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Live Review: Alexisonfire / Boston Manor – Cardiff University Students Union, Cardiff 14.10.2022
By Cariad Craig-Hunt On a cold but warm night in Cardiff (the weather difference inside the venue and outside is wildly different) Boston Manor, a five piece band from Blackpool UK set the standards really high for the Alexisonfire tour. They open up with high energy, making the crowd start to quickly warm up for …
Track: HCK9 Shares Head Banging New Single ‘Medicine’
Driving, distorted guitars punching drums and subtle electronics make up the soundscape on THE new single ‘Medicine’ from HCK9. As comparable to Queens Of The Stone Age as it is Placebo and Jimmy Eat World, the track possess an infectious sense of energy topped with urgent, yearning lead vocals. Tight, emotive, effortlessly catchy and demonstrating …
News: The Ramona Flowers release vinyl EP ‘Gotta Get Home’
Celebrated Bristol-based quartet The Ramona Flowers have today released their vinyl EP, Gotta Get Home via Distiller Records. Spanning six tracks, the EP is a mini celebration of the year and includes the Top 10 Oliver Nelson Club Mix of California as well as previous single, Up All Night, (featuring Nile Rodgers) – currently turning into an Alternative US radio hit – which …
Track: Lili Caseley Shares Fresh & Feverishly Infectious New Single ‘Al Pacino’
Up and coming pop artist Lili Caseley returns with the infectious new single ‘Al Pacino’. Offering up a warming sound pallet processed acoustic guitars, with unchains beats and swelling synths, Lili’s silky, smokey lead vocals take centre stage as she offers a takedown of an over confident ex with witty, cutting lines. Charming and funny, …
Track: The Ethereal and Alluring Sandy Hsu Releases ‘I’ve Spent My Whole Life Dreaming’
Sandy Hsu releases the delicate ‘I’ve Spent My Whole Life Dreaming’ off her upcoming EP.
Mali’s “Hendrix of the Sahara”, Vieux Farka Touré returns to Australia with new album ‘Les Racines’ in tow.
Legendary Malian guitarist, Vieux Farka Touré, along with his band, has announced a full Australian tour in 2023 from February 24 until March 11. One of the world’s most respected guitarists and musicians, Touré returns to Australia with his full band to perform from his extensive back catalogue and critically acclaimed new LP, ‘Les Racines’, …
Track: The glorious Charlie Clark says it’s ‘No Big Deal’: a bright burst of infectious pop ahead of ‘Late Night Drinking’ album and tour news.
Thundering waves of guitar and a bright infectious bounce herald the sparkling new single from Charlie Clark, ahead of the much delayed release of his solo album ‘Late Night Drinking’ and a UK tour. Clarke has been winking his musical eye at us in a lascivious manner for the past 18 months with a delicious …
Premiere: Blackbirds F.C. exclusively unveil an evocative video for ‘Magiclands’, title track of new album, ahead of album launch.
Blackbirds F.C. have cornered the market in folk-tinged antipodean pop, basking in the radiant sunshine of a nostalgic world that draws in inspiration for the world around them in wry, observational vignettes. This magical land is perfectly encapsulated in the title track to their new album ‘Magiclands’ and the evocative video we are premiering here …
News: Jethro Tull Finish work On Their 23rd Studio Album, Due For Release In Spring 2023
Jethro Tull have completed work on the recording of their 23rd studio album, following swift on the heels of their critically-acclaimed return earlier this year with ‘The Zealot Gene’, their first album in two decades. Ian Anderson checks in with the below: “We have been putting the finishing touches to the artwork for the album …
Live Review: Kaiser Chiefs / The Fratellis / The Sherlocks – Brighton Centre, Brighton 14.11.2022
Kaiser Chiefs latest tour is finally underway they come to Brighton to raise the roof and play to an eager crowd at Brighton Centre with Leads born front man Ricky Rickman storming through his set list as part of the ‘All Together Tour’ Kaiser Chiefs first burst onto the scene nearly 20 years ago and …