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Brendan Benson
Jack White collaborator, hey worked together in The Racounters, Brendan Benson is back with his sixth solo effort. The new songs on this power pop album talk about falling out of love. Though “Rejuvenate me” ups the energy, the song “She´s trying to poison me” slows it back down. The song “Diamond” is very heavy-hearted too. Brendan Benson has written some really excellent songs for this new record.
Ilgora
Kaskezur
Kaskezur are a band that doesn’t make the headlines too often. On this, their third album, however, they have captured the essence of music. This is 90s rock and alongside the huge “Zerutik lurrera” you can also find pop gems like “Galdu gara”. They recorded it at Montreal Studios in Subiza with Hans Krüger. Karlos Osinaga mixed and mastered it. They have everything going for them.
Pure Heroin
Lorde
Ella Yelich-O’Connor comes from New Zealand. Though she’s only 20, she has come up with one of the best synthpop, ambient and electronica records of the year. She had great success with her first single “Royals” and she has carried on in the same vein with the likes of “Tennis Curt”. She has been nominated for several Grammys and it looks like we’ll be hearing plenty more of her in the next few months.
Ura patrikan
Neighbor
Amsterdam resident Maite Laburu (we met her in the short film Zela Trovke) and her neighbour Josh Cheatham are the people behind this project. While they work within the realms of classical music, they have put their music to the lives they live today. These are songs that come from their innards and they have created a natural and intimate music.
Tiene bacalao, tiene melodía
Perro
There are many groups out there who don’t realise that simplicity can make their songs great. The group Perro, from Murcia, on the other hand, know this only too well. After a bunch of EPs, here they are with their first full length LP. Raw live rock are what they trade in with a little noise added to the mix too. They have also added a pinch of psychedelia. Shellac, Dinosaur Jr or Sebadoh spring to mind on this really good record.
Wig Out at Jagbags
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Stephen Malkmus is an essential reference in indie music. He recuperated the name he made for himself in his short yet significant career in Pavement during the recent regrouped world tour. Now he has returned to The Jicks, the band he started some time ago. He moved to Berlin and they recorded the new songs in a farmhouse between Germany and Holland. Here they show they have achieved the maturity showcased on the song ”Chartjunk”.