Magic Of Meghan

As a surprise I got the news of a new band that is totally different to nowadays sounds playing their own kind of post-punk/new wave. Dry Cleaning is a South London quartet dominated by the vocals/lyrics of lead singer Florence Shaw. It is nothing new for sure but there is so much enthusiasm in their music I didn't heard for long times. The guitars are sharp and claiming and it sounds like bands like The Raincoats are jamming with B 52'. I think Dry Cleaning don't need comparisons - they just transform the sound of the early 80's into today.

Ghost Box

The news that New York based band SUSS is going to release a new album made to listen to their debut album released one year ago. The music is hard to describe but ambient country music comes very close to it. The quintet is led by Bob Holmes a multi-instrumentalist and member of a cowpunk band called Rubber Rodeo. All the members of the band had worked with different artists like B 52's, Lydia Lunch, David Bowie, John Cale, Burt Bacharach and many others. SUSS once asked What would it sound like if Brian Eno had produced the Western film scores of Ennio Morricone? Certainly like SUSS but I can also hear a bit of Boards of Canada in their music. The songs are quiet and slow but showing great musicians doing a fantastic job.