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Album Review: Leyya – Sauna
Sophie Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer are Leyya, an electronic pop duo from Vienna, Austria. Today sees the release of their new album “Sauna”, which was preceded by a single, the evocative “Heat”. “Heat” features Lindinger’s gorgeous almost languid vocals over a sparse indie electronic beat and a rousing, charged chorus. Electro melancholic pop that evokes …
Soundtrack of our lives: The Fall – Album Definitive Quagmire. In memory of Mark E Smith
I don’t really know why I’m a fan of Mark E Smith and The Fall. Is it the uanabashed Northernness? Is it the mastery of prose? or maybe the fact that he never forgot his roots? I don’t know, but what I do know is that for whatever reason once I’d entered the Wonderful and Frightening …
News: Brix Smith Start releases statement following the death of Mark E Smith
Joined the outpouring of grief and sadness at the news of Fall mainman Mark E Smith, his former wife and Fall member Brix Smith Start has issued a statement via her twitter account Her band, Brix and the Extricated, featuring several ex-Fall employees – have also released a statement on their facebook page which reads …
A buyers’ guide to Flight of the Conchords
I can’t remember the first I became aware of Flight of the Conchords. I had certainly heard of them prior to my friend Mark recommending their TV series to me. Although Mark has always had a good idea of what music and television I would enjoy, it would be a few years until I fully …
News: At the Gates announced new album and tour dates
Swedish melodic Death Metal pioneers AT THE GATES have announced their new album ‘To Drink From The Night Itself’ will be released May 18th 2018 on Century Media Records. Produced by Russ Russell (Napalm Death, The Haunted, Dimmu Borgir, etc.) at Parlour Studios, ‘To Drink From The Night Itself’ will be the band’s follow up …
Playlist: Poisoned Electrick Head – Tourbus Treats
Poisoned Electrick Head (Mk 1) were together twelve years (1986 – 1998), and probably spent ten of them in tourbuses of various types (the band officially reformed in 2009 and are now actively gigging and releasing albums). As an eight-piece touring psychedelic outfit, the choice of listening was never going to be a simple affair, …
See: Wolf Parade release new video for ‘You’re Dreaming’, plus European/US tour dates.
Taken from their much admired Cry Cry Cry album, which came out in October last year on the mighty Sub Pop label, Wolf Parade have released a Raymond Knight directed video for You’re Dreaming. Filmed live and in the studio, it has this late night TV vibe, and showcases the alt/indie bands incisive songwriting, as …
See: Malevolence release new visual for Self Supremacy, plus European tour dates
Following the long-awaited release of their album Self Supremacy last May, Sheffield thrashers have released a brand-new video for the title track of the record. Their latest cinematic hosts an eerie aesthetic littered with shots of fast cars, motorbikes and generally looking ultra-angry, hip and cool. If you like breakdowns, epic guitar solos and deep, …
See: Art School Girlfriend reveals new video for Measures
Brought up on the music of The Velvet Underground, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Patti Smith, Poppy of Art School Girlfriend draws us in to her Margate surroundings with the intriguing video, ‘Measures’ directed by the French 3D artist, Kevin Bray. Haunting vocals coupled with the 3D rendering of Margate’s coastline provide us with an …
Obituary: The Fall’s Mark E Smith
The Fall. 32 studio albums (and counting…compilations etc. one can only guess), 66 band members, and one constant element – the enigmatic, grumpy, exasperating Mark E Smith. And with his sudden passing, I must sadly use the past tense, no slur on those foot-soldiers, for whom membership in The Fall was almost some kind of …