Music
News: Infected Rain to release DVD/BluRay Live album.
Since their formation in 2008, Moldovan progressive modern metal unit Infected Rain have become one of the most exciting new acts in the heavy music world. In November 2021, in support of their much acclaimed fifth studio album, the futuristic Ecdysis (2022), Infected Rain offered an exclusive concert stream, entitled The Devil‘s Dozen. It was …
Album Review: Spitting Image – Full Sun
‘Full Sun’ sees Spitting Image drawing upon sonic templates that are well-worn and doing something new and enjoyable with them.
Gallery & Set-list: Tove Styrke / Izzy De-Rosa – The Academy 2, Dulbin 06.02.2023
Swedish electropop artist Tove Styrke playing Dublin’s The Academy 2 for part of her European Hard Tour and taking up the support slot was one of the queens of Brat Pop Izzy De-Rosa.Izzy playing a 30 minute set and Tove playing a 16 song set list. Izzy De-Rosa Photos: Tove Styrke Phots & Set-list: Set-list:Strat …
News: South Summit announce national tour in support of sophomore EP ‘Creatures’
Up and coming five piece indie rockers, South Summit have announced a 10 date national tour on the back of their recent sophomore EP release, ‘Creatures’, the follow-up to 2021’s debut EP, Merlin’s. The band consists of Isaiah Reuben (lead vocals), Josh Trindall (bass), Fynn Samorali (lead guitar), Nehemiah Reuben (rhythm guitar, vocals) and Nathan …
Album Review: As Hillsborough head on tour, their debut ‘Comin’ Back For You’ is a jangling melodic delight filled with a raw, engaging spirit.
Hillsborough – named after the area in Western Queensland where singer/songwriter Phil Usher’s family have been living since the late 1800’s – have a sound that sweeps across an alt. country landscape fringed with a gothic shade and just a touch – tastefully applied – of a rambling bluesy blush. The band consist of Usher …
Track:Aotearoa/New Zealand’s Pickle Darling unveils dreamy new single ‘King of Joy’ on news of signing to US label Father/Daughter Records and SXSW appearance.
‘King of Joy’ is a delightful low-fi dreamy track – clocking at a brief one minute thirty seconds that leaves you yearning for more. It has the gently, fey delivery that brings to mind that distinctive Dunedin sound – gentle, melancholic pop. Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Pickle Darling (the nome de plume of Lukas Mayo) has …
Live Review: Apocalyptica & Epica (The Epic Apocalypse Tour) Manchester Academy, Manchester 03.02.23
Numerous complications and difficulties left me fighting a losing battle to get to the Academy on time to catch prog metal band, Wheel, although from what I heard they fought their corner and put on an admirable display for those in attendance. Absolutely gutted, note to self, must try harder! With the now pretty full …
News: Faye Fantarrow Shares New Single ‘AWOL’
Sunderland singer songwriter and rising star Faye Fantarrow, announces her new single ‘AWOL’, released via Dave Stewart’s Bay Street Records. The single encapsulates Faye’s signature sound: soulful alternative tones, her signature vocals coupled with a strummed guitar and a thumping rhythm. ‘AWOL’ showcases Fantarrow’s eclectic folk and rhythm and blues influences, with a sound that …
Say Psych: Live Review: Avalanche Party / Nara @ Big Hands, Manchester 01.02.2023
Independent Venue Week is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. Over 200 independent venues take part in our annual Celebration and the number keeps growing every year. One such venue is Manchester’s Big Hands. With its low ceilings, epic club …
Album Review: João Selva- Passarinho : Re-shaping samba soul, funk and pop with a fresh momentum.
The troubadour will travel but they always have roots. Brazilian song-crafter João Selva may have ended up in Lyon but those formative years in Ipanema and Rio is at the heart of his borderless grooves. Schooled in bossa nova and the traditions of Capoeira, steeped in the diasporic riches of Brazilian music and gifted with …