Music
Live Review: The Hives / Bad Nerves – Manchester Academy, Manchester 06.04.2024
If you’re into frenetic 90 miles an hour garage punk rock with hooks at every turn, then I can’t think of a better pairing than newcomers Bad Nerves and Swedish indie punk icons, The Hives. Opening the show are rising Essex punks Bad Nerves, who deliver an intense set of power pop melodies above a …
Track: Weathership – Swimmer
From the creative brain of J.P Riggall, Teesside’s Weathership is his project created with four other musicians. With three singles already released, ‘The Swimmer’ is the bands fourth track and first single of 2024. Gorgeous seeping melodies, gritty guitars and soothing harmonies give this track a bite that many lack helped by some unique beat-keeping …
Track: The Lemon Twigs – How Can I Love Her More
The sibling duo of Brian and Michael D’Addario have shared ‘How Can I Love Her More?’, the final teaser of their forthcoming album, ‘A Dream Is All We Know’ due out the 3rd of May via Captured Tracks. Recorded completely to tape and mixed and mastered by Brian and Michael themselves on of-the-era equipment the …
News: Now Wave announce new annual happening Bad Dreams @ New Century Hall, Manchester
Manchester’s long-standing independent promoters Now Wave have announced a new annual happening BAD DREAMS at New Century set to take place across the late May bank holiday weekend. Launching on Friday 24th May the opening day of Bad Dreams will see dreamy-neo-soul-psych outfit Crumb headline alongside the hazy surf-psych-rock sounds of Australia’s Babe Rainbow and Tonronto’s jangly-indie-pop duo Ducks LTD. Bank holiday Monday 27th May will …
Say Psych: Album Review: Maquina – PRATA
9/10 Lisbon trio Maquina (Machine) recently released their second LP PRATA on Fuzz Club Records. Having seen their name suddenly appearing everywhere I was keen to check them out, and I was not disappointed. Drawing from minimal krautrock repetition, pounding industrial techno and EBM, Maquina explore the boundaries of these genres with force, carving out …
Track: ‘She Took You To Narnia’ – HighSchool unveil another chilled slice of gothic cool ahead of EP release and tour.
The enigmatic HighSchool – London-based but originally from Melbourne – are about to release their EP ‘Accelerator’ next Friday, April 19 via [PIAS] Australia, and to further entice us have unveiled the single ‘She Took You To Narnia’. Antarctic chills pervade this gothic epistle, delivered on an electronic thrum and with the insouciance we have …
EP Review – Millsart – Neo Tantric Parts
“Rationalizing our place amongst the Stars is a referendum. A mandate in the scale of a space-time continuum, which is a task that might seem infinitely cavernous to most, but a lifelong mandate to others. As nature’s allowance of time just isn’t favorable to an average human lifespan of a 100 years, this task must …
Track: Left Circles – Bleed It Out
Left Circles is the solo project from Brooklyn-based musician Brian Pluta of the band Space Cadet. The projects debut album ‘Nothing Is One Thing’ is due out on the 26th of April. The hook-heavy album flies through several modes of rock, from ‘90s lo-fi to Brit pop to ‘50s folk. It was mixed by Travis Harrison (Guided …
Track & Video: Naarm/Melbourne Artist Kramas Releases Alluring Art Rock Single ‘Give Me Your Money’
In an age inundated with extremely fleeting content, it’s rare to stumble upon something genuinely captivating enough to pull you away from endless scrolling from just a brief 10-second glimpse. Yet, that’s precisely what happened when Naarm/Melbourne artist Kramas teased their latest single, ‘Give Me Your Money’, on Instagram. Immediately drawn in by the enigmatic …
Live Review & Gallery: The Grogans Bring Garage Rock Glory to Factory Theatre – Eora/Sydney, 06.04.24
Naarm/Melbourne’s own powerhouse trio, The Grogans, descended upon the Factory Theatre in Eora/Sydney on Saturday, igniting the stage with their electrifying brand of Australian garage rock. Fresh from conquering stages across the UK and EU, the band, comprised of Quin Grunden, Angus Vasic, and Jordan Lewis, brought their dynamic energy and infectious melodies to adoring …