Music
Not Forgotten: AC/DC – Powerage
It’s hard to consider that AC/DC could have an album that could be overlooked, but Powerage, slotted between 1977’s Let There Be Rock, the album that first saw them achieve a measure of international success, and the live, If You Want Blood… You’ve Got It, it seems to be an album which gets oddly overlooked …
Say Psych: Track: Sherpa The Tiger – Periscope
Sherpa The Tiger are a new entity from Lviv, Ukraine who recently announced that they will be releasing their debut LP Great Vowel Shift on 18th May on Fuzz Club Records. With an arsenal of decrepit Soviet synthesisers, the four-piece combine a love of minimalist ambient music and the kosmische grooves that came pumping out …
Say Psych: Track: Lumerians – Silver Trash
Oakland’s Lumerians are a prodigious force in the extra-terrestrial realms of modern psychedelia. Since forming in San Francisco back in 2006, Lumerians have traversed their way through multiple different genres – offering mind-bending adventures into everything from space rock, kraut and noise to zamrock, free jazz, drone and dub. Drawing from a range of influences, …
See: My Pleasure releases new video for ‘Fluorescent Jacket’, plus tour dates
MY PLEASURE is from Hull, UK and describes his music as “almost pop”. Mostly Happy is the title of his second album, out Friday 1st June. My Pleasure says of the single: “Fluorescent Jacket is a ode to the feeling you get when you put on any kind of uniform, and instantly become part of …
Track: Braids share two new tracks and start US tour
BRAIDS are a Montreal-based, three-piece band composed of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts. Formed in 2007, BRAIDS have solidified a decade-long reputation for their musical ingenuity and established themselves as one of Canada’s most acclaimed art rock bands, releasing three albums: Deep In The Iris (2015), Flourish // Perish (2013), Native Speaker (2011), …
Track: Magic Wands – DNA, plus European tour dates
The latest single from Magic Wands ‘DNA’ has been released. Taken from upcoming album ‘Abrakadabra’ which will be out on May 15th. Magic Wands are a dream pop duo from Los Angeles, California. They are know for their melodic, catchy songs ‘Black Magic’ and ‘Teenage Love’ and have been remixed by The XX and Crystal …
See: Evil Blizzard Return with new video ‘Hello’, plus UK tour dates
Evil Blizzard have announced the release of their third, album ‘The Worst Show On Earth’. Returning with a new video for the album’s opening track ‘Hello’, bassist Filthydirty explains “we’ve been away for a couple of years, and we know you have missed us, so this is just us kicking in your back door, eating …
Track: Ray Davies – Our Country
Ray Davies returns with a direct follow up to 2017’s Americana album, “Our Country : Americana Act II”. The first (and title) track being, “Our Country”. Based loosely on his 2013 book, and the complicated relationship Davies has with the USA. Putting his love of American music and culture against set backs such as being …
Live: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart 13/05/2018
The carpets at the iconic Brisbane Hotel in, confusingly, Hobart, Australia are so sticky that if you stand still on the one spot for too long, you might get never get out alive. Luckily, when a band like Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds play, there is no risk of that. Opening with their …
Live Review: Yo La Tengo – The Church, Leeds – 3rd May 2018
There’s a Riot Going On American indie rockers Yo La Tengo made a welcome return to the UK and Ireland this month for five gigs in support of their 15th release, There’s a Riot Going On, the band’s first full set of originals since 2013’s Fade. Formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984, Yo La …