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With pop stars once again performing garish exaggerations of what seems like real personal trauma, Shirley Manson & co. have timed their return perfectly.
Listening to
Jehnny Beth’s collaborative album
Utopian Ashes is to hear both artists as never before – a Scottish-French union that, in its exploration of classic male-female dynamic sees Gillespie channel the emotional articulacy of the 70s songwriters he loves and finds Beth confronted with a newfound revelation of melody. If you like the sad country soul of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’s
Grievous Angel and
We Go Together, you’ll like this. And that’s not the algorithm talking.
Taking the guise of a fictional relationship, these songs of experience, teased by the gorgeous, sweeping
Remember We Were Lovers, are a push-pull of contrasting perspectives across love, loss, disconnection and redemption, with Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes on guitar, Martin Duffy on piano and Darrin Mooney on drums, while Jehnny Beth’s musical partner Johnny Hostile features on bass. Time and time again, we’re reminded that emotional music often reflects on things that, in wha
Rolling Stone Menu Farewell, Anita Lane: A Storm in the Form of a Girl
The late singer and songwriter was a key influence on Nick Cave, but she had a sinister star power all her own
By Mute Records
The music world has lost a true icon: Anita Lane, the Bad Seed who helped redefine the spirit of evil in rock & roll. “Once there came a storm in the form of a girl,” Nick Cave famously sang, and for many fans, Anita Lane
was that storm. She was a key Cave collaborator, but also an artist and cult figure in her own right, with solo gems like
PJ Harvey’s Rerelease Campaign Continues With Her Most Controversial Drop of Demos Yet
PJ Harvey’s Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea is seen in its track-by-track demo form, sparking debates over Harvey’s intentions while still being left in awe of her songwriting prowess.
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos
PJ Harvey
26 February 2021
Some artists are better at controlling their legacies than others. While the albums they create should by themselves stand the test of time, some musicians realize the power that a narrative has, often going out of their way to make lines of intrigue and influence long after a record’s initial release.