Originally written by Sean Adams · 16 November 2015
IndependentMusicMonday is a playlist that celebrates the best new Independently released music. It's updated every Monday. It's supported by PIAS and curated by Sean Adams from DrownedinSound (oh yeah, that's me). Here's this week's update...
"I feel numb" - if there's one sentitment that we can all related to today, it's Elena Tonra from Daughter on the track taken from their new album coming via 4AD in January. Perhaps this week's playlist features a little more downbeat music that the previous two, partly because of the mood on the air but there's definitely a wintery melancholy to the release schedule. Take the glorious new albums by Mark McGuire, which was released by Dead Oceans on Friday. Similarly, the new album Bella Union's Lanterns on the Lake (which also came out on Friday) has a sadness that it sculpts into a series of widescreen wonders.
Meanwhile, Heavenly's King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard proove that they're more than just a amazingly/awfully (delete as you feel appropirate) monikered band with an amazing multicoloured vinyl (wonder if it's meant to look like the Google Chrome logo?).
This weeks also sees a new EP by Ji Nilsson on The Line of Best Fit's label (Best Fit Music), which I was tipped off about by Belgian blogger Disco Naivete. Plus there's The Pains of Being Pure at Heart covering James(?!), a big opener from The Bernard Lakes (if you're a LOW fan and don't know them, investigate their catalogue ASAP), the new single from The Anchoress (signed to Kscope) featuring Mansun's Paul Draper, and a track from that new Bibio album on Warp.
This Week's New Additions
Wall Watcher - Sunflower Bean Cascades - High Highs Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme (Love) - TRAAMS Big Wave - Cheatahs The Haze Is Forever - Dolores Haze The Hope Only of Empty Men - Anna Von Hausswolff Send Me Home - Lanterns on the Lake Lay Down Your Arms - Huw M Half The World Away - Oasis Paper Mâché Dream Balloon - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Get It All - DBFC Jabberwocky - Panda Bear Lisa - Le1f Cardiac Arrest - Natalie McCool Kombine - Georgia No Moon - Chorusgirl Pony - Charlie Hilton Pish - The Brian Jonestown Massacre The Naacals - Mark McGuire Petals - Bibio Numbers - Daughter Nothing - Ji Nilsson Open Your Eyes - School of Seven Bells Lime Habit - POLIÇA You and Only You - The Anchoress ft. Paul Draper Laid - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Golden Lion - The Besnard Lakes
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