Album Review: Roisin Murphy – ‘Roisin Machine’
IN ANOTHER, more enlightened plane of existence, the world lauds Roisin Murphy as a famed cultural icon with a string of hit albums, maybe with a prime-time talk show, international fashion house and probable appointment as Culture Secretary … heck, why not make that PM too? Unfathomably, in our particular tangent of reality that hasn’t …
Album Review: Action Bronson – Only For Dolphins
At some point, someone must have told Action Bronson that words have multiple meanings. This isn’t something I know for sure, but you can intuit it from his lyrics. Keeping in theme, then, he must have learned that it is perfectly okay for things to contain multitudes. As he puts it on ‘C12H16N2’, Action Bronson …
TRACK: Ceremonial Bloodbath announce debut album – hear ‘Primitive’
VANCOUVER-based, horrendous death metal deformity Ceremonial Bloodbath have announced their debut album, The Tides Of Blood. The Tides Of Blood is a long-awaited album of dark death metal and of complete sonic torment. With its members coming from established Vancouver bands, Ceremonial Bloodbath is an unholy coalition, blurring the sum of its influences into a sonic …
SEE: Steve Hackett releases Hammersmith live set – watch a track
FORMER Genesis axeman Steve Hackett has released a live recording from his 2019 UK tour, entitled Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith. The album came out last Friday, September 25th. Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beginning of 1971 and was part of the classic prog-era line-up which also included …
TRACK: Strange Bones feat. Bob Vylan – ‘Menace’
BLACKPOOL punk legends Strange Bones have released a brand new cracker of a single, ‘Menace’. ‘Menace’ is the result of the anger and frustration resulting from lockdown. The night before release, September 24th, the band teased details about the new track on their Facebook page:“‘MENACE’ is a cathartic release in response to the world being …
Album Review: Mildlife – ‘Automatic’
Phase, the debut album by Australian band Mildlife, was a bonafide word of mouth discovery upon its release in early 2018. It’s mellow combination of groove propelled psychedelic jazz and disco, performed with a nod to Kosmische, Balearic, Scandinavian and Adriatic favours, caught a wave with a snowballing swell of support that united various scenes’ …
Track: Ben Burke – The Life I Left Behind
Up and coming Liverpool artist Ben Burke is set to release his newest single ‘The Life I Left Behind’ on 18thSeptember 2020, following the success of his previous singles ‘Leaving Tomorrow’ and ‘The Winds of Change’. After the split of his former band ‘The Stamp’, Ben has been working as a solo artist, using his …
NEWS: Gorillaz announce ‘SONG MACHINE: Season One – Strange Timez’ – watch the new Robert Smith collab
Gorillaz have announced the full collection of their Song Machine collection, featuring an expanding roster of collaborators captured live in Kong Studios and beyond. Entitled Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez, it’ll be out on October 23rd on digital, standard CD, vinyl and cassette; plus the 17-track deluxe and super deluxe box sets. As well as …
News: Live music is back as Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Festival gets underway
Hamburg’s iconic annual Reeperbahn Festival’s organisers said right from the start of the pandemic that they would go ahead with this year’s event come what may and true to their word they have. The largely indoor festival, held in Hamburg’s plethora of music venues including the famous Beatles ones such as Indra and Kaiserkeller at …
TRACK: Cardiacs release previously unheard track, ‘Vermin Mangle’
CARDIACS have shared a poignant farewell in the form of a previously unreleased song. “Vermin Mangle” was shared to mark the funeral of bandleader Tim Smith, who died in July aged 59. Along with the new song, the band shared a touching tribute: “Of stars and planets,of darkness and light,of all universal energies issues forththe …