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Live Review: Dry Cleaning – The Button Factory, Dublin 15.02.2022
By Michael Ryan Dry Cleaning continued their spring tour and sold out The Button Factory venue in the heart of Dublin City promoting their highly acclaimed debut album “New Long Leg” Lead singer Florence Shaw was far from looking like an “Unsmart Lady” as she arrived on stage wearing what looked like a red silky …
News: Watain Announce September London Show With Abbath As Part Of Chariots Of Fire Co-Headline EU Tour
Notorious Swedish black metal collective Watain are proud to announce that they will team up with Norwegian genre icon Abbath for a co-headline tour entitled ‘Chariots Of Fire European Tour 2022‘, featuring a London date on 30th September at venue Earth. With the addition of Swedish dark metal shooting stars Tribulation and unconventional Swiss blackened death metal duo Bölzer, this is the tour that European extreme …
News: Nine Inch Nails Announce Two Very Special UK Dates At Cornwall’s Eden project On June 17th & 18th
In what promises to be undoubtedly one of the live highlights of the year, Nine Inch Nails announce their first UK headline dates in four years. Known for their mesmerising live shows, the band will play at Cornwall’s captivating Eden Project for two very special Eden Sessions on June 17th & 18th 2022. NIN will bring their ferocious show …
News: Corey Taylor Announces New EP, CMFB…Sides And Shares New Single
Adding another layer to his critically acclaimed solo catalogue, GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter, actor, and New York Times Best-Selling Author, COREY TAYLOR has revealed the details for his new EP, CMFB…Sides, arriving Friday 25th February 2022 via Roadrunner Records. CMFB…Sides comprises nine unreleased B-sides, covers of tunes that inspired the band, acoustic renditions, and live versions. Taylor preserves the windows-down and arena-ready …
News: Goldfrapp Announce Long Awaited ‘Felt Mountain’ reissue out 25 March 2022 – Live dates in spring 2022
Goldfrapp have shared details of the long awaited ‘Felt Mountain’ reissue, set for release on 25 March 2022 via Mute / BMG on gold vinyl and CD, with extensive new sleeve notes by Lior Phillips and photography by Joe Dilworth and Anna Fox Originally released by Mute in September 2000, Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory’s debut features many tracks that …
News: Decapitated Announce re-scheduled Irish/UK dates for their 25th Anniversary Tour
Decapitated are pleased to announce re-scheduled Irish/UK dates for their 25th Anniversary Tour, which was recently postponed due to the ongoing pandemic situation. The masterly death metallers will hit our stages throughout this March and April, accompanied by new special guests Signs Of The Swarm and Harbinger. New show dates have been added in Hull, Leeds, Bridgend, Norwich and Milton Keynes. Decapitated’s Vogg commented, …
News: Devin Townsend Presents ‘The Greatest Sets Of My Life’ at London’s Royal Albert Hall
Devin Townsend finally returns to UK shores in April 2022, including two shows at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall under the banner of ‘The Greatest Sets Of My Life’ on the 16th & 17th April. For these special evenings, Devin and his band will be performing fan favourites, his favourites and hardly played songs. Devin comments: “After two …
Track: Elsy Wameyo drops new track ‘River Nile’ ahead of April EP release. Ignore it at your peril.
Elsy Wameyo, the Adelaide-based singer who originally hails from Nairobi has released a new track ‘River Nile’. An EP ‘Nilotic’ will follow and be available on the 1st April via Music in Exile. The multitalented Wameyo has also released an accompanying video for ‘River Nile’ that she produced and directed, with co-direction by Leighton Bond. …
Track: Sydney’s power pop maestros The Nature Strip return to the fray with a bit of essential ‘Surgery’ and a launch gig.
It’s been a while since The Nature Strip brightened our world with their brand of quirky, intelligent power pop (last seen back in 2018 with the EP ‘Past Pacific’, reviewed by me here). In the intervening time, however, they haven’t really left us at all – John Encarnacao’s Warmer project and Pete Marley’s Marveline project …
Album Review: Brisbane’s Noir et Blanc (Amber Ramsay from Cloud Tangle) unveils the ambient classicism of ‘Wallflower Pedestrian’: a beautiful immersive sonic journey.
Noir et Blanc is the new vehicle for Brisbane’s prodigious dream pop wonder Amber Ramsay from the ethereal Cloud Tangle. And ethereal is an adjective that’s going to get quite a run in this review. Where Noir et Blanc departs from Ramsay’s other work is that the music is solely instrumental – a sort of …