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Album News: Laibach And Think Of Slovenia! – Cherry Red Records Release Expanded Version Of 1986 Album “Nova Akropola”
Described by Sounds magazine as the “First Dangerous Album of The Eighties” Laibach’s seminal 1986 Album revisited and expanded. Curated, remastered and Re-designed by The Laibach Organisation. Complete With 2 CDs of live versions of ‘Nova Akropola’ songs from the band’s own archive, with sleevenotes by Alexei Monroe. For the uninitiated this might easily be …
Album Review: The Darling Buds 5CD Box Set – Cherry Red Records. Perfick Pop Larking!
Every so often a band resurfaces, and people proclaim them as some sort of ironic “guilty pleasure”, as if good music should be embarrassing! We’ve seen it loads in recent times with the likes of ABBA and Sparks. Now, I’m not about to join the trend but I did bloody love this band back in …
Album Review: Chelsea – The Step-Forward Years 1977-82 4CD Box Set
Hands up who loves a box set? I know I do! Most die-hard fans of an artist typically have all that’s on offer for their favourite artist already. Any collector who frequents the numerous record fairs up and down the country, looking for rare “live” recordings, or the Japanese 7” in puce green vinyl, tend …
News: Future Islands release new track ahead of upcoming Album
Future Islands have shared a new song, ‘Say Goodbye,’ an examination of a long distance relationship unravelling.
Track: Cult Psych-punk Hero Dez Dare Launches 2024 With Stomping New Single
Dez Dare launches 2024 with ‘Got a Fire In My Socket’, his first song from new album ‘A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.’ due March 1st via God Unknown Records. ‘A Billion Goats. A Billion Sparks. Fin.’ features 11 songs that delve further into the void than previous records, leaving the sardonic frustration behind …
Premiere: Folly Group ready debut album with ‘Pressure Pad’
Haven’t heard of Folly Group yet? You will soon. The London band have been taking their time with their opening salvo, such that it’s been a while since we’ve heard much from them – their most recent body of work was March 2022’s Human and Kind EP. Since then they’ve largely kept their heads down, …
Album Review: The Oppressed – The Complete Oi! Recordings (1981-2018) 4CD Boxset on Cherry Red Records
Of all the iterations of “punk rock”, it’s “Oi” that probably divides the fans more than any other genre. Whilst the biggest hitters from the scene, the likes of Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer and Angelic Upstarts have always been crowd pullers and led from the front, there has always been a darker underbelly on the …
Track: Jozef Van Wissem – With Our Hands Our Hearts To Raise
Following the recent singles, ‘The Call of the Deathbird‘ featuring guest vocals from Hilary Woods, and the album’s foreboding instrumental opening track ‘The Devil is a Fair Angel and the Serpent a Subtle Beast‘, Jozef Van Wissem has shared his ghostly new single ‘With Our Hands Our Hearts To Raise’. This is the third single to be taken from his forthcoming album ‘The Night …
News: Korn Announce Biggest UK Headline Show Yet At London’s Gunnersbury Park On Sunday 11th Of August
Alt-metal pioneers KORN have announced they will return to the capital to perform for the first time in seven years, with their biggest UK headline show to date at London’s Gunnersbury Park on Sunday 11 August. Joining them at the mammoth outdoor event are special guests Denzel Curry, Spiritbox, Wargasm and Loathe. This is undeniably one of the best line-ups of the summer, …
News: Bring Me The Horizon Drop New Single ‘Kool-Aid’ ahead of Australian Tour
Bring Me the Horizon’s new single ‘Kool-Aid’ is a head-banging, electrifying anthem that quenches your thirst for groundbreaking rock
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