Mary Lattimore
Horses, Glossy on the Hillsingle 2023 via Ghostly International
Trumpeter, bandleader and composer Matthew Halsall announces landmark new album An Ever Changing View, an expansive, immaculately conceived project which presents Halsall’s signature blend of jazz, electronica, global and spiritual jazz influences. An Ever Changing View will be released on September 8th on Gondwana Records (the label Halsall founded 15 years ago) ahead of a landmark show at The Royal Albert Hall in London on September 21st and UK and EU tour dates.
"Essential for superfans, this collection of Sylvester’s earliest known recordings illuminates how he would become a disco superstar. Before he became a queer disco icon, Sylvester had already cast himself in a movie “in which he was the fabulous star.†Between joining the Disquotays—a glamorous gang of teenage drag queens and trans women—and meeting Hi-NRG dance music producer Patrick Cowley, Sylvester found a spotlight with the San Francisco-based performance art stage troupe the Cockettes. They provided the opportunity to showcase his formative jazz, blues, and gospel influences, looking back to the 1930s and ’40s while dressing the part." -https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sylvester-private-recordings-august-1970/
The London-based songwriter’s record is out now via Daptone.
Last year Metric returned with Formentera, their first LP in four years. They’re not waiting that long between albums this time. The new-wavey Toronto indie veterans will give last year’s record a sequel this October, naturally titled Formentera II. Its lead single “Just The Once†is out now.
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Cécile Schott, 7 albums since 2003. Thrill Jockey Records, LP8 Le jour et la nuit du réel, out 22nd September 2023.