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Jana Pochop - Powerlines
"Powerlines is a haunting tapestry of indie-folk-pop that maps the distance between Brooklyn’s urban pulse and the expansive New Mexican sky, featuring reverbs recorded inside Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu studio."
Yaelokre
Melkweg, Thursday, October 8 at 07:00 PM GMT+2
After a massively sold-out show in 2025, Yaelokre is returning to Melkweg this year!
Yaelokre is the creative project of Keath Ósk, a Filipino-Icelandic artist who combines music, art, and storytelling. Their work blends gentle folk sounds with surreal ideas and pop elements, resulting in a unique and imaginative style.
The songs take place in a fictional world named Meadowlark, where four child characters explore themes such as nature, emotion, and personal growth. This project is inspired by the artist's own life, with each character representing different phases of their childhood and important life lessons.
Bill Callahan
Melkweg, Saturday, October 10 at 07:00 PM GMT+2
Bill Callahan, who spent years building his own universe under the name Smog, is considered one of the most distinctive voices in alternative folk. During his Smog years, he developed a writing style that was dry, sharp, and disarming all at once: lyrics that could evoke an entire world with minimal means. That approach still forms the core of his work. On Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest he focuses on small, domestic moments, while Gold Record feels like a series of observations from someone who watches the world with quiet attention.
What sets Callahan apart is his ability to articulate the everyday without romanticizing it. His language remains clear and precise, leaving room for suggestion and humor. He writes songs that don’t steer but invite: a quality already visible in his Smog period and one that has only grown more refined since.
His recent work shows how faithful he has remained to that calm, attentive way of writing. The power lies in the phrasing, not the gesture, and it’s precisely for that reason that his songs continue to resonate long after they end.
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SloNewsLife - ansible
"Many of these songs were written and recorded while staying at a house on the Puget Sound shortly after a family funeral."
"a rhythmic, hypnotic guitar refrain that sucks you in from the off, regular, menacing psyche guitar riffs that punch through the gloom and ratchet up the tension"
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"It's a disarming & charming, lopsided folk listen from an amiable-sounding bunch, & if you're in need of some relatable, quietly kooky music company, then knock on their studio door."
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Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by Yuki. This is a covers album like no other. Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie chose songs that once were all over the airwaves - including in her hometown of Nunavik - songs that had a strong emotional connection to a person or memory in her past, translated them into Inuktitut, and then created intensely personal versions of those songs. I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs (originally by Metallica, Fleetwood Mac, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Patrick Hernandez, Leonard Cohen, and Rolling Stones) like this before.
Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/04/03/elisapie-inuktitut-2023-inuk/
Want to skip straight to the music? Here's the Bandcamp: https://elisapie.bandcamp.com/album/inuktitut
Happy listening!
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Elisapie – Inuktitut (2023, Inuk)
Our next spotlight is on number 1086 on The List, submitted by @Yuki.
I’m not a covers person. Too often they come off to me as an artist just trying to prove their chops, saying ‘hey, check out what I can do with this song’, and I, more often than not, reply ‘I would prefer not to’. But this album, an entire album of covers from Inuk alt-folk artist Elisapie, comes off entirely differently. This isn’t a ‘look what I can do’ but a ‘these are how I heard these songs, where I lived and with the things happening in my life at the time’. Or even, given that every cover on this album has been translated and is sung in the artist’s own language (Inuktitut), ‘this is my story, told through these songs other people wrote’.
From the Bandcamp description:
“It’s a covers album that sprouted in the artist’s mind…when songs by artists such as Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Metallica, Queen, and Cyndi Lauper, whose music once took over the community radio airwaves throughout Nunavik, Northern Quebec, triggered a flood of tears. Many of these songs were an escape as the community and cultural references were being challenged by colonization. Elisapie began a mental archaeological process: finding songs associated with emotional memories and people from her past… Every song is linked to a loved one or an intimate story that has shaped the person Elisapie is today. Through this act of cultural reappropriation, she tells her story, offers these songs as a gift to her community, and makes her language and culture resonate beyond the Inuit territory.”
Below is a track list noting the originals.
I guarantee you’ve never heard these songs like this before. Grab a tissue and give this incredible album a spin. And, if you like what you hear but maybe want a bit of a pick-me-up afterwards, also check out the Remixes EP, which has danceable takes on tracks 2, 4, and 7.
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