New Music – Wild Belle, Sorcha Richardson, Fort Lean
Jim Carroll
Chicago brother and sister Natalie and Elliot Bergman hit the radar with “Keep You”, a brass-powered, dubby synth-pop nugget with the kind of smarts which hint at much to come. Expect to be seeing Wild Belle’s name popping up a lot in the coming months.
New York-based Irish singer-songwriter already demonstrating that she has a fine grasp on how to deliver atmospheric folky pop whose haunted, low-key drama will remind you of Bon Iver or Perfume Genius. Upcoming plans include the release of “I Heart NYC” EP for Berlin’s Trackord label.
Scuzzy, hazy garage-pop with plenty of anthemic hooks from a Brooklyn band featuring a former estate agent and teacher in their ranks. New single “Sunsick” is due in a few weeks on Neon Gold and you can expect to see them mentioned in the SXSW despatches a lot next month.
wild belle.. loving it.. nice pop production, love that distorted brass..
sorcha richardson.. no.. her voice is gratingly flat, not endearingly flat..
fort lean.. can’t believe a band sounding as dull as that will be a buzz band.. then again maybe i can
Brand new album from TEEEL
http://teeel.bandcamp.com/album/university-heights
off topic – really dodgy ticket dealings being exposed on C4 Dispatches this evening… Live Nation implicated
…and MCD mentioned in context of V fest at Highlands Park… tix allocated to Viagogo by promoters and sold over face value
Any Mouse On Mars fans, new album in one mix on xlr8r.com
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2012/02/listen-mouse-mars-parastrophics-
love Wild Belle! Glad they’re getting some recognition over here!
Sorcha Richardson’s songs are beautiful! Yay for Irish talent!
conan @ 3 – looking forward to watching that programme over the weekend! Missed it last night so hope the C4 player will work. Details of the show at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode-guide/series-108/episode-1
KaraD – loving Wild Belle too – and intrigued to hear more from Karen Richardson too
Sorcha Richardson is a goddess and her voice is goddess-like too!
<3 the Irish.