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Naomi Alligator, aka Corrinne James, in an LA-based singer-songwriter and multimedia artist. Her latest record Double Knot is out now on Carpark.
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Naomi Alligator

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Role Models: R.E.M. Still Hits Naomi Alligator So Hard

Having toured since her teens, Katie Harkin&#8216;s reputation as an in-demand multi-instrumentalist has seen her pass through thirty countries whilst writing and releasing three critically acclaimed records with her own band Sky Larkin. Her work garnered the attention of friends and fellow former Leeds dwellers Wild Beasts, with whom she worked across their Smother tour, and reverberated across the pond to urgent cult trio Sleater-Kinney, who recruited her as a touring member upon their triumphant return to the live stage. Most recently, Harkin has performed across North America with Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak&#8216;s solo project, Flock of Dimes and across the UK with Low. Now, (as she unveils her debut solo project) the collaborator steps out as the singular, her new setup giving further platform to her idiosyncratic, muscular guitar-playing and revealing a body of work that is equally propelled by a life on the move and anchored by her romance for the North of England.

Katie Harkin

Talkhouse Playlist: Slay Bells with Katie Harkin

Chris Forsyth is a lauded guitarist, composer and bandleader whose work assimilates art-rock textures and vernacular American influences. Long active in underground circles, he’s recently released a string of acclaimed records of widescreen guitar rock, and in 2013, he assembled the Solar Motel Band.
<div class="c-message__content c-message__content--feature_sonic_inputs" data-qa="message_content">His most recent release is the 2019 double album All Time Present (No Quarter). Raves have been universal with four stars from Mojo Magazine and five stars from The Guardian. Pitchfork said he “seeks the third path between classic-rock peaks and floating experimentalism&#8230; [and] achieves a scope only hinted at on [his] previous full-lengths.” NPR Music previously named Forsyth “one of rock’s most lyrical guitar improvisors,” and the New York Times called him “a scrappy and mystical historian… His music humanizes the element of control in rock classicism (and) turns it into a woolly but disciplined ritual.”</div>
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R.E.M.

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