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News: Bluesfest unveil ripping first artist announcement for 2023 festival
Australia’s premier festival, Bluesfest Byron Bay has unveiled an incredible, and diverse lineup of artists in their first artist announcement, with over 40 acts named to appear at the 34th iteration of this classic event which will be held across Easter 2023. Buddy Guy (in his final tour of Australia), Elvis Costello & The Imposters, …
Track: Melbourne’s Georgia Knight experiences ‘Hell on Bent Street’ – a brilliant dark prowling vision of the underbelly of life.
‘Hell on Bent Street’, title track for Georgia Knight‘s forthcoming EP, is a prowling track that ebbs and flows with a visceral cutting edge, teetering on the brink of a dark chasm. The guitars clatter with an ominous intent over the driving rhythms, and Knight’s vocals are wrought with a resolute despair, from a whisper …
Premiere: Second Idol Release Scorching New Track ‘Dear X’ Plus We Interview The Band!
Be prepared to be blown away by Second Idol’s new track ‘Dear X’
Track: Henry Wagons’s advice is simple – ‘(Don’t Be) Down And Out’ – a jaunty high stepping ode to resilience.
A welcome return after six long years, Australian troubadour Henry Wagons brings his dulcet tones and eloquent style to his new single ‘(Don’t Be) Down and Out’. While Wagon’s deep sonorous vocals bring to mind those lords of darkness Nick Cave and Johnny Cash, his writing style recalls for me the late and great Kinky …
Premiere: The Baudelaires exclusively reveal their new video for the track ‘Roller Vaseline’ on the eve of the release of their album ‘Tilt’
Melbourne psych exponents extraordinaire The Baudelaires are about to release their new album ‘Tilt’ on Friday through the magnificent Cheersquad Records and Tapes/Little Cloud Records, and we are honoured to exclusively reveal the video for their single ‘Roller Vaseline’. ‘Roller Vaseline’ does just what it says on the label: a thundering, restless wall of guitars …
Radio 2 Live takes place at Temple Newsam in September
Set to be the biggest Radio 2 Live ever, this year the event will be held at the Temple Newsam Park in Leeds, a change from the previous London location and doubles in size now being held over two days – Saturday 17th September and Sunday 18th September. Featuring over 20 artists, for the first …
PREMIERE: Vermont’s Tom Weir readies new EP as Old Moon, shares jangle-pop smash ‘All It Takes’
It would be fair to say Tom Weir’s been putting in work. In the past year alone, the Vermont-based artist has released two albums, a rarities compilation, an EP and a single, and he shows no signs of slowing down with his output of winsome, jangly, melodic post-punk. In recent years, the subgenre has been …
Track: Ginger Wildheart And The Sinners Cover The Georgia Satellites Track ‘Six Years Gone’
Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners have dropped a rollicking cover of The Georgia Satellites’ ‘Six Years Gone’, which appears on the band’s debut album, out on October 7th via Wicked Cool Records. Of the cover, which was the first song he wanted to record when the band was in its early stages, Ginger says, “I became a bit obsessed …
Track: Black Widows – Among The Brave Ones
Portuguese all-female metal band Black Widows have shared the video for their second single ‘Among The Brave Ones’ taken from their upcoming second studio album ‘Among the Brave Ones’ due 21st October via Finnish Inverse Records. Vocalist/guitarist Rute Fevereiro comments: “More than ten years ago, during a break with Black Widows and when I decided to think about my musical …
Track: Bonnie Trash – Perfect Moment (A Beautiful Reunion)
The Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, who make up Bonnie Trash have released a new track ‘Perfect Moment (A Beautiful Reunion)’, taken from their debut album, ‘Malocchio’, which is set for release on October 28th via Hand Drawn Dracula. The band share the track with a video shot and directed by Sam Maloney, commenting: “How do you see yourself …