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EP Review: As We Leave release new EP ‘Stop Making Plans’
Four friends from the Isle of Wight merge Blur, Beach House, the La’s and their own shared history to produce a an EP packed with glorious acoustic shoegaze anthems.
EP Review: Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers – Ayiti Kongo Dub #1: Fusing Haitian Voodou rhythms with techno intensity.
It was around this time a couple of years ago that the pairing of ceremonial drummers Chouk Bwa and techno extenders The Ångströmers’ first rumbled attention with their potent blend of Voodou rhythms and heavy bass currents. Their joint album ‘Vodou Ale’, released in 2020, stepped out way beyond any Haitian roots meets Belgian minimalism …
Album Review: Julian Tenembaum – Fragmentos
After the last few years, the need to escape life has risen its head more and more and what better way to escape than to lose yourself within music. With the melodic folds of Argentinian musician and composer Julian Tenembaum’s music. It may just be the perfect place to get lost in. The first track …
News: Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame to release his first ever solo album
Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame to release his first ever solo album – The Fantasy of Reality. After playing guitar, lap steel and vocals with the legendary Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, appearing on the ground breaking album Trout Mask Replica (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on Strictly Personal & Mirror …
See: Mosa Wild Share The Spell Binding Video For Track ‘Orchards’; Bands New EP Is Out Now
British indie rock quartet Mosa Wild have released their new EP, ‘Zip Your Coat Up For English Weather’ via Glassnote Records in celebration the band have shared the video for the track ‘Orchards’. Written in a remote location, far deeper into the countryside than their home in Kent, ‘1993’ started life as a rolling, thunderous drum …
Premiere: The Kite Machine – Your Touch
After the huge success of their self titled debut album back in 2019, the band have been working hard on new material and now return with their thunderous new single ‘Your Touch’. Speaking more on the creation behind ‘Your Touch’’, the band explains: “We wanted to write a song that was a little more pop …
EP Review: Qualia – Qualia EP
Ambient braindance from Italy Comprising Marco Simioni, Matteo Mazreku, and Francesco Pio Nitti, Qualia are a group of Italian producers who have never met in person. Due to the covid pandemic, they had to collaborate in the cloud, resulting in some exquisite ambient braindance.Having previously released records on Detroit Underground and fellow Utrecht label 030303 …
Premiere: Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) unveils single and video for the shimmering and poignant track ‘Graduation Day’, featuring Little Birdy’s Katy Steele.
It’s a real treat to premiere the new video and single from the enigmatic Kav Temperley, the front man for one of Australia’s most enduring and endearing indie bands, Eskimo Joe. The fact that it features Katy Steele from another beloved indie institution, Little Birdy, is a pure golden filigree on the surface. This is …
Live Review: First Aid Kit / CMAT – The Piece Hall, Halifax 23.06.2022
By Tom Marshall Having graced the music world with their newest single ‘Angel’, the Swedish duo play their first UK show in three years, the stage of Halifax’s Piece Hall, a truly impeccable venue I might add having been my first ever visit. The scene was set, the atmosphere was that of a festival: long …
PREMIERE: The Rare Occasions are ‘Seasick’ on first new song of 2022
You may have heard The Rare Occasions already without knowing it; the Los Angeles trio released an album a little over a year ago called Big Whoop, which, contrary to its nonchalant title, has been doing plenty to put them on the map. It’s not even a song off that album that’s been doing the …