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EP Review: H.B. Nielsen – It’s Today Again
Swedish singer-songwriter, rambler and travelling tattoo artist, H.B. Nielsen, follows up 2020’s debut album “Grand Opening” with his new EP, “It’s Today Again” which is out today. It’s a delicious slice of Scandinavian-infused indie folk Americana and a great addition to the phenomenal ‘Nordicana’ scene that includes the likes of First Aid Kit, The Tallest …
Track: Travis Shaw – Only Human
After wowing us with his single ‘Refuge’ (see here) the North East troubadour Travis Shaw has shared the video for track ‘Only Human’ taken from his EP ‘Balance’ released 2019. The way this guy packs in the emotion into his music is immediately grabbing. From the picked guitar of the intro to the desperation in …
Track: Boneyard – Oathbreaker
Canadian hard rock band Boneyard have shared the title track from their most recent album. Sounding ever inch a roaring power ballad, track Oathbreaker features some stellar guitar work to go with a cracking vocal performance from Pamtera. The track lets the band slow down and take a breather whilst also showcasing their mid tempo …
Album Review: Infernalizer – The Ugly Truth
Goth metal band Infernalizer (ft. Claudio Ravinale of Disarmonia Mundi) have released their debut album ‘The Ugly Truth’ via Rockshots Records. The album is heavily influenced by 80’s metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Danzig that pays homage to more somber gothic rock acts like Type O Negative and The Sisters Of Mercy. Album opener ‘Night shift’ …
Track: Pure Obsessions And Red Nights – Your Own Enemy
After ending their previous trilogy ‘Mr Strangler’, Pure Obsessions & Red Nights have started their new trilogy, ‘The Stranglers’ by releasing a new single – Your Own Enemy. A cross between a subdued Metallica and Marilyn Manson, ‘Your Own Enemy’ is an intense track that flows from simple picked acoustic and vocals to include drums …
Track: Jeshua – ‘IDK’: another dreampop cracker from the Glasgow school
DUNDONIAN Joshua Gray transposes into the musical sphere as Jeshua, and as such, plies a delightful, lo-fi yet soaring line in dreamy, gliding guitar pop which could easily have come adorned in a v23 sleeve for 4AD. He’s resident in that most musically indie of Scottish cities, Glasgow, and he’s pretty new to the scene, …
Album Review: Randolph’s Leap – Spirit Level
Spirit Level is the new album from Scottish folk-pop collective Randolph’s Leap. The titular ‘spirit level’ is a steady reference point over what had been an unsettled spell writing the album, with Adam Ross uprooting from a decade in Glasgow to a tauntingly lopsided house in rural Aberdeenshire, navigating his way through shifting phases in …
Track: An Early Bird unveils the hauntingly beautiful single Fishes in the Ocean
Stefano Di Stefano is Italian outfit An Early Bird – and an artist Backseat Mafia has been following closely ever since we sprang into production way back in 2013. Stefano came into our view with a band called Pipers before setting off on a very successful solo career. Stefano is the archetypal romantic troubadour of …
News: Nick Cave and Warren Ellis release new album called ‘CARNAGE’
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (collaborator in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and in Dirty Three) have surprised everyone by the sudden release of an album entitled ‘Carnage’. The album is available to be streamed immediately from here and with physical copies in the shops from 28 May 2021 wich can be pre-ordered here. …
Album Review: Flyying Colours’ new album ‘Fantasy Country’ is a smashing and cathartic dose of shoegaze sparkle
The anthemic and statuesque ‘Goodtimes’ kicks opens the doors of the new and blistering album ‘Fantasy Country’ by Melbourne band Flyying Colours. And what you get at the beginning is what you can expect through to the end of this extremely enjoyable and highly rewarding album. In ‘Goodtimes’ there is an amusing tension between the …