Joel Ford & Ian Evans aka Airbird & Napolian unveil another cinematic, low-key banger from their forthcoming debut LP. With its glimmering laser synths, throbbing bass, and breathy, yearning vocals, propulsive new single "Only You" pulsates with the tension of a cosmic chase/love scene in a retro-futuristic sci-fi flick (somebody get these dudes on that Top Gun vs...
Photos from Cascine's sold out 5YR party last weekend at Brooklyn's Wythe Hotel, featuring Korallreven, Cuushe, Yumi Zouma, Erika Spring, Jensen Sportag, Duncan Cooper, Chad Valley, Maria Usbeck, Doss, Lemonade + the whole Cascine fam. All shots by Sandra Croft // more after the jump (click image for larger version).
Joel Ford and Ian Evans are back as Airbird & Napolian, with a new record inspired by "west coast dreams and east coast nightmares". The duo's debut LP Mr. Foolish is out November 13 on Cascine; zone out to the blissful, very dope new track "J...
Yumi Zouma is set to drop a limited new 12" that collects all the New Zealand group's hits — including both of their stellar, now-sold-out EPs, along with that beautiful Air France collab/cover, and the previously unreleased "Right, Off the Bridge" — on one very fancy deluxe vinyl package (pictured above). The first 500 records come on translucent vinyl with "blue haze"
As huge fans of Swedish duo Korallreven since the beginning, this is a bittersweet post for us, as Daniel and Marcus say goodbye forever with one of the most beautiful and vibrant tracks they've ever released. The duo says (kind of heartbreakingly) that the wistful, gleaming "Here in Iowa" "underlines exactly everything we wanted to do from the beginning but never yet achieved...
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As we continue to celebrate the 5th anniversary of one our favorite labels in the world, we've lovingly and carefully curated this perfect (in our opinion), hour-long Cascine 5YR mixtape, made up of some of our personal favorite tracks from the label's deep and consistently stellar catalog. Featuring classics from Korallreven, Yumi Zouma, Keep Shelly in Athens, Lemonade, Airbird & Napolian +
As tireless curators, purveyors, and lovers of fine modern pop music (that tends to fall on the dreamier side of the spectrum) over the past half-decade, our friends at Cascine have become one my personal most beloved and revered labels...
The latest signing to our favorite little label is Morly, aka Minnesotan producer/songwriter/conjurer-of-magic Katy Morley. Her beautiful new EP In Defense of My Muse is made up of what the label calls four "lo-fi explorations into the transient space between joy and melancholy," and is inspired, at least in part, by the "deep wintry sadness" of Morley's home state...
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Our friends at Cascine manage to uncover another beautiful pop gem, this time from Stockholm siblings Marcus + Lara Andersson (the former co-wrote that amazing new LIZ track with SOPHIE), aka TVÅ. "Always Be" + "Keep Me a Secret" are sweetly smoldering examples of the kind of pristine, glimmering pop that apparently only Sweden can produce, taken from the duo's new single, out