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Tom Waits' Closing Time is hitting its 50th anniversary (6 March 1973). This album kicked off the career of an American original. He was already five albums deep by the time I found him (Blue Valentine 1978). I was 13 or 14, and I had just gotten into Rickie Lee Jones' excellent first album (self-titled 1979). I remember reading some piece in which the author called her "the female Tom Waits." So I looked into it and found out that they were even romantically entangled for a bit, and RLJ was on the back cover of Blue Valentine. I also discovered my birthplace...

One of my fave voices, Susanne Sundfør, gifted us a couple new tracks from her upcoming album, Blómi, which is coming at the end of April. These tracks are gorgeous, I love them already, I'm excited to hear the full album. Check out Alyosha and Leikara ljóð below. 

A week or two ago, I was scrolling through Bandcamp as I do and happened upon this description that caught my eye:  On The Heart of the Anchoress, Bianca Scout illustrates the unsettled and slightly terrifying aspects of a life of sacrifice, using swaths of gossamer sound to paint eerie scenes that feel fantastical. Her music is haunted, made of looping, shimmering organs and whispering voices that evoke yearning and nostalgia. Right. Up. My. Alley. And of course, I started listening. Next thing I know, it had finished and so I started it again. Very mesmerizing and kinda eerie, I've...

Happy 45th anniversary to Kate Bush's legendary album, The Kick Inside, released this day in 1978. My first encounter was flipping channels at Pete's house and somehow stopping on a broadcast of The Single File and being completely captivated. Not long after that, Hounds of Love was released and I bought it straight away and instantly fell in love. I quickly bought up all the albums previous to that and was firmly on the bandwagon. Crazy to think The Kick Inside was released when she was 19 and many of the songs on the album had been kicking about for years. Imagine being...

Happy Valentine's Day (if that's your thing) 🖤