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Kid Methuselah’s unofficial fan club register thrills for 2019
Vanguard Online is the only music website that is committed to tracking and reporting on the movements of the mysterious Kid Methuselah on a two yearly basis. In 2017 we asked “can you make
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Sultry, late night, star twinkling disco – eating itself for over 10 years
In 2008 J Davey released a sultry, late night disco track called ‘Might As Well’. A few weeks ago, in 2019, eleven years later, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, put out Dissolution. Its a faster track
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Lucas Santtana – Ninguém Solta A Mão De Ninguém
‘Ninguém Solta A Mão De Ninguém’ takes its title from a phrase widely used during the military dictatorship rule of Brazil in the 1960s, which translates as “hold on tight to each others’ hands”.
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A jazzy mashed potato from 1984
Dissolution aint a bad title for Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s short album. What seems to be being dissolved here is the basic structure of an 80s pop song. We are left with a sub-conscious rendering
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Nu jazz from Daniel Casimir & Tess Hirst
I was a regular listener to Giles Peterson’s Worldwide show in the early twenty-first century. The nu-jazz sound of Daniel Casimir and Tess Hirst would have fitted beautifully on Peterson’s show. Their album These
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Johnny Marr releases single with late 80s indie vibe
Johnny Marr has just released ‘The Bright Parade’ a single with a late 80s indie vibe. The single forms part of a limited edition 7″ Box Set featuring Johnny’s first ten solo single releases,
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Angsty, slow burning, Divisionism
There’s no getting away from the fact that NUAT’s EP ‘Semele’ is Joy Divisionesque. But that said its a pretty good facsimile. There’s resonant grumbling, serious guitar riffs and shouts of pain. https://www.naut-band.comhttps://nautuk.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/NAUTUKInstagram –
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy
I Have Made a Place is a mixture of country and folk, jaunty and sombre in different places. Musically, its very light. Though there is a slight turn to jazz towards the end, the
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