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See: Marianne Faithfull releases new video for Sparrows Will Sing ahead of her new album
It’s been quite a life, Marianne Faithfull’s. 2014 marks her 50th year making records, and she’s celebrated by making her 20th studio album, entitled ‘Give My Love To London’, out on September 29th via Dramatico Entertainment. The first track to be released from the album is ‘Sparrows Will Sing’, and its a measure of Faithfull’s …
Track: The Datsuns release new single Caught in the Silver, plus album news
Sometimes things align just right. For New Zealand rockers The Datsuns it was all four members being in the same city, the gods of classic rock and roll looking down on them favourably as they followed their lead in the songwriting, and allowing their influences – in this case 1970s cult film super-villains and 1970s …
New Music: Pord – Staring Into Space, plus Album News
Ahead of their forthcoming album “Wild”, recorded with Serge Morattel at Rec Studio in Geneva, French trio Pord have released a new track, “Staring Into Space”. Starting out in 2002 in the darkest depths of Lozère / France, the band quickly alligned themselves with the kind of noise rock perpetrated by the likes of Dazzling …
Album Review: Ashrae Fax – Never Really Been Into It
Every once in a while you happen across an album that surprises you. Maybe it doesn’t change your life or blow your mind, but it stops your brain from that constant run of streaming real-world problems. You momentarily just shut the cranial machine down for a half hour or so and allow yourself to enjoy …
Not Forgotten: Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Sinister, mad and disturbing old Tom. By the mid 80s he was ploughing a furrow that nobody could follow, not because they didn’t want to, but because they weren’t sure how stable the earth was that Tom was ploughing. But on he ploughed, churning out sea shantys, burnt out blues and insane polkas. He just …
Psych Insight: Track – Here They Come by The Janitors
One of my most anticipated releases of the Autumn is the new EP by The Janitors, Evil Doings Of An Evil Kind, which is released both digitally and on 12 inch vinyl by Bad Afro records on September 22nd, with pre-order beginning on September 1st. Ahead of that the band have released ‘Here They Come’ …
Track: Slipknot reveal new single, The Devil In I
Brand new Slipknot, I repeat BRAND NEW SLIPKNOT. A few weeks ago we heard the first stirrings from camp Slipknot (in terms of new music) since All Hope Is Gone in 2008. The new song came in the form of The Negative One, an aggressive assault on straight-to-the-point punchy lyrics that reminded the metal world …
See: Amber Run reveal new video for Pilot
Amber Run have done something unique; their latest music video ‘Pilot’ continues the story from their previous release ‘I Found’, a poignant video that delves deep into your heart and into your mind. The video to ‘I Found’ tells the story of an unfortunate girl becoming the victim of kidnap, and the regret the young criminal feels …
Album Review: Rustie – Green Language
Maybe it was the superlative nature of his debut, Glass Swords, that led to the expectation surrounding Rustie’s second long player for Warp Records, Green Language, being so monumental. The Glaswegian producer, aka Russell Whyte, has made a follow up that, in his words (or at least those of the press release) “reflects his early …
Soundtrack of our Lives: Ross Cameron of Bang Bang Romeo
Fresh from becoming one of the most talked about bands that played the Tramlines Festival, Bang Bang Romeo are poised to release their latest single, “Revolver”, which finds their sound evolve on from their rapturously received We Were Born EP. In between preparations for the single release, video shoots and radio sessions, guitar player Ross …