Music
See: Blood Wine or Honey feat. KT Tunstall – ‘Attraction’: a blue-chip songwriting friend helms a Bond theme for a fractured dream
COMING to us from the scene in Hong Kong, and comprised of multi-instrumentalists James Banbury (synths, bass, percussion, cello) and Joseph von Hess (vocals, clarinet, sax, percussion), Blood Wine or Honey describe themselves as hypno-tropicalia and fashion a technicolour haze of brazen sax, declamatory spoken word, Jimi Tenor-type pixieish funk and groove. We were pretty …
News: Liverpool’s The Fernweh announce album the second, ‘TORSCHLUSSPANIK!’; hear the crisp, psych-glam stomp of ‘The Pike’
CHIMING with crisp twelve-strings, the like of which you last encountered being toted by a McGuinn or a Buck, but also possessed of a thigh-slappin’ Brit-glam silvered groove, Roxy sax raunch, The Fernweh are spanning continents and decades and whirring it all up on their new single, “The Pike” – the very first stomper to …
News: Fused releases the four-track ‘Passion and Control Remixes’
HOT ON the heels of Fusion’s The Exhibition EP comes the second in a planned trilogy, the Passion And Control Remixes, out on Fusion Records today, June 4th. The recently released, initial four-track The Exhibition EP is a gateway into the electro-pop world of Fused, the award-winning UK electronic music artist, remixer and producer, which takes …
Premiere: tunnel traffic returns with the beautiful evocative track ‘Next To Me’, plus announces new album ‘Take My Power’
We are very honoured to premiere the first music in over eighteen months from the glorious tunnel traffic , and it is a welcome return. Sidelined by the horror show of 2020, tunnel traffic – essentially the solo work of Adam Hachey – has released a very personal and imperious track ‘Next To Me’: an …
EP Review: Sydney duo Salarymen’s debut EP ‘Scene Change’ is an effervescent ray of sparkling sunshine, plus tour news.
There is a bright ray of sunshine searing through all the tracks in Salarymen‘s incandescent debut ‘Scene Change’, even when at their most melancholic. There is an indelible sixties flavour: a sort of indie folk thread with suede jackets, knee high boots, mini skirts and fringes: a bright lollipop bounce that blasts forward at full …
Track: Miss Vincent – Gravity
Punk Rock band Miss Vincent have dropped a brand new single ‘Gravity’ and announced theirhighly anticipated debut album ‘A Funeral For Youth’ due 17th September via Silent Cult. When discussing ‘Gravity’ singer Alex mentions: “It’s about the challenges of going through life as you get older, how your relationships change with others and the world …
Track: Melbourne’s Meghna releases ‘My DNA’: a haunting and atmospheric elegy to poverty and struggle.
Meghna Mitra releases the most sublime music under her name Meghna and her new single ‘My DNA’ belies her youth with its world weary tones and chilling themes. Over a sparse trip-hop electronic beat, Meghna’s evocative vocals recount the experiences of her Indian parents and grandparents and the horrors and realties of a life in …
News: Kekko Announce Debut EP ‘Dreaming Life’; Listen To Track ‘Within You’
Kekko is the psychedelic lovechild of Singaporean dream-pop duo Tim and Cherie Kekko. They have announced the release of their debut EP ‘Dreaming Life’, due 11th June via Spirit Goth. “Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as …
Say Psych: Album Review: Cult Of Dom Keller – They Carried The Dead In A U.F.O
Cult of Dom Keller have long been at the forefront of the contemporary British psych scene but their notorious reputation extends much further afield. They’ve done several tours around the UK, Europe and US, appeared at festivals like Levitation, The Great Escape and Raw Power and likely featured on the bill of just about any international psych fest you can …
News: Joni Mitchell celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Blue’ with a remastered set of her four Reprise albums
“I think the artist has always been in conflict, maybe because he has time on his hands to think with a lot of high ideals and values, and he’s got to recognize their beauty. “And at the same time, the flesh is weak and has too many appetites, so you’re in that continual conflict with …