Music
See: Birthday Ass – ‘Blah’: zero-fucks no-wave punk-funk fun!
PRIYA CARLBERG, vocalist with no-wave post-punk melange-stirrers Birthday Ass, has a vision deliciously at right angles with the world; jump in, but jump in sideways, with their new single “Blah”. Blah. You heard right. Blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah. Priya rounded up some of her fellow cohort from the jazz conservatory at which …
Premiere: Daniel God Damn Byrom releases new video for the lo-Fi beauty of ‘Apple Bobbing’
Following a compulsion to write songs, Wild Cat Strike frontman Daniel ‘God Damn’ Byrom borrowed a Tascam 8-track tape recorder, and recorded his new EP ‘Live from Dead Tuesday’s’, using an old Ampex mic, along with a host of second-hand instruments, including his beloved J. Busilacchio electric reef organ. It’s out on Small Pond on …
Track: Chloe Foy – ‘Left-Centred Weight’: luscious, hook-laden folk to welcome spring
AS 2021 stretches and tentatively decides to dangle an experimental leg out of bed you, like me, will be looking round for the first buds and flowers of spring; new musical talent to get excited about, to bring us fresh, bright melodies. Step forward clutching the butter yellow of early daffs please, Chloe Foy; this …
Track: Niklas Paschburg – ‘Little Orc’ (Uele Lamore Remix): an impressionistic and cinematic retake
FOLLOWING on from the experimental pop of “Bathing In Blue”, in tandem with British vocalist Millie Turner last November, modern compositional pianist and composer Niklas Paschburg has once more offered a track up for reinterpretation and if required, reinvention; this time the creative baton being passed to Parisian composer and multi-instrumentalist Uele Lamore. She’s taken …
Track: Little Suspicions deliver a breath of fresh air with the assured single ‘Lime’
There is a cool and assured swagger to ‘Lime’, the new track by Little Suspicions, that gives it a bright and fresh vigour. The attendant element of theatricality – crooning vocals, a kind of sixties gloss to the thundering reverb-soaked guitars, sweeping strings and doo-wop backing vocals – gives this track an indelible sheen. Of …
Track: Starbenders share new single Angel
Atlanta-based glam punk rockers Starbenders have released their latest album ‘Love Potions (Zodiac Deluxe)’ via Sumerian Records. A deluxe version of their full-length debut album ‘Love Potions’. “Love Potions (Zodiac Deluxe)” includes five new songs captured during the making of their full length debut, including a Celtic-tinged, mandolin-laced interpretation of their single ‘BITCHES BE WITCHES’ along with a trip hop, nineties …
News: Maximo Park set to perform a live stream for the release of their new album Nature Always Wins
Maxïmo Park’s have shared news of an exclusive online live-streamed show to celebrate the release of the album ‘Nature Always Wins’ via Prolifica Inc. The stream will take place on Saturday March 6th, live from the Riverside, Newcastle. The band will play songs from the new album live for the very first time, as well as …
Track: Bossa Bandits Bring back the summery vibes with track One By One
One by One is the follow up single to be released by British Latin-Crossover band Bossa Bandits taken from their forthcoming Album ‘All true stories’. The band bring the summery vibes once again with a swaying mash of sax and percussion. Nylon strung guitar sits nicely in the mix under the soothing vocals, as the …
Track: Valcata – Tower
The online symphonic metal collective Valcata have released their new standalone single ‘Tower’. The song is the first glance of new music since their self titled debut album in 2019 “We hope you’re as excited for this release as we are,” Writes composer Oha Cade “Since our debut in October 2019, I’ve been feverishly working …
Album Review: Roof Beams’ ‘This Life Must Be Long’ is a raw and graceful journey
Roof Beams have recorded an album ‘This Life Must Be Long’ filled with the most beautiful and expressive tracks. The instrumentation is delicate, the vocals raw and emotive, clever intelligent lyrics and themes and the production unfussy and raw. The band is showcases the songwriting skills of Nathan Robinson who writes of the travails of …