Swooning

This one’s very special: I like how every song is built around the human voice as a musical instrument. With their multi-layered harmonies and loops, Michele Finkelstein and Briana Marela aka Swooning create nothing but enchanting moments and an overall sense of warmth and creativity. Some tracks tap into the tradition of doo-wop music, but in the first place it all sounds pretty unique and dedicated.

Andrew Morgan

Apparently there’s quite a lot to discover from this gifted artist, I’m just beginning with his album Please Kid, Remember. It’s a collection of heart-melting chamber-pop, reminding us of forgotten sounds and beauty. Every song is filled with clever ideas, accompanied by interludes. Some might say that it sounds old-fashioned – but only in a good way! This is an astonishing, beautiful album. Re-released by the spanish pop-connoisseurs Pretty Olivia Records.

Unsolved Mysteries

Wieso wurde die Popmusik nicht schon längst begraben? Weshalb enden manche Songs als Ohrwurm, auch wenn man sie gar nicht leiden kann? Warum gibt es keine wasserdichte Pop-Formel mit Hitgarantie? Diese und andere cold cases stehen heute bei Golden Glades zur Wiedervorlage an. Lösungen können wir keine versprechen, wohl aber einen schönen Mix, der den Pop-Mysterien auf der Spur bleibt.

PlaylistGG_KW11


ArtistTrackLabel
The Perfect KissBroadcast (From You To Me)Elefant
First BaseIf I See You With That Girl Againlatidarecords.bandcamp.com
Gentle BrentNever Wanna Make You CryJigsaw Records
Julien BaerRoi de l'undergroundLe Pop Musik
Forever CalypsoBungalowsCroque Macadam
Hong Kong In The 60sDiarylandhongkonginthe60s.com
TennisIn The Morning I'll Be BetterMutually Detrimental
King Gizzard & The Lizard WizardSleep DrifterHeavenly
Tall Tall TreesA Place to Call Your OwnJoyful Noise
Rose Elinor DougallTake Yourself With Youself-released
Magnetic Fields'88 Ethan FromeNonesuch
LusterlitList of Equipmentlusterlit.bandcamp.com
MerkI'm Easymerkscoolsongs.bandcamp.com
Harry MudMy Heart Wins The Raceussb.bandcamp.com
BalduinMirror, MirrorSunstone
StarwheelThrough My Windowstarwheel.bandcamp.com
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal FeverFrench PressSub Pop
TemplesMystery Of PopHeavenly
The PaperheadThe True PoetTrouble In Mind
CaStLeSFfrwydriadau o Deimladaucastlesband.bandcamp.com
Steady HolidaySuperstarInfinite Best
CarpentersSuperstarA&M Records
Greek TheatreStill Lost Out At SeaSugarbush Records
Happy SadnessAlonehappysadness.bandcamp.com
Hand HabitsIn BetweenWoodsist
Ben ReedManiac ManGare Du Nord Records
Andy ReedThe CriminalYou Are The Cosmos
The Legal MattersThe Cool KidOmnivore
Frontier RuckusGerundsLoose Music
Nadia ReidRichardBasin Rock

Happy Sadness

Listen carefully with your headphones on, and it’s easy to get lost in these tracks. Happy Sadness knows pretty well how to create contemplative moments with his floating textures and warm compositions. Sometimes it’s like a soothing soundtrack that tells stories without words. But as well we have a few songwriter-based tracks where Jason Andrew Brown (multimedia artist and the man behind Happy Sadness) gets very close to you with his voice. In these tracks he shows his real quality as a versatile musician.

The Fisherman

All frequent listeners of Golden Glades know by now, that the world is full of talented bedroom producers. Here’s a wonderful project hailing from Nafpaktos in Greece: Tony Panou alias The Fisherman. He calls himself an amateur, but I think he’s just being modest because he obviously has a knack for timeless melodies!

Trials & Truths

Wir haben es ja derzeit viel mit falschen Wahrheiten und alternativer Faktenlage zu tun. Ein Glück, dass die Musik einen ganz anderen Zugang zur Realität erlaubt – einen, der von vornherein keinen Anspruch auf objektive Allgemeingültigkeit erhebt. Vielleicht ist das sogar ein Kriterium, nach dem wir versuchen, unsere kleine Sendereihe zu bestücken: Lässt sich in diesem Song ein eigener Weltentwurf erkennen, und sei er nur auf den 8 Quadratmetern eines Schlafzimmer-Studios gültig. Ihre ganz persönliche Wahrheit lassen in der heutigen Ausgabe erklingen: Lake, Molly Burch und Jens Lekman.

PlaylistGG_KW09


ArtistTrackLabel
Blue JeansFalse StartJigsaw
Horse ThiefAnother YouthBella Union
OtagoGhost Storiesmairisch Verlag
LAKEWork With What You GotTapete
Benny SingsOne Of These HeartsJakarta
The Sound Of MoneyTiger T. - Death Happens To A FewBB*Island
DinersIn My Hometowndiners.bandcamp.com
Molly BurchTryCaptured Tracks
Steady HolidayOpen WaterInfinite Best
ManuelaSupermarketLost Map / Schamoni Musik
HomeshakeCall Me UpSinderlyn
alphaequalsfovermAshesOh, Sister
Dutch UnclesStreetlightMemphis Industries
Spiral StairsDance (Cry Wolf)Domino
Elephant StonePhotographElephants On Parade
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BeWiderBeneath The Skyself-released
Jens LekmanHotwire With Ferris WheelSecretly Canadian
The Da VincisFriend Machinethedavincis.bandcamp.com
Hippo CampusSimple ReasonTransgressive Records
MerkMelodymerkscoolsongs.bandcamp.com
The FishermanDownthefisherman.bandcamp.com
NovellaFour ColoursSinderlyn
The Proper OrnamentsMemoriesTough Love
Brent CashThe Way You WereMarina Records
Real EstateDarlingDomino
Jay SomTurn IntoPolyvinyl
Hand HabitsSun Beholds MeWoodsist
Christiane RšsingerLieder ohne LeidenStaatsakt
The EverywheresConcedetheeverywheres.bandcamp.com

Francis Macdonald & Harry Pye

Wow, I instantly fell in love with this new song by Francis Macdonald & Harry Pye! Watch out for their promising debüt „Bonjour“ by the end of May on Glasgow’s finest Shoeshine Records. A rich tapestry of lovely sounds and melodies will fill your ears – just what you need in these times:

You like that? Well, here’s another wonderful track:

Heaven For Real

It looks like Halifax is currently the place to be with its vibrant music scene: there are so many interesting bands and artists to discover. Heaven For Real play a melodic Indierock version with occasionally Pavementesque twists. It’s cleverly and well done.

Dwight Smith

Astonishing, what an acoustic guitar, voices and occasionally a trumpet can do: here, it softly stirs emotions. Some of the tracks have a pastoral quality, others are merely sketches. The guitar picking ranges from folk to classical and creates a very pleasant atmosphere.

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