Articles By Anna Alger
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Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 2 Published Oct 16, 2019Foals offer up the second half of their 2019 double album, following the March release of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1. Part 2...
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Conversations With Nick Cave Massey Theatre, New Westminster BC, October 10 Published Oct 11, 2019Yesterday evening, Nick Cave's "Conversations" tour arrived in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster, where a sold-out Massey Theatre gree...
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One True Pairing One True Pairing Published Sep 17, 2019Tom Fleming, formerly of Wild Beasts, has re-emerged following that group's dissolution as One True Pairing. His debut album is rooted in ta...
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Bat for Lashes Discovered New Parts of Herself on New Album 'Lost Girls' Published Sep 04, 2019On the cusp of the release of her new album Lost Girls, Bat for Lashes mastermind Natasha Khan finds herself in perhaps her brightest headsp...
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Bat for Lashes Lost Girls Published Sep 03, 2019Natasha Khan has always been one for reinvention. Using rich storytelling to communicate profound truths, her work has carved a unique traje...
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Kindness Something Like a War Published Sep 03, 2019Five years and many collaborations after their last album, Adam Bainbridge has re-emerged under the Kindness moniker, with the empowering, d...
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Jay Som Embraces the Power of Change on New Album 'Anak Ko' Published Aug 21, 2019Melina Duterte, better known as Jay Som, faced a daunting prospect when it came to approaching her second album, Anak Ko: "I feel like last...
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Jay Som Anak Ko Published Aug 20, 2019Polymath singer, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte has returned with her second album as Jay Som, relinquishing control over her sound...
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The Soft Cavalry Discuss Their New Album and Making Music Videos for Rachel Goswell's Son Published Jul 03, 2019Rachel Goswell, best known as a founding member of shoegaze pioneers Slowdive, and her husband Steve Clarke, are speaking to Exclaim! in an...
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The Soft Cavalry The Soft Cavalry Published Jul 02, 2019Following their collaboration on 2016's debut Minor Victories album, Rachel Goswell of Slowdive and her husband, Steve Clarke, have created...
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Hot Chip A Bath Full of Ecstasy Published Jun 18, 2019Four years on from their last record, 2015's Why Make Sense?, Hot Chip have reconvened, bringing in outside producers to create A Bath Full...
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Hot Chip Are Revitalized and Trying New Things on New Album 'A Bath Full of Ecstasy' Published Jun 14, 2019UK dance-pop veterans Hot Chip are about to release their blissfully titled new album, A Bath Full of Ecstasy, their first since 2015's Why...
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Jordan Rakei Wants to Connect With New Album 'Origin' Published Jun 13, 2019"I feel like humans have this strength to move through it all," offers polymath singer, songwriter and producer Jordan Rakei, in interview f...
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Jordan Rakei Origin Published Jun 11, 2019Jordan Rakei, the New Zealand-born, Australia-raised collaborator who quickly made a name for himself within London's varied music scene, ha...
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Rosie Lowe YU Published May 07, 2019UK songstress Rosie Lowe has strengthened her collaboration with the Invisible's Dave Okumu on her second album, YU, which uses subtle groov...
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Stealing Sheep Big Wows Published Apr 17, 2019Liverpool pop trio Stealing Sheep are delivering Big Wows, their third record and first since 2015's Not Real; its lengthy gestation period...
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Peggy Gou Moment Published Apr 17, 2019Acclaimed South Korean producer Peggy Gou has launched her own label, Gudu Records, with Moment, a pair of tracks that continue her ascent t...
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Nilüfer Yanya Wrestles With Agency and Control on New Album 'Miss Universe' Published Mar 21, 2019"I'm not really interested in making a genre or a style of music," maintains London's Nilüfer Yanya about her new album, Miss Universe in an...
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Nilüfer Yanya Miss Universe Published Mar 19, 2019Mediocrity isn't a term in Nilüfer Yanya's realm. The 23-year-old Londoner has come a long way since her first stints at open mics as a teen...
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Sasami Sasami Published Mar 05, 2019Sasami Ashworth is coming into her own as a solo artist following several years spent collaborating with myriad bands, most notably Cherry G...