Singles That Mingle

 With Captain Stavros

 

 

BRUIT ≤ - Ephemeral 

The Age of Ephemerality Out April 25 Via Pelagic Records 

Starts out all Max Richter then slips into a bit of Danzig? 

 

 

Gus Englehorn – Metal Detector 

The Hornbook Out Now Via Secret City Records 

Noisy and at no point will the track let you become comfortable within it, cool. 

 

Mamalarky – Feels So Wrong 

New Single Out Now Via Epitaph Records 

A whimsical and catchy track, easy to dip into. Feels so RIGHT! 

 

Marie Davidson – Demolition 

City of Clowns Out February 28 Via PeeWee/Because Music 

Slams into you but doesn’t lose momentum, a wrecking-ball of a tune. 

 

Desire – The Judge 

Games People Play Out March 21 Via Italians Do It Better 

We, The Jury, find the Desire, guilty of a beguiling track. 

 

 

Femi Kuti – After 24 Years 

Journey Through Life Out April 25 Via Partisan Records 

Getting out from beneath the grey sloggy sky with this bright tune with poignant lyrics. 

 

Anika – Hearsay 

Single Out Now Via Sacred Bones Touring Yes 

Words, words, words, but such a tune, tune, tune. 

 

Holy Wave – Time Crisis Too 

Split 7 Out Now Via Suicide Squeeze Records 

A really unintrusive track that gets under the skin quickly. 

 

 

Magana – Hold On 

Bad News EP Out Now Via Audio Anti-Hero 

A mournful track with playful keys. 

 

Bad News is a new EP from Magana, the solo project of acclaimed LA-based multi-instrumentalist and photographer Jeni Magaña. Best-known as the current bassist and backing vocalist for Mitski (recently performing on the ‘Coyote, My Little Brother’ / ‘Buffalo Replaced’ single), Magaña is also one-half of the pen pin pop duo with Emily Moore, and has previously played with Lady Lamb, amongst others.

In March, she returned to the Magana project after a three-year-absence with the critically acclaimed Teeth LP, which reunited her with Audio Antihero Records (Frog / CIAO MALZ / Nosferatu D2) who issued her debut in 2016. Released to coincide with the peak illumination of the Worm Moon, her return was marked with a “witchy rock” sound that combined acid folk, synth pop, and indie rock. Magaña followed this in October with ‘DREAMS,’ a multimedia project released via the UK’s Hand Drawn Hand label, which combined ambient electronic music with a spoken word dream diary and a book of her photography.

The Bad News EP is her third release in a ten-month period. Teasingly described by Magaña as “cozy core” and “winter pop,” these four songs see her return to the singer-songwriter focus of works like Golden Tongue and Teeth but strip away the rock and ambient layers, so to emphasize words, meaning, honesty, and change.