Music
Meet: Bea Burridge; Making Loud Music For Angry Girls
Give us a potted history of yourself I’ve been writing music since I was at university. I started off writing poetry and it just seemed like a natural progression. I’ve been actually recording music and my own songs for around six years with my amazing producer Sean Kennedy playing every single instrument on my tracks. …
Album Review: Madalitso Band – Musakayike : joyful, jumping urban folk from Malawi
Big in Europe, unknown in Malawi…It’s not often that you can use that strapline about a band but that’s the trajectory so far for Madalitso Band, the enduringly upbeat partnership of Yosefe Kalekeni and Yobu Maligwa. The pair’s distinctive raw Malawian folk sound, bonded through years of busking in Lilongwe’s shopping malls, may have first …
Live Review: Tate McRae / Alexander 23 – The Academy, Dublin 17.06.2022
On Friday, the 17th of June, Canadian singer songwriter Tate McRae took to the stage of Dublin’s Academy, with support from American artist Alexander 23. The Middle Abbey Street venue’s doors opened at 7pm, but, by then a massive queue had formed all the way down the street with eager fans queuing hours in advance …
Live Review & Gallery: Dark Mofo Festival – Spiritualized – Mac 02, Hobart, 17.06.2022
Jason Pierce (aka J Spaceman), the lead creative force behind Spiritualized, brought his 9 person juggernaut to Australia to play 2 exclusive headlining events, one of those being at Dark Mofo 2022. Spiritualized played an extraordinary set, covering 30 years worth of material, from their beginnings on 1992’s Lazer Guided Missiles through to this year’s …
Album Review: Lit – Tastes Like Gold
American band Lit have returned with their first album in five years. It marks a significant shift away from the country sound of 2017’s These Are the Days and harks back to the alt rock of their heyday, when ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ ruled the US Alt. charts and its album, A Place in the …
Track: Cub Sport release ‘Always Got The Love’ ahead of appearance at Splendour in the Grass
Cub Sport release much anticipated new track ‘Always Got the Love’
Track: Beths back with new track and announce upcoming Album
Kiwi legends, the Beths are back with new track off upcoming album.
EP: Opus Kink – ‘Til The Stream Runs Dry
Brighton’s Opus Kink have released their frantic and jaunty EP ‘Til The Stream Runs dry via Nice Swan records. The EP kicks into life after the blaring of horns of Into The Stream straight into ‘I Love You, Baby’. A ferocious lively track with urgent guitar stabs rousing horns and vocals that are spat go …
Track: Clutch – We Strive For Excellence
US groove rock masters Clutch have shared their brand new single ‘We Strive For Excellence’. The track is available digitally from all DSPs HERE. A brand new Clutch album is coming soon. The band also announced today that fans can now RSVP to be the first to get notified of the official details and early access to all of the album’s …
Track: Rituals – In Devastation
Rituals are set to release their second EP ‘Show Me The Signs’, due on the 2nd of September. The band have shared the video for their new single ‘In Devastation’. The band return every inch as brutal as they were on their first EP if this track is anything to go by. A growling riff fuelled …