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Esben and the Witch – review

5554 days ago
Guardian MusicSneaky Pete's, Edinburgh"Can we have the red lights out please?" requests Esben and the Witch's guitarist Daniel Copeman, pointing up at three harsh bright spots on the ceiling rig. Dave the soundman shrugs. Had they the budget, this band would proba... more info

Esben and the Witch: Violet Cries – review

5563 days ago
Guardian Music(Matador)The South Downs are made to sound very bleak on this Brighton trio's debut, a wilderness of darkening lakes, swirling mud and other ill portents. But if the usual goth tropes are present and correct, Esben and the Witch twist them into unusu... more info

Paul Morley on music | Music

5640 days ago
Guardian MusicAre we witnessing the death throes of pop music? Take a look around you and the signs are everywhereThese days, in any given seven-day period, you can find plenty of examples of something that historians will one day describe as the key moment when ... more info

New band of the day – No 888: The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black

5669 days ago
Guardian MusicIn the last of the bands chosen by Antony Hegarty, New Band of the Day braves the bizarre world of 'anti-naturalism'Hometown: New York.The lineup: Kembrah Pfahler (vocals).The background: This week, our temporary boss Antony Hegarty wanted us to inte... more info

Zola Jesus: Stridulum II | CD review

5731 days ago
Guardian Music(Souterrain Transmissions)Siouxsie Sioux fronting the xx? The goth Florence Welch? Twenty-one-year-old Midwesterner Zola Jesus (born Nika Roza Danilova) has crept into growing relevance thanks to her stentorian, yet soulful voice and austere electron... more info

Zola Jesus, Effi Briest & Nice Face played Glasslands (pics)

5783 days ago
Brooklyn Veganphotos by Lori Baily "Equally enamored of darkly seductive vocalists like P.J. Harvey and Siouxsie Sioux and caustic, lo-fi production, Nika Roza Danilova stands alone on the modern musical landscape as Zola Jesus. Her records are both melodic and ex... more info

Tamaryn – “Sandstone”

5788 days ago
StereogumWhen I posted about Tamaryn’s “Mild Confusion” this past October, I said the group “make like Siouxie Sioux singing over a heavily warped, all-consuming Dead Can Dance (or non-warped My Bloody Valentine) backing track” and noted — along w... more info

Cocosuma

5824 days ago
Big StereoKind of an older video, but really excited about the full length. Cocosuma has not disappointed. Reminds me a bit of Siouxsie Sioux and some 4AD artists with more of a synth, funk, and uplifting feel. more info

Tom Ewing | The Pop World Cup is a funny old game

5838 days ago
Guardian Music'It's a funny old game for lazy Anglophones like me ... I drew South Africa in the Pop World Cup and discovered the summer's hippest barbecue soundtrack'For the last few weeks, my friends and I have been amusing ourselves with a contest: the Pop Worl... more info

Scene and heard: American Gothic | Louis Pattison

5848 days ago
Guardian MusicZola Jesus is the moody harbinger of a new crop of US underground acts updating the gothic rock aestheticAn amazing record came out a couple of weeks back. It's called Stridulum, it's six tracks long, and it's the work of a 21-year old vocalist from ... more info

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