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Live Review + Gallery: Canadian bluegrass rockers, The Dead South with support from U.S. blues/rock & rollers, The Hooten Hallers rollick their way through a magic evening at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart
The Dead South, the four piece Saskatchewan bluegrass sensation, played the second show of their 9 date Australia/NZ tour on Saturday night at a sold-out Odeon Theatre here in Hobart. This is a semi-rare treat to see an act of international standing make their way to Hobart, and the band, Nate Hilts (lead vocals, guitar, …
Interview: We got to sit down with Eivør after her opening set for Heilung at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell. Eivør Palasdóttir is a Faroese folk singer born in Syðrugøta. Having herfirst televised performance at 13, she continued down the route of musicand has ventured into many genres such as jazz, folk-rock and art pop.She has been on tour with fellow experimental folk band Heilung andLili Refrain. …
Track: Slotface – Nose
Norway’s Sløtface return today with the anxious pop rush of ‘Nose’, a song that delivers melodic invention and the kind of personal, relatable lyrics that have been a welcome hallmark of the band’s sound up to now. The band have also confirmed a title and release date for their new EP “Awake / Asleep” of February …
Live Review: The Amity Affliction / Fit For A King / SeeYouSpaceCowboy / Gideon – SWX, Bristol 18.01.2023
By Claire Hodgkins Australian metalcore titans The Amity Affliction made their long awaited return to the UK to play a string of headline shows in celebration of their 2020 release, ‘Everyone Loves You…Once You Leave Them’. Joining them on this run, Gideon, SeeYouSpaceCowboy and Fit For A King – all of whom bought the heat …
Live Review: Heilung / Eivør / Lili Refrain – Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin 19.01.2023
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell On the 19th of January, the experimental folk band, Heilung brought theirtour to the Emerald Isle. The tour had first started in the middle ofAugust and was now ending with Dublin being the penultimate date of thetour. The band had brought along support acts singer Eivør Palsdottirwho …
Track/Video: Geneva’s own lo-fi mini choir Alice preview new album ‘L’Oiseau Magnifique’- avant-folk with art-punk edge.
As sixties singer-poet Pete Brown maintained ‘Things may come and things may go but the art-school dance goes on forever’. Well Genevan trio Alice would definitely go down well at that kind of hop. Formed in 2018 to perform at the Swiss city’s Deviant Art Festival by mother and daughter Yvonne and Lisa Harder plus …
Track: Vaughanstrosity – Friday Night
Vaughanstrosity returns with a new single ‘Friday Night’ in the run up to the release of his debut EP, ‘Memes And Dreams’, which is out on Friday 27th January. A thunderous mix of electronic and metal genres that have combined in a violent fashion. The track really comes alive on the chorus that rages in …
News: Swedish power trio Märvel to release celebratory compilation + new single out now.
As part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, Swedish power trio Märvel will release the double vinyl compilation ”Double Decade” in the beginning of 2023. Packed with Märvel‘s patented take on high-octane and super catchy rock‘n‘roll, the double vinyl contains Märvel’s greatest hits, previously impossible to get B-sides, and rare tracks, all newly mastered by Magnus Lindberg …
News: Downfall Of Gaia to release album ‘Silhouettes Of Disgust’ – ‘Bodies As Driftwood’ video available to watch now.
Germany’s Downfall Of Gaia will release their sixth studio album, ‘Silhouettes Of Disgust’ March 17th via Metal Blade Records, today unveiling the record’s cover art, track listing, and stunning first single. The album title, Silhouettes Of Disgust, is derived from the narratives driving the songs, focusing on the stories of eight different people, as residents …
Album Review: trillion unveil a sonic thunderstorm in debut album ‘So Soon Now’.
Sydney five-piece trillion have just released their debut album ‘So Soon Now’ and it’s a thunderstorm of sonic missiles that echoe and reverberate with intent. The genetic code is clear: trillion have a My Bloody Valentine approach to sonic dissonance and aural assault. Deeply satisfying walls of guitars bend and distort, shimmer and catapult, while …