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Josh McGovern - Love Left Lost
Josh McGovern
Love Left Lost
Sounds like: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen
Brooding Brighton singer songwriter Josh McGovern returns with haunting sophomore single "Love Left Lost." Possessing a voice very much in the vein o...
Peter Oren - Anthropocene
Peter Oren
Anthropocene
Sounds like: Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Tweedy
Peter Oren gives the impression of a man plucked out of the smokey bars of the grassroots folk movement of the 60's and flung into the millennial worl...
Josh McGovern - The Devil Below Me
Josh McGovern
The Devil Below Me
Sounds like: Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen
"The Devil Below Me" is the melancholic first single from Brighton artist, Josh McGovern. A folksy ballad spearheaded by McGovern's intimidating Nick...
The National - Guilty Party
The National
Guilty Party
Sounds like: Interpol, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead
I'm beginning to think it's near impossible for The National to make bad music. Even on a slow burner like this one, the guitar work coupled with Matt...
Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby (Monsieur Adi Remix)
Lana Del Rey
Brooklyn Baby (Monsieur Adi Remix)
Sounds like: Lykke Li, Nina Simone, Fiona Apple, Leonard Cohen, Ellie Goulding
This isn't the first time Lana Del Rey and French DJ/producer Monsieur Adi have met. During the rise of Del Rey's album Born To Die, we heard the Fren...
Tom Hickox - The Pretty Pride Of Russia
Tom Hickox
The Pretty Pride Of Russia
Sounds like: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Randy Newman
When starting out, many songwriters are burdened with the title and promise of being "the next" Leonard Cohen, or someone of equal musical stature. No...
Chinawoman - Lovers are Strangers
Chinawoman
Lovers are Strangers
Sounds like: The Decemberists, Vincent Gallo, Leonard Cohen
I'm obsessed with this sensual slowcore song from 2007, chanted by Canadian vocalist Chinawoman.  Chinawoman is Michelle Gurevich, Berlin-b...
Paul Thomas Saunders - Good Women
Paul Thomas Saunders
Good Women
Sounds like: Luke Sital-Singh, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, James Vincent McMorrow
I first discovered young British singer-songwriter and general mouthful Paul Thomas Saunders at the time he released his ethereal EP Descartes Highlan...
Brianna Lea Pruett - It's All Right
Brianna Lea Pruett
It's All Right
Sounds like: Mazzy Star, Emmylou Harris, Carole King, Leonard Cohen
Featuring  honeyed vocals and layered lyrics, "It's All Right" by talented Native American singer-songwriter, painter, and poet Brianna Lea Pruett is...
Just Friends (Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg) - Avalanche
Just Friends (Nicolas Jaar & Sasha Spielberg)
Avalanche
Sounds like: James Blake, Gang Colours
If you heard Nicolas Jaar's Essential Mix last year, you might remember this Leonard Cohen cover he performed with Sasha Spielberg (yes, daughter of S...