Music
News: Bailen announce headline show at The Workmans Club Cellar, Dublin
Tired Hearts, the new album from rising indie-pop power trio, Bailen deliver a dazzling set of songs that navigates the space between the heart’s expectation and the head’s sober reality. New York based siblings, Daniel, David, and Julia’s second full-length album for Fantasy beats with empathy, vulnerability, and resolve. At times intricate and playful, measured …
News: Westerman announces headline show at Whelan’s, Dublin
Westerman shares his final offering “A Lens Turning” from his sophomore album An Inbuilt Fault, out this Friday via Partisan and Play It Again Sam. Accompanied by a music video directed and animated by Edwin Burdis, the visuals perfectly capture the song with a seemingly metaphysical character morphing to each musical shift. Through the use …
Track: Don’t ‘Diss and Disappoint’ flowerkid – the music is too beautiful.
We have been long time fans of Sydney singer, songwriter and producer flowerkid – see our review of his EP ‘Everyone Has A Breaking Point’ – and he is back with the anthemic single ‘Diss and Disappoint’. Known by his friends and family as Flynn Jorge Sant, flowerkid drenches his indie pop songs with a deep sense …
News: Winter Sounds – Brisbane Powerhouse announces series of winter events featuring Cerrone, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, Desire Marea and Ásgeir.
Winter is a time to indulge in Australia and Brisbane is matching other state capitals (Hobart with Dark Mofo, Sydney with Vivid and Melbourne with Rising) with a festival of music in June including Cerrone, Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, Desire Marea and Ásgeir. Taking place at the Brisbane Powerhouse – a 1920s power …
Live Review: Atreyu – The Showbox – Seattle, Wa – 30.04.2023
By Anthony Moore The historic Showbox at the Market in Seattle, Washington was buzzing with excitement as the crowd awaited the arrival of metalcore band Atreyu on their “The Hope of A Spark” tour. As the lights dimmed, and Da Rude’s “Sandstorm” blasted through the venue, the audience erupted in a deafening roar, ready to …
News: The Particles assembled – Chapter Music announce the release of album ‘1980s Bubblegum’, collecting the recordings of legendary Sydney pop punk outfit The Particles.
The absolutely brilliant ‘The Trumpet Song’ by eighties band The Particles made me, a dour pseudo goth draped in black and misery, realise it was ok to like uplifting exuberant pop songs. This hyperactive blast also made me appreciate the pure beauty of the trumpet as an instrument in a rock band (confirmed by The …
Premiere: Perth’s Skyuka exclusively unveils the video for her new single ‘Michael Cera’ – a zesty, goofy paean to obsession.
We are very pleased to bring to you the new video for the track ‘Michael Cera’ from Perth-based artist Skyuka (the nom de plume for Vanessa Raspa) – a hilarious encapsulation of Skyuka’s obsession with an object of desire who smiles like the iconic Canadian actor. The song is bubblegum pop delicious with its high-stepping …
Live Review: Reverend and the Makers / Sam Scherdel – The Leadmill, Sheffield 29.04.23
A trip to the Leadmill in Sheffield for the Reverend and the Makers Heatwave In the Cold North album launch show. First up was Sam Scherdel and his excellent band with a stripped back semi acoustic set. No drums but an equally effective Cajon percussion replacement which helped set the right vibe. In tune with …
Gallery and Set-lists: Corrosion of Conformity / Jimmy Coup / Plainride – The Academy, Dublin 01.05.2023
Corrosion of Conformity made a visit to The Academy in Dublin for the start of their European tour, opening the night were German heavy rock band Plainride and a surprise on the night was an impromptu short set of Thin Lizzy songs preformed by Jimmy Coup (The Coup De Grace) which happened just before COC …
News: Judas Priest announce UK tour
The mighty Judas Priest today announce a six date UK tour which will kick off on March 11th, 2024, at Glasgow Ovo Hydro. Special guests on the tour include Saxon and Uriah Heep. The hardest working band in metal completed 2022 with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Earlier in the …