New Release Rundown: Jupe Jupe, Patrick Galactic, Eamon Ra

A few strong local releases have been occupying my ears of late. Read–and of course, listen–on. Jupe Jupe, Nightfall EP (Jupe Jupe Music) If the members of Jupe Jupe didn’t find adventure and escapism from British synth pop and jangling guitar tunes in the halcyon 1980’s, they damn sure sound like they did, in a…

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New Releases from Virago, Patrick Galactic, and Scarlet Parke

Let’s just cut to the quick here, and explore a handful of notable releases that’ve emerged in the last few weeks. Virago, Virago’s Lament: Love and Fury bass player Jane Mabrysmith is a multi-instrumentalist who’s cut her teeth in several local bands, and she’s also been a member of Robert Fripp’s Orchestra of Crafty Guitarists…

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Artist Home Premiere: “Saturn’s Throne,” by Hel Mary

Rachel Angerman, lead singer of Seattle band Hel Mary, possesses one of this town’s most distinctive voices. It resides somewhere between a siren’s song and a low gothic purr, and she can deploy it in the service of narcotic allure, or dark malevolence, with equal effectiveness. Faint echoes of other voices thread through her dusky…

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Artist Home Premiere: “She Lives on the Astral Plane” by Patrick Galactic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F1zfMwFAtM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2YDFIsusBBCz0yUSATNrdW7DnXFgNmrb-0Yx3MpSR9X2GnFpxEU0msmLU It is Artist Home’s distinct pleasure to premiere the video for the haunting new Patrick Galactic single,”She Lives on the Astral Plane.” I’ve been a fan of space-folk troubadour Patrick Galactic since hearing his great 2016 EP, Running from the Sun. Galactic’s songs split the difference between Americana, glacial electronic music, and melodic psychedelia–Gram…

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