BROOKLYN ARTSTS PRODUCE A BUMPER CROP OF NEW MUSIC

This autumn has produced a bountiful harvest of new music from Brooklyn artists, including several who have been previously featured in Brooklyn Roads. Here is a sampling.

On Dec. 9, Alison Stiel introduced her brand new 10-track album, Memory, at Pete’s Candy Store. Available on all streaming platforms, it includes the previously released songs “Memory,” “Porcelain” and “Sad Plants.”

Janet LaBelle/ photo by John Nyboer

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Janet LaBelle issued her new, three-song EP, I Only See You, on Loantaka Records on Dec. 4. It was produced, in part, by Tony Maimone at his Studio G in Brooklyn.

Annie Keating recently released All the Very Best of 25 Years – 20 tracks culled and remastered from 11 albums over her 25-year music career. It’s available as a double vinyl album at anniekeats@mac.com and on Bandcamp as four downloadable tracks, each of which contains five songs.

Mother Feather/ photo by Andreas Billig

Glam-punk rock band Mother Feather released their long-awaited album KICK3R in October. Four of the 10 songs had previously been released as singles, with accompanying videos: “Curtains, “Believers II,” “It’s Not So Bad, It’s Worse” and “Hot Fireworks Nights.”

Also in October, American Nomads introduced Hats Cleaned at The Firehouse, their Greenpoint recording studio. The 10-song album was conceived as the first half of a double album with part two, Shoes Shined, set for a spring 2025 release.

American Nomads /photo by Sarah Duval / courtesy of the artists

Dance Me to the End of Bela Lugosi’s Lovesong is the umbrella title of goth-folk duo Charming Disaster’s October-released EP. It’s a trio of covers paying tribute to three of their musical inspirations: Leonard Cohen, Bauhaus and The Cure.

Looking ahead, Katherine Etzel (Bobtown) tells us she will be releasing new music in 2025 as The Existential Bell. She previewed some of her new material at a recent edition of the monthly Sad Song Happy Hour at Young Ethel’s in Park Slope.  Etzel will also be producing new music in the works from Carolann Solebello.