compilations from the past year. I stayed within the general confines of the things I cover on a weekly basis. So as much as I dig the Prince ˆmega-deluxe edition and Neil Young s
Homegrown, they re not on this list. For the reissues, I picked things that either had lots of worthy bonus features or had been out of print for a long time (often both). I also picked an additional 12 reissues from this year that didn t quite fit that criteria but were also worthy of note.
Fact Mix 789: Afrodeutsche
Fact Mix 789: Afrodeutsche
A whirlwind trip through vintage acid, electro and rave to see out 2020.
Henrietta Smith-Rolla’s musical journey started as a child growing up in Devon, where she took violin lessons at a young age and would dance along to Soul II Soul’s ‘Back to Life’ on
Top of the Pops. In 2007 she moved to Manchester, where she began to make her own electronic music inspired by Drexciya, Underground Resistance, Afrofuturism and Detroit’s rich legacy under the name of Afrodeutsche.
In 2018, Smith-Rolla released her debut album Break Before Make on the legendary Manchester label Skam Records, home of early releases from Autechre and Boards of Canada. Last year she provided the first release on Eclair Fifi’s River Rapid label, and scored a BAFTA-nominated documentary, Kamali, which was released this year on SA Recordings alongside a sample library.