Higher Plain Music

The Atlantic has been working on a series of reports about the world of generative AI and how it steals from the artists who create original material. Make no mistake. This is one element of the biggest theft, rape, and pillage of creative works in history. Every interaction, every word, every picture, and every sound is being poured into robots, and the goal for most of the ...

Although I’ve been a fan for several years, I’ve somehow yet to introduce readers and listeners of Higher Plain Music to Squirrel Flower. Today, she announced her sixth studio album entitled ‘Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going’, so it felt like the perfect time to correct that error.

Squirrel Flower, aka Ella Williams, has been making indie folk-rock for many...

Downtempo Cumbian rhythms with modern folktronica electronics.

Marking a collaboration between Aluminé Guerrero & El Búho, the pair bring together various elements of South American “Cumbia” music. El Búho usually produces instrumental...

If Alison Goldfrapp met Trent Reznor at a party.

French alternative trio Nanika release their first EP, ‘Fears’, on Friday, 19th June. Declaring themselves as a mixture of electro-rock and mutant pop, they cite Billie Eilish, Soulwax, and Justice as their main influences. I can hear the Eilish pulse,...

Alternative art rock meets riot grrrl energy.

I love my headphones. It is my space to crawl into and feel safe in my own personal bubble. It’s this relationship that Swiss sextet Manic Pixxies explores on their debut album. The premise is that your headphones ...