Music
Interview: EWAH & The Vision of Paradise plus track ‘Play Hard’
Hobart, the city at the edge of the world, is a unique and fascinating place. I have written about the weird and wonderful Dark Mofo Festival over the last few years, where I had the good luck to catch EWAH & the Vision of Paradise (EVoP) live at the iconic Brisbane Hotel back in 2017. …
TRACK: HANNI EL KHATIB – STRESSY
Hanni El Khatib returns with new music in the form of STRESSY via Innovative Leisure. A while since his last full length outing with 2017’s Savage Times and a step away from the bluesy rock of the likes of You Rascal You. “When I started playing with ideas for the record, I thought it was important …
TRACK: METRONOMY – WHITSAND BAY
Meteronomy’s fantastic 6th album “Metronome Forever” released September last year via Because Music, is still giving up its gems with the release of the next single “Whitsand Bay” It’s an upbeat piece which wouldn’t look out of place on some of their previous albums. About the track, frontman Mount says, “This is a pivotal track between …
Track: Karate Boogaloo – Marriage for all or none at all
Marriage For All or None At All is the lead single from Melbourne, Australia instrumental funk outfit Karate Boogaloo’s album Carn The Boogers, which drops in May via College of Knowledge Records, it’s the quartets take on the Australian same sex debate that came to a head as they were writing the record and was …
News: Björk announces Björk Orchestral tour
After Björk’s most elaborate stage performance to date, ‘Cornucopia’, she announces today that she will embark on a new tour in 2020, ‘Björk Orchestral’. Unlike Cornucopia’s elaborate stage production, Björk orchestral will focus on Björk’s acoustic string arrangements of her works so far. Starting in Moscow on 2nd July before heading to Helsinki, Berlin, Paris, and Cheshire to headline the …
Album Review: Elaquent – Forever Is A Pretty Long Time
“The compilation album is a rite of passage for elite hip-hop producers” we are informed by Guelph, Ontario-based producer Elaquent‘s team. It’s true – mixtape culture is still alive and well in the hip-hop scene, while collaborative efforts between producers and artists still frequent wherever you access your music from in this climate. Timbaland, Neptunes, …
Track: Frank Moyo – Friend of mine
“I want people to be able to imagine they are on a beach in Italy when listening to my music,” says Canadian-Italian singer Frank Moyo. But while one track might take you to the beach, “another may take you into a car going 180 miles per hour.” New single Friend of Mine frankly does neither, …
Track: Real Estate – The Main Thing
Ahead of Fridays album release from Real Estate of their new album ‘The Main Thing’ vis Domino Records, the band have released the title track as the second glimpse of what’s on offer amongst its thirteen tracks, Singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter Martin Courtney explains: “‘The Main Thing’ is my attempt at writing an inspirational anthem …
Album Review: Disq – Collector
There is definitely something in the water in Madison, Wisconsin. Personal anecdote: I have a good friend from the area who has introduced me to a few bands in that scene. The Hussy, Dharma Dogs, Coordinated Suicides. He didn’t mention to me, however, Disq and yet, I seem already familiar with the acerbic power-pop the …
Video: Ezra Furman releases new video for ‘Every Feeling’
Ezra Furman shares new animated video for track“Every Feeling”. A track taken from the official soundtrack for Sex Education on Bella Union. The OST is available digitally now and physically in April 2020. “Every Feeling” was inspired by a bad bout of depression and has an up-all-night, emotionally exhausted feel to it. The video, created by Sivan Kidron, is brightly …