Music
Premiere: Rich Webb is walking down ‘Brunswick St’ – a streetwise and passionate tribute to the iconic Melbourne thoroughfare, with launch dates announced.
We are very pleased to premiere the vibrant thrum of ‘Brunswick St’ from troubadour Rich Webb. With traces of fellow Australian singer/songwriter Paul Kelly and an added steely spine augmented by fuzzy guitars and a driving rhythm, Webb creates his own visceral edge filled with an antipodean sheen – a sort of Bruce Springsteen stadium …
Album Review : Matthewdavid – Mycelium Music: A beguiling ambient sound maze with a magical pull.
Matthewdavid has been at the hub of LA’s Leaving Records community since 2008, co-founding the label with artist Jesselisa Moretti and steadily releasing his own music through the portal over the years. His roots may have been in the underground and electronic hip-hop scene but his output through Leaving has primarily explored more fluid, hypnotic …
Album Review: Motions – Motions
Teesside’s Motions have released their self titled debut album which has been a complete in house record from the writing to recording to producing and mixing. What we have ended up with is an album born out of the love of music and a coming together of some serious musical talents. The band explain: “We …
Live Review: James – Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield 04.05.23
A trip to Sheffield City Hall for the sold out ‘James Lasted’ Orchestral Tour. A totally different twist on the music tonight, the band were joined on stage by conductor Joe Duddell with the ORCA22 Orchestra and featuring the Manchester Inspirational Voices choir. Having tried to do a headcount I would estimate there were around …
News: Bruno Major to play Dublin’s Vicar Street this November
The word authenticity has become ubiquitous when describing artists and musicians today, but when you encounter Bruno Major, you understand just how misused that term has become. Bruno has ascended the ranks to become, by many definitions, a globally influential artist, but has done so entirely on his own terms. The antihero of music stardom, …
Track: Krooked Tongue Share Title Track Of New EP ‘Deathproof’; EP Out Now
‘Deathproof’, is the second studio EP from Bristol-based rock trio Krooked Tongue is out now. The band have shared their title track along with the new EP. Krooked Tongue burst onto the scene in 2019 with the release of their celebrated debut single ‘I Wanna Steal Your Car’. The band spent 2020 honing in on …
Track: Baxter Dury – Celebrate Me
Baxter Dury has shared the video for ‘Celebrate Me’ the third track from his forthcoming seventh studio album ‘I Thought I Was Better Than You’, due on the 2nd of June via Heavenly Recordings. Baxter on his new track “A stream of consciousness rant about being predictably bohemian, west London-ish and attention seeking.” There really isn’t anyone that sounds like Dury. His glum drawl delivery …
EP Review: Kilonova – Moment Of Clarity
Northern metallers Kilonova exploded out of the North-East of England back in 2018 immediately making an instant impact wooing audiences at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival, are braced to drop their stunning new EP, ‘Moment of Clarity’. Born out of the pandemic the EP is the band’s most personal and genuinely savage music so far. Bassist, Joe …
Track: Blue Nation – Strangers
Blue Nation are back with their brand new single ‘Strangers’, which will be released via all streaming platforms and download sites. Lead vocalist Neil states: “We actually wrote this during pre-production! We took several songs into Trev (Trevor Gibson, Producer of the last EP- Echoes) and we landed on 3 and needed a fourth. Each …
Live review + Galleries: Bluesfest Byron Bay Day 5 (the final day, Monday, 10.04.2023)
The final day of Bluesfest Byron Bay 2023 was upon us. The weather had been superb throughout the festival, with only one wet day of the six days (inclusive of the 5 day campers night) and Monday promised more of the same fine weather. The preceding 5 days had taken a reasonable toll on my …