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Anna Calvi: Hunter review – gutsy and resonant

2036 days ago
Guardian Music(Domino)Anna Calvi is a dramatic performer, armed with a fearsome guitar sound and a voice that can pivot from languorous to carnivorous in a heartbeat. Her songs, however, can struggle to match those raw materials, remaining true to a generic, brood... more info

This Week's Interesting Music Releases - August 31, 2018

2037 days ago
LargeHeartedBoyAnna Calvi's Hunter album is her most complex yet, one of the year's strongest releases. Mogwai's KIN, Saintseneca's Pillar of Na, and Wild Nothing's Indigo are other new releases I can recommend. Reissues include a vinyl edition of Sufjan... more info

Notable Releases of the Week (8/31)

2037 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThis week's Notable Releases include Thou's long-awaited new full-length, Bon Iver/The National offshoot Big Red Machine's debut, Anna Calvi's long-awaited third album, and more. Continue reading… more info

Anna Calvi: Hunter review – a filmic pop dreamscape

2038 days ago
Guardian MusicDominoAnna Calvi’s third album is everything she has ever promised, and more: a serious-minded collection of pop songs about desire, control and gender, which are still compelling even if you choose never to listen to a single lyric. It is bui... more info

new songs: Marissa Nadler, Dodos, Wild Nothing, Mick Jenkins, more

2061 days ago
Brooklyn VeganPlus: new songs by Tiny Ruins, Dilly Dally, Eric Bachmann, Miguel, High on Fire, Moses Sumney, Anna Calvi, Sleaford Mods, and more. Continue reading… more info

Anna Calvi – “Hunter”

2068 days ago
StereogumLast month, the British musician Anna Calvi returned with news of her first new album since 2013's One Breath. At the time, she shared "Don't Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy" from it, a song about breaking free of the conditioning of gender roles. Today,... more info

Bill's Indie Basement (7/27): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more

2072 days ago
Brooklyn VeganThis week: Swervedriver's best and least heard album gets a much-deserved reissue; plus Anna Calvi, new Slumberland band Peel Dream Magazine; Chilean psych duo The Holydrug Couple; UK indiepop megagroup THe Fortuna Pop All-Stars, and more. Con... more info

On my radar: Anna Calvi’s cultural highlights

2085 days ago
Guardian MusicThe musician on Nick Cave’s showmanship, Grace Jones’s groundbreaking cool and the inspirational power of drag kingsMusician Anna Calvi was born in 1980 in London. She studied guitar and violin at the University of Southampton before wo... more info

Anna Calvi review – rock star melodrama meets MOR

2110 days ago
Guardian MusicHeaven, LondonThe idiosyncratic singer-songwriter is best when she revels in all her gothic majestyAnna Calvi belongs to a category of uncategorisable singer-songwriters. This label could also be applied to St Vincent, Julia Holter, Bat for Lashes, F... more info

Anna Calvi announces new album, Hunter, shares “Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My Boy”: Stream

2123 days ago
Consequence of SoundFollowing 2013's One Breath and her 2014 David Byrne collaboration, Strange Weather. more info

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