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Track: Roddy Woomble to release a new solo album in May; hear a first single, ‘Lo Soul’; there’s tour dates, too

Chris Sawle March 8, 2021

NEWS: Neil Cowley announces solo album for February; hear ‘She Lives In Golden Sands’

Chris Sawle November 17, 2020

ALBUM REVIEW: Urlaub in Polen – ‘All’: welcome and surprise return of fine krautrock pair

Charlotte R November 10, 2020

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Track: The legendary The Scientists blast back into the universe with ‘Outsider’ and album news.

Arun Kendall April 21, 2021

It’s been a long time between drinks, but the legendary The Scientists are back with a blistering new single and news of their first album in 35 years, ‘Negativity’, due out in June 2021 through In The Red Records. The line up consists of singer-guitarist Kim Salmon, lead guitarist Tony Thewlis, bassist Boris Sujdovic and …

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See: The trippy CGI video for Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band’s ‘Elastic Band’: Yves Jarvis and Tasseomancy’s Romy making free and wonkily beautiful music

Chris Sawle April 20, 2021

THEY SOUND like they should be some great lost Moog-psych outfit from ’69, and weird and wonderful is definitely a touchstone for the Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band, be sure. It’s the musical mind-melding of Yves Jarvis, whose album from last autumn, Sundry Rock Song Stock, was a really clever and rather ace melange of political …

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See: Gordi unveils enigmatic and atmospheric video ‘Refractive’ – an evocative amalgam of tracks ‘Extraordinary Life’ and ‘Volcanic’ and announces news of live EP

Arun Kendall April 20, 2021

Gordi, the name of Melbourne musician Sophie Payten’s solo work, is a living icon in the Australian music scene: her last album ‘Our Two Skins’ released in the middle of the COVID lockdown last year was a graceful and epic release, thrown into release by Payton’s extraordinary work as a doctor, assisting with understaffed local …

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News: Enslaved Postpone 2021 Tour And Announce Release Of ‘Cinematic Tour 2020’ Live Albums And DVDS

Craig Young April 19, 2021

Enslaved have launched into their 30th year with thunder and flames. With their Utgard European Tour now taking place in spring 2022, with support coming from Intronaut, Obsidian Kingdom and Crown, the band have announced four new live albums/DVDs. Due 25th June, the audio and visuals for these releases have been taken from their revered Cinematic Tour 2020, with physical pre-orders launching today. Ivar …

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EP Review: WA’s Pretty Uglys unleash ‘Party Friends’ – a blistering set of very attractive post punk anthems, executed with sneers, attitude and indelible pose.

Arun Kendall April 19, 2021

The Breakdown Pretty Uglys’ new EP ‘Party Friends’ is a pulsating and vibrant set of magnificent, sneering and imposing tracks. Pure guitar-driven riffs over a thundering rhythm section and with vocals so loaded with attitude you can almost see the arched eyebrows and sneer. It is gratifyingly cathartic and confident. Independent – 8.5 Blasting off …

New Music: The Raft, A Lullaby/Coming Up For Air Double EP

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TRACK: Skinshape – ‘The Sun’: shimmering Afro-Anglo guitars trail fifth LP

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