Music
Rising: Meet New Hardcore Band Breacher As They Set Out To Make 2022 Their Year
After blowing us away with the recent track ‘Hollowed Out’ we caught up with one of the Uk’s new hardcore band Breacher to find all about the band and their music. Give us a potted history of you / the band (when did you start, how long have you been going, where are you, what …
Track: PYNGU’s ‘Everytime’ brings uplifting, bittersweet dance-pop futurism to the Christmas run-in
SOMETIMES it’s best to keep it short and sweet and let a track speak for itself. PYNGU is the reincarnation of the German DJ, artist and producer who could formerly be found working as Kyco, under which moniker his work achieved some 27 million streams. His first single newly baptised and capitalised as PYNGU was …
Live Review: LCD Soundsystem – Brooklyn Steel, New York City 5.12.2021
As a native New Yorker, I have a really embarrassing confession to make – I had never seen LCD Soundsystem live before. Kinda sad, right? But, thanks to their 20-night residency at Brooklyn Steel, spanning from late November to mid-December, I was finally able to correct that. It’s not like I haven’t been a fan …
See: Oan Kim – ‘Mambo’: the Parisian composer splices an indie-jazz noir that lets the sax tell the story
FORMERLY a member of the romantic, cinematic Parisian quartet Film Noir and also of the lower-slung David Lynch rock ‘n’ roll outfit Chinese Army, Paris-based saxophonist and composer Oan Kim has struck out to carve his own path, drawing on the aesthetics of those previous outfits – a noirish romance, a late-night evocation and thrill …
Album Review: The Scarlet Hour – Blink EP
Formed in 2021 from members of Alternative/Post-Punk trio The Seventh Victim, The Scarlet Hour are a Synth Darkwave duo based in the North East. Delivering brooding bass hooks from Mel Butler, and dystopian lyrics from a tormented mind courtesy of Tim Synistyr, all sprinkled with Synth-Pop melodies. ‘Blink’ is the first release by the band. With …
Live Review: The Darkness – O2 Academy, Birmingham 14.12.2021 plus gallery
After Massive Wagons rock the stage, time passes quickly and though it’s a shame to see that the venue isn’t at capacity, The Darkness’s cult audience sure know how to make it feel like it is. The lights dim and we’re given the very unique experience of bagpipes to start the show meaning only one …
See: Slade Release First Official Video For Merry Xmas Everybody Plus more Vinyl Reissue News
Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody. This is the first time there has been a promotional video for the ultimate festive anthem. ‘The video is very unusual and comical. It does sum up the band’s characters HO HO HO!’ exclaims Noddy Holder. Originally released in 1973 Merry Xmas Everybody was the band’s sixth number-one single …
News: As I Lay Dying Release Shaped By Fire (Deluxe Version) And Share Live Music Video For ‘My Own Grave’
San Diego quartet As I Lay Dying unleashed their seventh full-length album Shaped By Fire onto the world via Nuclear Blast on September 20th 2019. Today, the band releases the Shaped By Fire (Deluxe Version) which features live and instrumental versions as well as re-interpretations of the original tracks. In celebration, the band offers fans the live music video for ‘My Own Grave’. Phil Sgrosso comments: “The initial …
Track: La Armada – La Fé No Abasta
La Armada has unveiled the video for the new single ‘La Fé No Abasta’ the 5th single taken from their upcoming album ‘Anti-Colonial Vol. 2’, out Feb 11, 2022 via the band’s own label Mal De Ojo Records in the U.S. and Latin America. The LP will be released via Thousand Islands Records in Canada and Lockjaw Records in Europe and the UK. The …
See: Molybaron Share Live Video For Track Animal
French-Irish quartet Molybaron have just re-released their album The Mutiny via InsideOut Music / Sony Music Entertainment, (read our review here). The band have now shared a live performance video of the track ‘Animal’ taken from the album. Singer/Guitarist Gary Kelly talks about the single and video: “It was an incredible feeling to be back on stage …