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Album Review: Enter Shikari – Nothing is true & Everything is Possible
The St Albans bred quartet question everything with their outlandishly ambitious new record, Nothing is True & Everything is Possible. Coming off the back of their 2017 record The Spark, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Enter Shikari couldn’t possibly take their experimentation to more extreme lengths; but you would be completely mistaken. Their sixth …
Interview: Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten)
The legendary Einstürzende Neubauten (Collapsing New Buildings) will be releasing their first album in 12 years (if you don’t count the commissioned work Lament) entitled ‘Alles in Allem’ (All in All) in May 2020. ‘Alles in Allem’ is a magnificent collection of songs ranging from the percussive rumble of the single ‘Ten Grand Goldie’ to …
Track: Public Body – Naughty on my bike
Brighton post-punks Public Body have been garnering fans and gaining a reputation for themselves over the last 12 months, and after hearing their new single ‘Naughty on my Bike’, it’s easy to understand why. Echoey, buzzing guitar riffs and angular melodies are the order of the day, as it drives ferociously along, edges and Sven …
NEWS: THE TWILIGHT SAD ANNOUNCE LIVE ALBUM – IT WON’T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME
After the blow of missing what would have been one hell of a two nighter at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom. The Twilight Sad have collected together a discography spanning collection of live recordings from their 2019 tours and releasing a live album – ‘It Won’t Be Like This All The Time’ A fitting title for the …
Say Psych: Premiere: Rhys Bloodjoy – Run From the Hunter/Celebration
Rhys Bloodjoy is a one-man noise machine, using sophisticated loops, echo drenched harmonies and reverb-soaked melodies to create a truly unique blend of Cold Wave and Psychedelia. He has been suspiciously quiet for a while following a move from Manchester’s cobblestones to the mountainous climbs of Southern Spain. But one should always know, when someone …
TRACK: MOUNIKA. – INTRO (I’M SORRY)
It’s been three years since French abstract, hip hop, electronic artist Mounika. wowed us with his debut album ‘How Are You’. His second album, title unknown at present, is due this year with an announcement expected May 15th. To wet out appetites he has released first single – ‘Intro (I’m Sorry). It’s a slight departure …
Track: The James Dean Driving Experience – Sean Connery
Optic Nerve Recordings have been carefully curating a reissue series of 7″ records from late last year, and come May 15th are set to release the next in this pantheon of late ’80s alternative music. “Sean Connery” was originally released in 1990 by The James Dean Driving Experience and would be the 4th and final …
Premiere: Modern Hinterland reveal new video for Just be sitting with you
Modern Hinterland, whose much vaunted album ‘The Longest Part of the Night’ was released earlier in the year on Label Fandango, have recorded a session for BBC Intoducing, and from it we’re delighted to be premiering ‘Just be sitting with you’. What began as a solo project for songwriter Chris Hornsby has expanded with the …
Watch: Squarepusher – Detroit People Mover
It has been a ridiculously busy year for electronic musician Tom Jenkins a.k.a Squarepusher already. Not content with the release of January’s Be Up a Hello, the first proper follow up to 2015’s Damogen Furies (Elektrac and All Night Chroma don’t count), last Friday saw the artist drop a five track EP, Lamental. This week? …
Track: The Shacks – Wings
Following on from their debut eponymous ep which brought them to the worlds attention, especially with the smash hit ‘This Strange Effect’, and tours with the likes of Khurangbin and Chicano Batman, The Shacks are back with a new tune, Wings. It has this sort of shrouded indie mystery about it, as it plays out …