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Album Review: Local Authority – Negative Space
What was Valley Heat Records is now 4000 Records, but what remains is the singular dedication to the local Brisbane music scene and an obsession with the cassette. And there is no better way to launch this new face than the debut album from Local Authority, ‘Negative Space’. Local Authority is the product of Jacque …
Say Psych: Track: Hey Bulldog – Death & Greed
Manchester’s garage rockers Hey Bulldog have this week announced new single ‘Death And Greed’ set for release on 4th October via Doing it to Death Records & Sister 9 Recordings. To coincide with the release, they are playing at Astral Elevator’s The Psych Rising at Manchester’s Night People on 5 October. The grunge laden, riff-based …
Say Psych: EP Review: Black Doldrums – She Divine
Black Doldrums, the lauded London-based power-duo, have recently released their new EP She Divine on Club AC30. Known for delivering layered echo-drenched guitar with heavy, relentless drums, Black Doldrums have created transient and euphoric dark psychedelia and they’ve once again captured their raw, untamed energy with the help of producer Pat Collier at Perry Vale Studios …
Say Psych: Album Premiere: Déjà Vega – Déjà Vega
BSM have been championing underground psychedelic bands for a number of years now and so it is a great honour for us to bring the premiere streaming of Déjà Vega’s debut self-titled LP ahead of its release on 11 October. Cheshire’s answer to musical boredom already host a cult live following (including a chant all …
Walthamstow Jazz Festival 2020.
Walthamstow Jazz Festival is returning for a second year, reaching across the spectrum to pull together a day of music curated from artists at the cutting edge here in the UK and beyond. Featuring Wu Tang artist U-God on the bill along with established names in their field like Ishmael Ensemble, Soccer96, Fat White Family …
The Bluetones Autumn UK Tour
The Bluetones have announced a UK tour. From Glastonbury to Top Of The Pops, The Bluetones did the lot and toured with everyone from Radiohead to Bruce Hornsby & The Rangebuilding up a worldwide fanbase. Finally, after playing more than 10,000 shows in more than 73 countries, they’re back for more. The Bluetones are promising a sensational set of shows this November as they play their incredible …
Desert Sessions Vols. 11 + 12 Announced.
Ending a 16-year hiatus since its last instalment, the most mythical, longest running rock n roll mixtape odyssey in existence, Desert Sessions will return this October with the most ambitious entries yet in its expansive and elusive catalog: Vols. 11 & 12 (a/k/a respectively as Arrivederci Despair and Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels) …
Not Forgotten: R.E.M. – Monster
The late 80s and early 90s had seen U2 get big. Too big. They seemed to have reached critical mass with the live / studio hybrid Rattle and Hum, but a creative reset on 1991’s Achtung Baby had seen them find a touch more equilibrium and sound considerably less like a band who created a …
Premiere: See new video for ‘Azure’ from Electric Litany
Ahead of the release of London based quartet Electric Litany’s third (and most ambitious to date) album ‘Under A Common Sky’, we are delighted to premiere the video for the album’s lead track ‘Azure’. Sitting somewhere between the emotional textures of Mogwai and Sigur Ros, it’s driven from this sweeping, stately piano lines, as underneath …
Classic Album: The Beatles – Abbey Road
Chronologically the final album that The Beatles recorded together, the general public’s appreciation for Abbey Road seems to increase each year, despite it being very much an album of two halves. Side one of Abbey Road is patchy and is unique in the fact that George Harrison’s contributions make for the two strongest tracks here, finally allowing the quiet one …