Music
News: James get busy for the summer with album announcement, headline tour dates, UK festival dates including an Irish festival date.
JAMES have announced details of their new album in celebration of their 40th Anniversary. BE OPENED BY THE WONDERFUL is a 20 track – 19 vinyl – double album of some of their most loved and rare tracks, reimagined with a 22 piece orchestra and eight piece choir. Released on June 9th and available on …
News: Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission announce new album ‘Where Only Memory Can Find You’ alongside news of upcoming national tour
To celebrate the news of the upcoming release, the band has released the second single from the album, Lilac Trees. The new single ties in with memories and perceptions of the past. Not only is it a song about memory, but it is also a song about a song; an old song from the American …
Track: Awabakal/Newcastle’s dust settles with the evocative thrill of ‘Joy (Guilt)’ on news of new EP and tour.
Hailing from Awabakal / Newcastle, dust have announced their debut EP ‘et cetera, etc’ on 29 March and provided a very enticing taste of what to expect with their new single ‘Joy (Guilt)’. Travelling a very similar path to bands such as Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and Idles, but with a distinctly antipodean blush, …
Track: Sydney’s Body Type unveil the exuberant grungy pop sparkle of track ‘Holding On’ on announcement of new LP ‘Expired Candy’ and UK/Europe dates
‘Holding On’ is an exuberant grungy pop joy from Australian band Body Type: it canters along with a brilliant high-stepping trot and fuzzy guitars augmented by vocals that have sixties-flavoured timbre – a sort of Bananarama pop sparkle overlaying a darker indie sensibility. Lead vocalist and guitarist Sophie McComish says that: ‘Holding On’ came from a particular …
Track: Stephen Cummings (The Sports) unveils superb new single ‘Carry Your Heart’ in readiness for new album ‘100 Years From Now’.
Last month we brought to you news that the legendary Stephen Cummings from Australian icons The Sports (and with a prolific and highly successful solo career) was releasing a new album ‘100 Years From Now’ in the aftermath of a stroke, made in collaboration with Robert Goodge of the legendary I’m Talking and other old …
Live Review + Gallery: WOMADelaide Day 3 (Sunday, 12th March, 2023)
I started out on Day 3 with the intention of visiting a couple of the workshops that some of the artists do throughout the festival. My first port of call was to see Indigenous artist, Richard J Frankland, and I then followed up by seeing Bab L’ Bluz after having caught Julian Belbachir play a …
Live Review: Sleeping With Sirens / Static Dress / Charming Liars – O2 Ritz, Manchester 19.03.2023
By Sian Connolly Tonight is the night we welcome back to the UK, the emo-rock legends all the way from America, Sleeping With Sirens. I don’t know about you guys but I could not get a winks sleep last night with excitement. I’ve been waiting for this day since the announcement last November and finally, …
Live Review: Tom Grennan – AO Arena, Manchester 18/03/23
Tom Grennan is on his first arena tour and it’s testament to his popularity that the majority of dates are sold out and tonight in Manchester is no exception. Throughout his career Tom has managed to succeed where many other artists have failed, in that he attracts a range of fans of different ages and …
Premiere: Mako Bron recalls those ‘Newtown Nights’ – another brilliant release from the Sydney maestro of glittering indie pop.
We are inordinately proud to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Newtown Nights’ from the mysterious and criminally under appreciated Mako Bron. Mako Bron is the moniker of one Chris Brookman whose work we have followed assiduously now for years – his EP ‘Cloudbites’ making our list of favourite antipodean releases for …
Live Review: Los Ángeles Azules – Toyota Center Kennewick, Washington 17.03.23
By Nestor Salgado The show kicked off with “Entrega de Amor” (Delivery of Love) which immediately set the crowd on fire. The lights went dim, Los Ángeles Azules walked on stage and the band started playing their instantly recognizable keyboard and accordion combo. The dancing didn’t take very long to start as the upbeat tropical …