Music
Not Forgotten: Flight of the Conchords – Flight of the Conchords
As I have aged I have been slowly but surely reaching the conclusion that comedy, or more specifically, what the individual finds funny is a deeply personal thing, perhaps even more so than music. If you’re watching a film, television programme or stand up comedian who everyone around you is laughing at, yet it / …
See: Dirty Projectors release video for Break-Thru, plus album news and tour dates
Dirty Projectors have released a video for a new track ahead of their forthcoming seventh album. The track “Break-Thru” features cheery guitar hooks, upbeat vocals, and birds in the video – The video tells the story of an ever increasing number of birds, apparently attracted by the feel good tune, and the Talking Heads hanging …
Track: Maribou State – Turnmills, plus tour date
Maribou State have released their first new music since 2015 in the form of new track “Turnmills”… Blending orchestral elements and choral vocals with a shuffling hi-hat beat, the track rolls in over found sounds, with an almost gospel crescendo. It has the feel of a triumphant end-credits moment in the reality of urban life. …
Live Review: Hush / The Kaleidoscopes, Record Junkee, Sheffield, 05/05/18
It’s always a pleasure when a live band are as good as their recordings and with Hush, the latest pop rock offering from Sheffield, the band are not only as polished and professional, but also as raucous and fun and insanely catchy as their music suggests. Off the back of their latest single “King and …
See: LUCAS reveal new video for Anne Marie
Manchester three piece Lucas have released a new video for their single ‘Anne Marie’, taken from their upcoming EP, High Wire. Produced and co-written by Cage the Elephant’s Lincoln Parish, its a heady mix of Brit-Pop, a sort of shoegaze psychedelia, and a little dash of Marc Bolan. “Anne Marie was a turning point for …
See: Moose Blood release new music video ‘Can we stay like this’
Moose Blood have released their new music video for ‘Can We Stay Like This’ taken from the band’s new album ‘I Don’t Think I Can Do This Anymore’, out now via Hopeless Records. “’Can We Stay Like This’ is a song Eddy wrote for his wife whilst in LA, during the recording session for the …
Not Forgotten: Hawkwind – Space Ritual
There are some acts that have survived only to prove that drugs really do not work. Hawkwind are perhaps the most enduring of all the drug casualty groups, causing a world shortage of acid since the late 60s, a bewildering output of dozens of official and unofficial albums, and an even more bewildering array of …
Track: SDH – The Scent
SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms) is the new project of two figures of the synth-wave/industrial scene of Barcelona. After their debut digital EP ‘Tell Them’ they have released this full length follow up Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz, founders of the Cønjuntø Vacíø label and also in the post-punk band Wind Atlas, unveil a …
Not Forgotten: Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
The artistic success of Rainbow’s first two albums had emboldened an army of bootleggers to try and capture the live thrills Ritchie Blackmore’s quintet of hard rockers. This had in turn prompted Blackmore himself to make the rather questionable decision to release an official live album, effectively to scupper the bootleg market for Rainbow live …
Track: Hush – King and Queen
Sheffield four-piece Hush combine cosy pub rock familiarity with stadium-sized singalong anthems and their latest single “King and Queen” is no exception. Lead singer Ben Ibbotson’s vocals are pure raw rock, leading us through a hazy, sweaty drunken night out whilst both bass player Dec and guitarist Heather do some dextrous feats of wonder with …