Music
EP Review: Been Stellar – Been Stellar
Sometimes its difficult to pinpoint exactly why a band and/or song resonates. Having seen New York-based Been Stellar at The Great Escape in Brighton in May I was captivated. It seems I wasn’t alone as it resulted in a return to these shores last month to play a number of gigs. They say timing is …
Track: I Know Leopard Share New Track And Announce Headline Tour
I Know Leopard Release New Track & Announce Headline Tour PLUS Gallery From Their Sydney Show Supporting Spacey Jane.
TRACK: High Vis release new single Trauma Bonds ahead of second album, Blending, due 9 September
London’s High Vis have released new single ‘Trauma Bonds‘ from their second album Blending which is set for release on 9 September on Dais Records. The impassioned vocals and forthright lyrics present a hopeful search for empathy and communication in the face of ongoing personal tragedy. As front person Graham Sayle explains:“‘Trauma Bonds’ was written after the news of …
Track: Kaeda Daze is ‘Running From Something’: a haunting dreamy track that envelops like a billowing cloud.
Kaeda Daze is the nome de plume of Kendra Fewster, a former member of WA folk/pop band ‘The Hunting Birds’, and her new solo work is sublime. Showcasing Fewster’s velvet soft expressive vocals, her debut solo track ‘Running From Something’ is a warm enveloping track that seems to magically float like clouds: billowing, soft and …
Track: Eighties powerhouse Noiseworks return after 30 years with the anthemic and dynamic single ‘Heart And Soul’, and all is well with the world. A tour and album will follow.
Noiseworks are a cultural pop rock Australian phenomena and emblematic of a particular home-grown and enigmatic stadium rock in the eighties – even us indie kids respected the fact that Noisework produced the most magnificent power rock anthems of the era, with an indelible ear for melody and a thunderous guitar attack and dynamism that …
Live Review: Joe Jackson – London Palladium, London 07.08.22
School was cruel. Blessed with an abundant record box of singles I had a passport to the parties but it came at a cost. Spending my paper-round money on vinyl but still clad in jumble sale garb didn’t go unnoticed by my mates, So a throwaway jibe about me being “square” stuck fast. To be …
Live Review: King Kong Company – Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre, Kilkenny 13,08,2022
The giants of Irish Electronica/Dance that are King Kong Company rolled into the amphitheatre that is Ballykeeffe Amphitheatre nestled beneath some fantastic woodland and partially surrounded by a large rockface in Kilmanagh Co Kilkenny, this was always going to be a show of spectacular fashion with the band known for their stage shows and not …
Live Gallery: Foxing / Greet Death / Home Is Where – Soda Bar, San Diego 08.08.2022
Indie rock band Foxing paid a visit to the Soda Bar with support from Greet Death and Home Is Where.
Live Gallery & Review: Spacey Jane Live at the Big Top, Luna Park 13.08.2022
Spacey Jane Charm Adoring Crowd at the Big Top, Sydney.
SEE: Midnight Ambulance collaborate with Edinburgh College of Art student to create an animation video for their new single Smoke and Sweets
Alternative duo Midnight Ambulance, nominated for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year 2022, have collaborated with Edinburgh College of Art student, Em New, to create an animated music video for their new single ‘Smoke and Sweets’. The innovative video is a mixture of stop motion and animation. It follows a 3D model of Fraser …