The second of this month's columns on The Quietus features an interview with Thomas Bonvalet of L'Ocelle Mare, whose new album finds him working with the resonance of a protestant temple in Bergerac.
The new Rockfort column is up on The Quietus, featuring an interview with electronic pop producer EDH (Emanuelle de Héricourt) about her new album Yaviz and "the experiences that weave into her strange and beautiful music of opposites."
Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab, Monade) has her second solo album ready for release on 24 July on Drag City. Called Silencio, it features 12 new tracks - including 'Auscultation to the Nation' and 'There Is a Price to Pay for Freedom (And It Isn't Security)' - and guests including Stereolab's Tim Gane and Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop.
Carlotti unveils a new, lushly-produced opus on which she sings of being "naked". Kieron Tyler wonders how much she's really exposing herself, and how much is tantalising tease. read more...
Post-dubstep producer Xavier Thomas aka dÉbruit is finally ready to release his West African-inspired debut album From the Horizon on 12 June on Civil Music after three years of amassing field recordings and archive material and playing live with his Intergalactic A/V live band. You can read a Rockfort interview with Thomas here.
In collaboration with -M-, Hallyday rocks hard and pays tribute to icons and old friends like John and Paul, and Jimi Hendrix. Kieron Tyler investigates whether he has put his bull-like roar to good use this time round. read more...
The sparkling, spacious psychedelia on Yeti Lane's second album already marks it out as one of the records of the year, according to Kieron Tyler. read more...
