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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 …
News: The Rasmus release new album ‘Rise’
Today, multi-platinum selling rock band The Rasmus have released their tenth studio album Rise via Playground Music. To celebrate, the band has shared a video for the jubilant opening track ‘Live and Never Die’. The clip is made up of live footage showcasing the band’s high energy stage show and connection with fans. “Even though it’s the last track we …
News: The Wonder Years celebrate album release day with music video for ‘Lost In The Lights’
The Wonder Years’ highly-anticipated seventh studio album out today, The Hum Goes On Forever, finds the band facing an onslaught of things outside of their control; a scenario that’s only further exasperated by the fact that it’s also the first album they’ve made since Campbell became a father. Between pre-vaccine pandemic logistics, anxiety, postpartum depression, inherited trauma, and …
News: Amelia Moore teams up with ASTN on new single ‘next door’
Amelia Moore – who has amassed nearly 80 million combined global streams since releasing her debut single last October – teams up with ASTN for her very first collaboration with another artist. On the bright, R&B-tinged duet ‘next door,’ they spin a playful story about falling for a new neighbor. The track was produced by Pink Slip, VanRiper and …
News: Avatar release twisted new single and video for ‘Valley of Disease’
The heavy metal, dark, madcap visionaries, collectively known as AVATAR, have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest in which they have been working on their ninth studio album to grace fans and listeners with a brand new song, ‘Valley of Disease’. Listen to the single HERE, and watch the video, HERE. Vocalist Johannes Eckerström states:“There is a sickness, a …
News: Arkells Release New Album Today, and Celebrate with Show at London’s Electric Brixton Tonight & Blink Once/Twice Tour
BLINK TWICE INCLUDES: “PAST LIFE” FEATURING COLD WAR KIDS “DANCE WITH YOU” FEATURING CŒUR DE PIRATE AND ALY & AJ “HUMAN BEING” FEATURING LIGHTS “TEENAGE TEARS” FEATURING TEGAN AND SARA JUST RELEASED NEW TRACK “NOWHERE TO GO” FEATURING WESLEY SCHULTZ (THE LUMINEERS) CURRENTLY ON BLINK ONCE/TWICE TOUR IN UK/GER/CANADA Today, Arkells release their brand new …
Premiere: Ten Eighty Trees Drop The Video For New Single ‘The Incubator’
Newcastle’s Alt Rock trio Ten Eighty Trees who have been dropping consistently brilliant singles for a while now. We are very pleased to be premiering the video for their new single The Incubator. From a funky synth led beginning, the rock descends with a monstrous riff and a powerful vocal performance. Benefitting from combining heavy …
News: The Clockworks Extensive UK & European Tour This Autumn
Galway four-piece – THE CLOCKWORKS – return with their rousing new single: “Advertise Me”. Arriving ahead of an extensive run of UK + European shows throughout the Autumn, the track is also the first new music from the band since the release of their essential debut EP ‘Endgame’ earlier this year. The full list of their upcoming …
News: Girli releases new pop era single – I Really F**ked It Up
GIRLI IS BACK AND HAS ENTERED HER POP ERA NEW SINGLE I REALLY F**KED IT UP OUT NOW VIA ALLPOINTS/BELIEVE WILL HEADLINE INTIMATE SHOW AT FOLKLORE, HOXTON ON 3RD OCTOBER TICKETS GO ON SALE ON 26TH SEPTEMBER AT 10AM HERE girli is back, but not as you once knew her – shetoday releases her very …