Get In Her Ears w/ Girlhood 08.10.20

Tash & Kate were back in the Hoxton Radio studio with loads of fresh new tunes from women & non-binary people in music this week. They caught up with the wonderful Tessa from Girlhood to talk about the band’s self-titled debut album (due October 23rd), the band’s latest single ‘It Might Take A Woman’ and their peculiar origin story…

Listen back:

Tracklist
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
Kynsy – Happiness Isn’t A Fixed State
Deep Tan – deepfake
Big Joanie – Fall Asleep
Artemis Orion – Midnight Thoughts
I SEE RIVERS – Grow and Go
Anneka – The Elevator Scene
Gordian Stimm – Miscellaneous Body Parts
Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From
Sade – Smooth Operator
Amaroun – Scarlet
Indian Queens – Shoot For Sexy
MOURN – Men
SpaceAcre – Overthrown
Girlhood – It Might Take A Woman
**Interview with Tessa from Girlhood**
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Little Monarch – Wrong Right
Sevdaliza – Oh My God
Premaura – Impermanence
Penelope Trappes – Eel Drip
BEBELUNA – Who Are You
Beefywink – Holocene Heroine
Priya Ragu – Good Love 2.0
Kirsten Knick – Life’s A Placebo
Palberta – Before I Got Here
Nayana Iz – Growing Pains
Gwen Stefani – Cool

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Track Of The Day: Twist Helix -‘Vultures’

In a pulsing electro anthem, Newcastle-based Twist Helix make a smashing statement with their third single ‘Vultures’. With eager anticipation of their second studio album Machinery set to come out in November, Twist Helix deliver their listeners an undeniable tease of what catchiness is soon to come with their fall release.

Silky, chorus-like synths are the breath of ‘Vultures’, as the band lyrically depict some of the complexities and afflictions that stem from our music industry. The band explain: “as an artist you’re in an inherently vulnerable position that makes it very easy to be preyed upon.”

With so many layers to the meaning behind this statement made by the band, it is truly significant that this discussion be had on a creative practice where it is free to be both safe and light, as well as emotive. For Twist Helix, making a song dance worthy and energising is no matter of contention. With a tasteful blend of post pop melodies, relentless electronic beats, and the band’s cathartic lyrical experience, ‘Vultures’ illustrates its best self with sonic elements that are both shiny and shadowed. With a tasteful, experimental and lush execution, Twist Helix have left us with dancing feet and genuine eagerness with this latest offering.

 

Machinery, the upcoming album from Twist Helix, is set for release in November.

Jill Goyeau
@jillybxxn

Photo Credit: Jay Dawson (Shutter Productions)

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Get In Her Ears w/ Problem Patterns 01.10.20

Tash & Kate were back in the Hoxton Radio studio this week with loads of fresh new tunes (and a few throwbacks) from women in music. Kate caught up with Belfast-based feminist punks Problem Patterns via Zoom to talk about how they first got together, and their latest track ‘TERFs Out’ which features on a new compilation album of Irish artists called A Litany Of Failures: Vol. III.

Tash also treated listeners to a snippet of her recent interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie!

Listen back:

Tracklist
Joan Armatrading – Love and Affection
Babeheaven – Cassette Beat
Couch Prints – Faces
Bitch Falcon – Martyr
REYKO – The Game
Kenichi & The Sun – Splendour
Candy Lane – Summer Heavy Nights
Jelly Cleaver ft. A-Mens – Can’t Stop The Love
Landshapes – The Ring
**Skin from Skunk Anansie – Interview teaser**
Skunk Anansie – Weak
Madame So – Who Are We To Judge?
Burning Pools – Bang Bang
Twist Helix – Vultures
Problem Patterns – TERFs Out
**Problem Patterns Interview**
Rising Damp – Cannibal
Halina Rice – Spheres
Bree Runway – Little Nokia
Blonde Maze – To The Moon
R3HAB and Nina Nesbitt – Family Values
Arlo Parks – Hurt
Ailbhe Reddy – Between Your Teeth
Ms Dynamite – Dy-Na-Mi-Tee

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Track Of The Day: Blonde Maze – ‘To The Moon’

Following recent single ‘Not All Flowers Bloom’, GIHE fave and previous guest on the radio show, New York based Blonde Maze, has now shared a poignant new offering.

Offering a ‘sequel’ to her last emotion-strewn single, ‘To The Moon’ reflects on how we can love someone or something so much, all the way “to the moon and back” – simulating that euphoric feeling of being totally enamoured through its heavenly sounds. 

The second purely instrumental piece that Blonde Maze has created, it’s another completely captivating and beautifully soothing offering from the innovative artist; an exquisite soundscape, showcasing her ability to fuse together a luscious, eclectic range of influences and create something truly breathtaking. As I’ve said before, I just could listen to Blonde Maze on a loop forever – her music is just so blissfully cathartic. 

 

Mari Lane
@marimindles

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