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PREMIERE: Gemma Laurence recounts the anxiety of a blossoming relationship on ‘Watchdog’
With the release of her second album approaching at an alarming rate, the Brooklyn-based Gemma Laurence appears to be going from strength to strength as she prepares to release the third single from Lavender. The record’s been a while in the making, following on from 2019 debut Crooked Heart, but while it’s still five weeks …
Track: Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners – Footprints In The Sand
Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners have shared the video for their new single and video ‘Footprints in the Sand’. The track is taken from their forthcoming debut album on October 7th on Wicked Cool Records. The thoughtful and charming “Footprints in the Sand” is about “patting yourself on the back occasionally, giving yourself credit for the personal …
Say Psych: Live Review: Float Along Festival, Sheffield, 24.09.2022
This weekend saw Float Along Festival hit the streets of Sheffield for the first time. It spanned four venues, six stages and encompassed the best of psychedelic rock as well as a medley of the best in indie and alternative. I arrive in time to watch local ladies Sister Wives at Record Junkee. The four piece …
Live Review: Morrissey INEC Arena Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney Kerry 24,09,2022
Morrissey kicked off his Irish/UK tour with a date at Killarney’s INEC Arena, oddly opting for only one Irish date by not including a Dublin one. So as it was only one date and in Killarney this meant many attending the show had to travel and travel they did from all corners of Ireland and …
Track: Ruina – Ash And Fire
Hailing from across the South West of England, Ruina originally started life in 2020 as a solo project for multi-instrumentalist, Harv Lake. With a desire to play live, Lake assembled a full band, and has released two EPs to date with the third, ‘As The Sky Begins To Break’ due the 30th of September. In …
Live Review: Black Kids – The 100 Club, London 15.09.2022
A fan clutches a Black Kids colouring book. Black Kids inspire this kind of devotion. He’ll probably colour it in without going over the edges. Then again, he won’t want to spoil the pristine pages of his heroes at all. He’ll wait for the limited-edition Black Kids felt tip pens to arrive. The 100 Club …
Live Review: Trinity Of Terror Tour – Andrew J Brady Music Centre, Cincinnati 18.09.2022
By Tiffany Detzel Fall is here, which means Halloween isn’t far behind. Enter the Trinity Of Terror Tour, featuring Motionless in White, Ice Nine Kills, and Black Veil Brides (with supporting band We Came as Romans)! I can’t think of a better show to celebrate this seasonal transition. On Sunday September 18, the final show …
Gallery: Valery Trails Celebrate New Album With Show At The Great Club, Sydney 24.09.2022
Gallery: Valery Trails launch new album ‘Sounds Like Sunset’ with Sydney gig.
Album Review: Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Perform the compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann: weird and wonderful nu-jazz connections.
You know the crusty old adage ‘it’s a small world’, well tired as it might be it still has resonance for musicians. Take L.A. underground experimenters Sam Wilkes and Jacob Mann, they go back a long way. Meeting as students at USC music school, bass playing, multi-instrumentalist Wilkes and keyboard-centric Mann have been crossing musical …
Album Review: Steve Bates – All The Things That Happen: Elemental sounds for a wild world.
Some ‘ambient music’ can often come across as ambivalent, leaving the listener floating but uncommitted, relaxed but possibly underwhelmed. ‘All The Things That Happen’, the debut solo album from Canadian musician and sound artist Steve Bates (available from Constellation 23rd September), could superficially pick up the broad ambient tag except this fine record gouges out …