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Eleanor Philpot , March 9th, 2021 08:14 For years Anita Lane was overshadowed by her collaborator and ex-boyfriend Nick Cave. Eleanor Philpot argues that we instead need to see the singer as an artist whose exploration of female sexuality was way ahead of its time I started listening to Anita Lane by accident, during one of those heartbreaks so painful you become physically unwell. I spent my days incapacitated in the bath, repeatedly listening to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Boatman’s Call and sobbing. It was during one of those sessions of weeping that the cruel murmuring of ‘Green Eyes’ segued into the Spotify album radio. ....
Future Times Tom Bolton , March 9th, 2021 08:51 Imbued with a rich sense of place, Plankton Wat s new record finds inner peace, finds Tom Bolton From the turbulent alternative heartland of Portland, Oregon, a dispatch arrives. The Pacific North West may seem further away at the moment than it has for generations, but Plankton Wat’s new album drops us into the heart of the city and its mountainous surroundings, beset by political and climactic upheaval during the dying days of Trump. The swirling, guitar-driven instrumentals are pure psychedelic exploration, but the album addresses forest fires (‘The Burning World’), Black Lives Matter protests (‘Dark Cities), and police violence (‘Defund the Police’). It also offers spiritual redemption through the wild places that surround Portland (‘Future Times’, ‘Wind Mountain’). ....
Jennifer Lucy Allan , March 9th, 2021 08:43 Jennifer Lucy Allan interviews the Sunderland-born viola player about where her music takes her, sharing a history with British Sea Power, and what pushed her to begin making solo music Alison Cotton tintype portrait by Andy Martin When people talk of music ‘transporting’ them somewhere, more often than not they are describing a vague escape from an immediate (probably domestic) reality – an experience of music that for a few sacred moments makes them forget about the washing up. What is not usually intended is the feeling one has actually travelled back through time to a specific location, but for Sunderland-born musician Alison Cotton, this is exactly what she means. ....
Christian Eede , March 9th, 2021 17:40 The Italian festival is aiming to unearth outsider sounds as part of a partnership with fashion brand Stone Island Turin s C2C Festival has partnered with Italian fashion brand Stone Island for a project called Stone Island Sound. With a fairly open brief to unearth outsider sounds, the project encompasses playlists, soundtracks and a series of releases on C2C s own imprint. You can find a number of the festival s Bandcamp-focused playlists via Buy Music Club, with March selections including releases by the likes of Slikback, Duval Timothy, SOPHIE and $hit & $hine, among many others. New playlists will be shared via the Buy Music Club page each month. ....