Get In Her Ears w/ Naz & Ella 26.09.19

Tash played out some fresh new music from the likes of Ski Lift, Argonaut, Callisto and Shari Vari.

Naz & Ella popped into the studio for a catch up on their upcoming singles and change in musical direction, treating us to a couple of live tracks on air!

Listen back:

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Tracklist

Lizzo – Juice

Pallas Athene – The Wall

Aunty Social – Travelling Circus
Ski Lift – Comfortable Here
Kitt Philippa – Fahrenheit

July Jones – Liar Liar
Anna of the North – Dream Girl
She Keeps Bees – Bodies
Rahh – Home
Daniella Mason – Woman Lover Powerful
Vagabon – Water Me Down
Argonaut – Fuzzy Lovely
Callisto – Salamander
DeTeresa – Bonita
Ali Barter – January
Jenny Hval – Conceptual Romance

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EP STREAM: TABS – ‘Love Like This’

“It’s so powerful for butch women to take that feeling of hate and being ‘incorrect’, and turn it into something amazing.”
(‘Why I Love My Butch Lesbian Identity‘ – Cosmopolitan)

TABS (previously writing and releasing under the name Detour City) tells her story of being a butch lesbian in an increasingly hostile world in new EP Love Like This.

A singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer based in East London, TABS has written, recorded and produced the EP herself. Inspired by the soundscapes of Massive Attack and Bjork, as well as the storytelling songs of Joni Mitchell and k.d lang, it’s a poignant and powerful collection.

Whilst signed to major labels (Polydor, BMG) TABS felt misunderstood. As a club promoter of Butch, Please! – an amazing lesbian club night which we love – she connected with butch lesbians all over the world and began the journey of making the EP. Seeking authenticity, she self-releases this EP with the support of her queer community.

Speaking about the EP, TABS explains:

“My story. My way. As a woman and a butch lesbian trying to write music I found the industry difficult and I found it hard to be heard. It took guts to walk away and choose a different path. I can’t help but write music. I’ve done it since I was two years old and singing has saved me over and over again. So, in these turbulent and unsettling times, I want this music to tell my story.” 

Dealing with themes of family rejection, the struggle to be herself and the violence she has suffered – Love Like This is a deeply personal exploration of hopes and fears in these turbulent times. Go listen, we love it!

 

Love Like This is out now. Buy a digital or hard copy over on TABS’ Bandcamp. To hear more from TABS check out her Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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Premiere: Dani Sylvia – ‘Lithium’

Having won the award for Best Songwriter at the Unsigned Music Awards back in 2016, and supported the likes of Craig David and The Feeling live, alt-pop artist Dani Sylvia is now ready to share her catchy new single.

Propelled by glitchy beats and sweeping groove-filled hooks, ‘Lithium’ perfectly showcases Sylvia’s majestic, swooning vocals in an utterly infectious slice of sparkling electro pop. Of the track, she explains:

“‘Lithium’ is about many things; self-sabotage, self-destruction, fear…  But ultimately, hope and knowing that feelings are never permanent. It is about the secrets we keep, bad coping-strategies and the lies we tell to those around us so that they don’t worry about us, preferring to learn how to heal yourself rather than leaning on others. It’s about the place we go to in our minds to face ourselves head-on and fully feel the pain/shame/loneliness/fear. It’s only by doing this alone that we can be ‘found’.”

 

‘Lithium’ is out 27th September via Little Misery Records.

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Track Of The Day: Argonaut – ‘Fuzzy Lovely’

Following the release of their third album last year, and their recent empowering anthem ‘You Are’, Argonaut have now returned to bring some joy to the winter months with the first of three lo-fi DIY singles to be released between now and Christmas.

‘Fuzzy Lovely’ is propelled by whirring synth-driven hooks and an uplifting sparkling energy, creating a buoyant slice of punk-pop. Filled with a spacey, ’80s-infused punch, it is indeed pretty fuzzy, very lovely, and so catchy you won’t be able to get it out of your ears!

With quirky artwork by Chicago based Erin Kroll, listen to ‘Fuzzy Lovely’ on Argonaut’s Bandcamp now:

 

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