INDISPENSABLE NEW MUSIC PICKS
November 2021
Kristine England
November 30, 2021 at 5:00:00 AM
IDLES
Crawler
Idles are BACK. And they are still really pissed off, lucky for us.
FEATURED TRACK: "Crawl!"
Curtis Harding
Crawler
Curtis Harding’s latest is topical without being irrationally angry, classic without sounding old, uplifting without being sappy. It’s soulful, groovy, and it’s on constant rotation here at IM. It's "an album that focuses on the need to be more empathetic and bring people together personally and collectively..." (No Depression)
FEATURED TRACK: "Hopeful"
Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne
Hildring
Intriguing sounds from Norway. Lindy-Fay Hella teams up with Dei Farne (Roy Ole Førland and Ingolf Hella Torgersen) to create ambient, yet highy percussive soundscapes. It's quite compelling. "Everything LINDY-FEY HELLA & DEI FARNE have made here is layered with purpose and a dual will to be both in the past and future, meeting in the present to capture your ear and imagination." (Distorted Sound)
FEATURED TRACK: "Hildring"
Portico Quartet
Monument
Portico Quarter fuses elements of jazz, electronica, and ambient music. The second of two releases this year (Terrain came out earlier), Monument tones down the ambient in favor of more electronica and percussion to create its sonic textures.
FEATURED TRACK: "Monument"
The Acharis
Blue Sky / Grey Heaven
The Shoegaze duo from Oakland has released a full-length follow-up to 2017’s debut EP, Lost in the Vortex. They remain captives in their dark and fuzzy whirlwind of sound.
FEATURED TRACK: "False Positive"