Album Review: Lady Gaga – Chromatica
Lady Gaga blasts us off to the land of Chromatica in her brand new album, released on 29th May 2020 via Streamline and Interscope Records. In this follow-up record to 2016’s country-pop hybrid Joanne, Gaga has truly returned to her dance-pop roots in a big way, not really seen since her 2008 debut The Fame. …
Album Review: Katatonia – City Burials
By Chris Gibbons Lockdown has certainly had an impact on my listening habits. I’ve been fortunate that I’ve been able to keep up with weight training in a garage gym and it is during training sessions that I get time away from work and family long enough to enjoy a metal playlist or two. Whereas …
See: Lady Bird share new video ‘WWW’ ahead of EP release
Lady Bird are purveyors of a fresh new punk/grime sound, coming out of Kent, the three piece are set to releases their latest EP ‘BRAINWASH MACHINE SETTING’, out June 26th via Purple Stains/ JägerMusik This latest release drags punk well into the here and now, Wonk Unit meets Mike Skinner is as good an analogy as any. This video …
Track: Limos – Alters, plus EP news
Finnish melodic death metal band Limos is set to release their new EP ‘Tales of The White Eye’ on July 3rd. Ahead of this they have released their latest single ‘Altars’. It’s a brutal and soaring track, covering a lot of ground in it’s 5 minutes. ” ‘Altars’ as a song explores an universe we …
Album Review: The Reflectors – First Impression
FULLERTON, CA -Los Angeles powerpop/punk quartet is the base The Reflectors who release their new album First Impression on May 29, 2020. Releasing via independent labels Time For Action Records (Europe) and Burger Records (rest of world), First Impression will be available to stream on all major digital platforms and is available to pre-order now on vinyl, CD and cassette. or Here …
See: Riskee and the Ridicule share video for ‘Blue Jacket’
Riskee And The Ridicule from Kent, have shared this wonderfully in your face piece of lyrically angry, yet musically smiling, art. In a time of rising nationalism, fuelled by a political landscape that leaves the needy behind, and an anti EU feeling that has been polarised by a Brexit vote that also divided the nation. …
See: International Teachers of Pop release new track ‘Flood the Club’ to support independent venue
International Teachers of Pop have released a new single to raise funds for Hebden Bridge venue The Trades Club. Flood the Club is taken from their upcoming second album, Pop Gossip, which is set for release on 28th August via their label Desolate Spools. All proceeds made from the download of the new single will …
See: KRAKÓW LOVES ADANA reveal video for The Ocean Between Us PLUS Album News
Italians Do It Better have announced the brand new single and video from Hamburg hailing duo Kraków Loves Adana, The Ocean Between Us. Along with the new single drop, they have also released the track listing for their fifth studio album, Darkest Days, which is set for release later this year. The track listing is …
See: Misery Signals release new video for The Tempest
Metalcore pioneers Misery Signals return with their brand new album ‘Ultraviolet‘. The forthcoming record marks their first full-length release in seven years, and first with founding vocalist Jesse Zaraska since their 2004 debut, ‘Of Malice and the Magnum Heart‘. Ahead of the album release they have also revealed a video for first single ‘The Tempest’ ” ‘The Tempest’ feels …
Album Review: Magnetic Fields – Quickies
Last week, Quickies by The Magnetic Fields hit my inbox, ironically accompanied by the longest press release I’ve seen in a while. In it I found a description of Stephin Merritt’s writing process: a series of spatial and temporal limitations inspired by the “flash-fiction” of author Lydia Davis that forced Merritt to make use of …