Music
Feature: Chris Trout – tales from the outer edges of pop
So we did this thing, on Instagram and Tumblr and Spotify, where some of us made sort of an ongoing, hopefully continuing mock John Peel programme. Or at least we wanted it to be records and memories and memorabilia (posters / fanzines / tickets / magazine clippings) and photos of bands and scenes and fans …
TRACK: CEILING DEMONS – ILLUSIONS
North Yorkshire’s alternative hip hop group Ceiling Demons have announced the release of a live favourite in the form of Illusions due 1st May. Starting with like a national anthem before the beat quickly fades in and the vocal attack begins. Psy and Dan Harrison share vocal duties over the looped strings. The passion comes …
Track: Floating Points – Bias (remixes) plus lockdown mix
Following on from last years much vaunted Crush album, which cemented his place in the champions league of electronic artists (yeah, I am missing football) Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points is back with a couple of alternate versions of one of the tracks of the album – Bias. The Mayfield Depot mix is a nine …
Track: Slow Crush – Reel
Shoegaze seems to be a genre that undertook a popular resurgence in the latter part of the ’00s. My Bloody Valentine released new music, a number of musicians took influence from the genre and, in 2018 to be precise, Belgian quartet Slow Crush released Aurora. Such was the appeal of the album that the band …
Track: Self Esteem – Favourite Problem (Alternative Version)
Sheffield’s Self Esteen has announced a new EP, Cuddles Please which is out on May 1st via Fiction Records, featuring alternative versions of three of the songs from her much lauded Compliments Please album from last year, ands a cover of Alex Cameron’s ‘Miami Memory’ The EP features a Sheffield-based choir, Neighbourhood Voices, which was …
Track: Biig Piig – “Switch”
Singer, rapper and storyteller Biig Piig has some very powerful fans – support from the BBC aside, current musician du jour Billie Eilish counts herself as a vocal supporter. It’s easy to see why, as the Cork-born, Spanish raised musician has amassed quite the support ever since the release of No Place For Patience, Vol. …
Album Review: Warm Digits – Flight of Ideas
Warm Digits, aka Newcastle multi-instrumentalist/producers Warm Digits have released a album that neatly squares their own adventures in synth-rock/house/psychedelic music with a host of collaborations including The Orielles, Paul Smith, The Lovely Eggs, Rozi Plain and Emma Pollock. Titled, appropriately enough, Flight of Ideas, it’s sees the band and their co-pilots blast of into this …
Track: Son Lux’s Ian Chang releases the latest cut from Belonging; “Lion Dance.”
Ian Chang has shared a second track from his debut full-length record; “Lion Dance” a track that highlights his energetic blend of percussive prowess and hyper-sonic electronics by the Son Lux member. “This was the last song I made for the album, so it still feels very fresh to me” Lang remarks about the track. “The initial …
Tour News: Manic Street Preachers to pay tribute to NHS staff.
Iconic Welsh group Manic Street Preachers have announced two shows to take place this December – both to pay tribute to the tireless efforts of NHS staff in Wales. The shows take place on the 4th and 5th of December at Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, with the first night a free show for NHS staff and …