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PREMIERE: LA veterans Near Beer unleash their anticipated debut album
It would be fair to say the members of Los Angeles outfit Near Beer have put in the work. It’s coming on a decade since leader/vocalist/guitarist Joey Siara’s old band, The Henry Clay People, broke up. Getting a second chance in a lineup completed, in the main, by Brent Stranathan (drums) and Jeremy Levy (bass) …
Live Review: Supersonic Festival – The Mill,7SVN, Birmingham 10.07.2022
Birmingham’s Supersonic, that compact but perfectly realised gathering which The Quietus have designated ‘the mother of British underground festivals’, returned live to central Brum last weekend after a two year COVID hiatus and, judging by the final day, readily reclaimed its deserved touchstone status. Revered but relatively conspicuous in the festival furore, Supersonic is not …
Track: Tender Glue Shares Warming & Atmospheric New Single “My Sweetest Tone”
Tender Glue, the brainchild of Poland born and raised, now New York based Tom Gluewicki, shares the floating new single “My Sweetest Tone”. A melting pot of modulation, fuzz and reverb, the track is a musically rich and emotionally affecting experience. Awash with swirling and at times grungy guitar lines, “My Sweetest Tone” creates a …
Track: Wunderhorse – Leader Of The Pack
Jacob Slater, under the name Wunderhorse has returned with new single ‘Leader of the Pack’, which is taken from his debut album ‘Cub’ due 16th September via Communion Records. The track is released alongside a lyric video, featuring footage from Wunderhorse’ recent performances at Dublin, Manchester & Leeds “Leader of the Pack is a song …
News: Bristol’s IOTA to release distortion-dripped new single ‘Take It’ Tomorrow.
Bristol-based rock five-piece IOTA are pleased to announce the release of their upcoming single ‘Take It’, due for release July 15th 2022.Take It was recorded at Bristol’s Humm Studios with Ben Johnson (Skindred, Chaouche) and Idles’ Lee Kiernan, mixed by Tom Hennessy, and mastered by Pete Maher (Pixies, Jack White, The Rolling Stones). After their formation in …
Track: Western Australia’s Methyl Ethel asks if you can ‘Talk Louder’ – a hyperactive, infectious jitterbug of a track.
Methyl Ethel – the sonic and iconic output of one Jake Webb – have just release another eclectic, dynamic slab of synth-based dance pop in the form of ‘Talk Louder’. It’s a jittery hyperactive hustle – Webb’s distinctive vocals lending a disco falsetto spin over the pulsating rhythms that high step through the speakers. It …
Archers Of Loaf Announce New LP After 24 Years
24 years after the release of their last LP, White Trash Heroes, North Carolina’s finest, Archers Of Loaf have announced the release of a new album Reason In Decline, on Merge Records, to hit the shops and digital platforms on October 21st 2022. To promote the release they have a short East Coast US Tour, …
Live Review: Primal Scream & The Mysterines @ Castlefield Bowl 09.07.2022
Photos by Olivia Kenny Primal Scream stunned many when they announced the latest incarnation of Screamadelica Live, a series of live dates that sees the Scottish band playing the seminal album in full and saw them close out the Sounds of the City event at Castlefield Bowl. Formed in Glasgow in 1982 the band began …
Album Review: Ben Cipolla – Casa Mia
Warming, subtle and romantic, the new album from Ben Cipolla, Casa Mia, is an absolute joy. Showcasing musical maturity, and excellent ideas, this an impressive collection of tracks from an artist who comes across very confident in his own abilities as a writer and a performer. Somewhere between Jordan Rakei, Vampire Weekend, Leon Bridges and …
News: Tremonti Sings Sinatra Announces Charity London Show
Following the success of their charity concert at The Abbey in Orlando, Florida in May, TREMONTI SINGS SINATRA is coming to London. Performing for one night only, GRAMMY® Award Winning musician, producer, author and founding member of rock juggernauts Alter Bridge, Creed, and Tremonti, Mark Tremonti will treat fans to an evening of Sinatra classics at indigO2 on Thursday, …