Posted by SRD on April 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
AU NME Review. AU ‘Both Lights’ Leftfield Pop LP/CD (The Leaf Label) Written By Simon Jay Catling
Posted by SRD on March 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Jherek Bischoff// Guardian New Music. Jherek Bischoff Composed The Leaf Label Release Date: 28th May 2012 Guardian New Music // Michael Cragg “Jherek Bischoff was described by the New York Times as a “pop polymath”, which sort of makes sense, given the fact he has fingers in many pies – he’s performed with the likes … Continue reading →
Filed under Harry · Tagged with Amanda Palmer, Blossom (Jherek Bischoff with Nels Cline), Composed, Counting (with Carla Bozulich), Death And The Sea (with Dawn McCarthy), Eyes (Jherek Bischoff & David Byrne), Insomnia, Introduction (Defeat), Jherek Bischoff, Michael Cragg, Parenthetical Girls, Seattle-based, The Leaf Label, The Nest (with Mirah Zeitlyn & Paris Hurley), The Secret Of The Machines (with Caetano Veloso & Greg Saunier), Xiu Xiu, Young And Lovely (with Zac Pennington & Soko), Your Ghost (with Craig Wedren)
Posted by SRD on March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment
AU #2 in MOJO’s Top Ten Playlist AU ‘Both Lights’ Leftfield Pop LP/CD (The Leaf Label) Both Lights is AU’s Portland, Oregon-based duo Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka’s third album and a first for The Leaf Label which a joint release with US label Hometapes. Both Lights is the closest their recorded incarnation has yet … Continue reading →
Filed under Harry · Tagged with AU, Both Lights, Crazy Idol, Don’t Lie Down, Epic, Get Alive, Go Slow, Hometapes, Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka, OJ, Old Friend, Oregon-based duo, Portland, Solid Gold, The Leaf Label, The Veil, Today/Tonight, Why I Must
Posted by SRD on February 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Matthew Bourne in Drowned in Sound. Matthew Bourne Montauk Variations The Leaf Label Drowned in Sound – 8/10 – Jon Falcone “Matthew Bourne has won spires of jazz awards and flits between a suitably dizzying number of improvisational jazz to proto metal outfits. Matthew has also recently successfully applied to become one of four UK … Continue reading →
Posted by SRD on February 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment
New Albums & Singles Releases 06.02.12 (in no particular order) [Artist/Title/Label/Genre/Format] New Album Releases 06.02.12 o1. Loops Of Your Heart ‘And Never Ending Nights’ (Magazine) Electronic CD 02. Various Artists ‘Pop Ambient 2012’ (Kompakt) Pop Ambient LP/CD 03. Harmonius Thelonious ‘Listen’ (Italic) Electronic/ World CD 04. The Micronaut ‘Friedfisch’ (Acker) Downtempo/ Electronic/ Techno LP/CD 05. oFF … Continue reading →
Filed under Nisha · Tagged with Acker, Alternative, Aurora Borealis, Bedroom R&B, Classic Hardcore Punk, Classic Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Classical, Downtempo, Drum & Bass, electronic, Folk, Horizons Music, Indie, June Miller 'Give up the Ghost EP, Kompakt, Light In The Attic, Loops Of Your Heart 'And Never Ending Nights', LP/CD, M=Maximal, Magazine, Matthew Bourne 'Montauk Variations', Michael Chapman 'Rainmaker', Murmuure 'S/T', New Albums & Singles Releases 06.02.12, oFF Love, oFF Love 'Probably Love', Poison Idea 'Darby Crash Rides Again', Pop Ambient, Southern Lord, techno, The Leaf Label, The Micronaut 'Friedfisch', Vaporous Light (Akoustik Anarkhy), Various Artists 'Pop Ambient 2012', Witch House
Posted by SRD on February 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Matthew Bourne Reviews Montauk Variations The Leaf Label Release 06.02.12 BBC Music Martin Longley “Usually, the Wiltshire keyboardist Matthew Bourne is heard in a combo context, habitually making music of a more violently improvisatory nature, hunkered down with elements ripped out of dance music, rock and abstract electronica. That’s just the kind of sound that … Continue reading →
Filed under Harry · Tagged with 4 stars, BBC Music, Cafe Oto, Dalston Sound, FLUID RADIO, Martin Longley, Matthew Bourne, Southern Record Distributors, The Leaf Label, The Leeds Guide, The Skinny, The Wire, Tim Owen, Wharfdale Observer
Posted by SRD on January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Matthew Bourne// Reviews + Updates Matthew Bourne Montauk Variations The Leaf Label Release Date: 06.02.11 “Montauk Variations, a new solo piano/cello album by Matthew Bourne, former enfant terrible and chief inspiration of the most creative end of the new Leeds avant jazz and improv scene, is to be released by Leaf next month the label … Continue reading →
Filed under Harry · Tagged with BBC Jazz Awards, Brian Morton, Cello Album, Daily Mail, I. Air (for Jonathan Flockton), II. The Mystic, III. Phantasie, IV. Infinitude, IX. Senectitude, Jazzwise, John Fordham, Keith, London Jazz Festival, Matthew Bourne, Mike Flynn, Montauk Variations, Music Distributors, Observer Music Monthly, Smile [written by Charlie Chaplin], Solo Piano, Southern Record Distributors, Stephen Graham, Stuart Nicholson, The Guardian, The Leaf Label, The London Sinfonietta, The Molde Concert, Time Out, V. Étude Psychotique (for John Zorn), VI. Within, VII. One For You, VIII. Juliet, X. The Greenkeeper (for Neil Dyer), XI. Abrade, XII. Here (in memory of Philip Butler-Francis), XIII. Gone (in memory of Philip Butler-Francis), XIV. Knell (in memory of Philip Butler-Francis), XV. Cuppa Tea (for Paul Bolderson), XVI. Unsung
Posted by SRD on September 9, 2011 · Leave a Comment
New Releases from SRD from 12.09.11 (in no particular order) ALBUM RELEASES 01. Wolves In The Throne Room “Celestial Lineage” CD (Southern Lord) Black Metal 02. Roll The Dice “In Dust” 2 LP/CD (The Leaf Label) Krautrock/ Analogue Electronic 03. Low “Secret Name” CD/LP (Kranky) Rock/ Post Rock 04. Low “Things We Lost In The … Continue reading →
Filed under Tony W · Tagged with 3rd Eye, Ambient, Amoss, Analogue Electronic, And Now, ASC, Audible Approaches For A Better Life, Audio Breakout, Beg Or Steal, Beta Hector, Biome, Black Box, Black Metal, Blackout Music, BLKND, Brackles, Brew Split 10, Buy, C. Sides, Camo + Krooked, Carpark Records, CD, Celestial Lineage, Charles Bradley, Chillwave, Cyantific, Cyantific & Wilkinson, Dan Deacon, Daptone Recordings, Dem A Laugh After Me, Dent May, Disco, Dixon, Drum & Bass, Dub War, Dubstep, electronica, Folk, Freaking Out, Fun, Funk, Get Into It, Goldtop, Heavy Psychedelic Rock, Hospital Records, House, In Dust, In The Future Feat. Jenna G and Futurebound, Inside Recordings, Integral Records, Intrigue Music, Itz On, Jubei Remix, Kranky, Krautrock, Leftfield Pop, Limelight, Live At Robert Johnson Vol 8, Lizard Lounge, Locked In, Log On, Low, LP, Make The Call Feat. TC, Manhattan, Martin Campbell & Hi, MCD, Meetle Mice, Metalheadz, Mindscape, MLP, MTA Records, Nasca, Nero, Neurosis, Neurot, No Justice, No Time For Dreaming - The Instrumentals, Noise- Rock, Paw Tracks, Post Disco, Post Rock, Prolix, R&B, Ram Records, reggae, Rido & Hybris, Rif Mountain, Rinse, Rinse Presents: Brackles 12" Number One, Rock, Rockabilly, Roll The Dice, Roots Rock, Secret Name, Severence, Silly Hat vs Egale Hat, Soul, Southern Lord, Sovereign, Space, Sunbeam Insulin, Tech Roots Dynamics, Tempa, The Best Of Underwater, The Funky Deal, The Hillbilly Moon Experience, The Insiders, The Leaf Label, The Owl Service, The Pattern Beneath the Plough parts 1 & 2, The Prague Connection EP, Things We Lost In The Fire, To The Depths, Toro y Moi, Torque, Total Science, Touch Me, Trespass, Tru Thoughts, Trust, Ubik, Ultrasonik, Underwater, Visualize, welcome reality, Wolves In The Throne Room, Zodiac