Another year goes by and it was... well, definitely different than the last one but still quite weird. The second consecutive Covid year was a rollercoaster ride of emotions where hope and despair went hand in hand and we're surely finished yet. Luckily, this resulted in quite outstanding musical releases which gave us much needed comfort and distraction in these difficult times. Today, we're honouring the fifty records that meant the most to us in the past twelve months.
The singer and performer Sanni Est embodies the essence of artistic self-expression. Her boundary-breaking, multi-disciplinary album "Photophobia" explores themes like posthuman worlds, vocal expression and music beyond the Western binaries, and the possibilities of decolonized music-making.
Craig Beaton, legendary figure of the Scottish indie music scene and his musical partner Graeme Smillie announced a final musical statement as A Mote Of Dust before the man quite possibly stops music alltogether. We owed it to him, that in this (possibly) last interview he got all the room he needed to explain himself. It became quite an extensive one: Honest to the bone, furious, warm and smart. Just like Craig Beaton's music...
Scottish electropop newcomers CHVRCHES are back with another music video, this time for their well known tune Lies. Like previous hit singles Recover and Gun this one also comes directly from the trio’s well received debut album The Bones of What You Believe. Recently NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION also had the chance to talk to Iain and Lauren from the band about their sudden fame and various other topics – read the interview right here. The new CHVRCHES clip follows a weird dystopian scenario about manipulation and false reality. Watch the epic video right here.