Music
Track: Two Tone Television – Old News
Out now is the new single from Glasgow indie punk Two Tone Television, Old News. They’ve been creating something of a storm in their native Scotland, earning rave reviews for their live show, and they’ve managed to capture some of that energy in their new single. Built on the kind of riff that would make …
ALBUM REVIEW: Aārp – ‘Propaganda’
MAKE no mistake, the debut album from classically trained experimentalist Aārp has serious conceptual intent. Entitled Propaganda, and out now on Paris-Lyon-Berlin imprint InFiné, it is pointedly political. The title is predicated on the media portrayal of death of Steve Canico, the French techno fan found drowned after an altercation with police at a festival …
Track Toronto indie folk band Decoration Day release ‘Lanark County’
Taken from their forthcoming debut album Makeshift Future, Toronto folk band Decoration Day have released a new single, Lanark County. It’s described by guitarist and songwriter Justin Orok as a vision song. “It follows a kind of surreal dream logic,” says Justin. “The imagery comes out of this just-below-the-surface hostility I would feel when visiting idyllic …
TRACK: Home Counties’ ‘Dad Bod’ – fantastically Peel show awkward squad
IT WOULD seem the Bristol underground scene is in rude health. Last week we had a new download-only only round-up from Dorset boys moved uptown with a whole clutch of stoner psych goodness, Leeches. And now we have a second missive from Brizzle-based guitar shamblers Home Counties: and it’s a cracking, snotty-cuffed slice of John …
Track: Lonely The Brave – Distant Light
Back in April, Lonely the Brave released their first material with new singer Jack Bennett: the single, “Bound”. Check out our review of that here. Now they return with another track, “Distant Light”, on Easy Life Records. The band say: “We find ourselves in trying times at present. As you may know, some of us are NHS key …
Album Review: Attraktors – Attraktors
Made up of former members of Julian Cope’s band, Six By Seven, Bivouac, The Selecter and The Nectarine No. 9, we’ve already given some love to Nottingham space/krautrock trio Attraktors on more than one occasion on these pages. They take little elements of all of those bands in their new self-titled album, with elements of …
Track: French post-hardcore band Fall of Messiah release Young Pines
French post-hardcore quintet Fall Of Messiah have released ‘Young Pines’, the new single from their forthcoming album. This is pretty much what you want from post hardcore, especially if you’re into the more expansive and epic stuff. There’s some soaringly powerful moments on this track, and they really nailed the video considering it is an incredibly simple …
Canadian thrash legends Anonymus reveal new single ‘La Bestia’
Canadian thrash legends Anonymus recently released their 12th album ‘La Bestia’ on June 12th via label Bam&co Heavy. Known for their discography of both French and English releases, ‘La Bestia’ is their first full length that is completely in Spanish, which is pretty damn impressive. 3/4 of the band speak Spanish, but still, 12 albums in 3 languages is no easy feat. The band have released the …
SEE: Dope Body’s vid for sleaze nugget “Home Body”; Spotify playlist
BALTIMORE’S answer to Royal Trux, newly rejuvenated sleaze rockers Dope Body, have released a video to accompany “Back in Back” from their May return set, Home Body. And you can watch it below. Maryland’s self-styled 21st-century Stooges, who returned with their new set of material since 2015’s Kunk just a few weeks ago, had this …
Track: Duffy – River In The Sky
After dropping a new track by sending Jo Whiley an“only for radio” track, called ‘Something Beautiful’, in March, Duffy has returned with another moving track entitled “River In the Sky”. This deeply personal, emotive, piano-driven song will only be made available across Duffy’s social media channels, which Duffy captions with the words: “For the better …