Music
See: IDLES unveil brooding atmospheric video for the track ‘When The Lights Come On’ from their album ‘Crawler’ on eve of world tour.
The bulldozer onslaught of the fabulous IDLES continues with vigour in their new single ‘When The Lights Come On’. And as per form, it is not all noise: a lot of light shines from the output of this ferocious band steeped in a sense of intelligence and compassion, heated by a shed load of intelligence. …
Track: Kill The Lights – Voices
Hot on the heels of the sold out UK tour as special guests to Bleed From Within and their sold-out, debut headline show, Kill The Lights share a previously unreleased track ‘Voices’. The band elaborate, “Voices is a song about believing in yourself even when everyone else doubts you. The song is a huge F-you to the …
Track: Immolation – Apostle
Metal giants Immolation are set to release their 11th studio album, ‘Acts Of God’, due 18th February 2022. With 5 long years passed since Atonement, Acts Of God vigorously showcases Immolation’s ability to consistently create fascinating sounds, while still keeping their feet firmly rooted in the old school, New York death metal for which they are renowned. The band have shared …
See: Krautjazz quintet Fazer offer an ode to a weird year ending in the whimsical but classy ‘Dezember’
WITH the recent album by Spiritczualic Enhancement Center (which, not to blow our own trumpet, we reviewed here) and others, it very much looks like one of the current leftfield trends to be ear to the ground for as 2021 melts inexorably into 2022 is krautjazz; that scene fermenting in city basements and performance spaces …
News: Blue Lab Beats will release their debut album for Blue Note in February: hear the sunbright Afro grooves of ‘Motherland Journey’ feat. Fela Kuti and KillBeatz
IT’S A meeting of musical values as well being a perfect colour match: the none-more-esteemed Blue Note Records, 82 years in the game, has announced that the latest addition to its proud roster, the bright Afrojazz textures of London’s Blue Lab Beats, will release their first album for the label, Motherland Journey, on February 25th. …
News: Return to White Chairs Volume 3 – Music fundraiser event bringing together Brisbane’s punk, post punk and alternative bands, past and present, all for a worthy cause.
More than just a gig, Return to White Chairs Volume 3 is a reunion of Brisbane punk, post punk and alternative bands featuring 11 bands – some that you may not have seen for a VERY long time. Oooohh! Held at The Triffid in Newstead, a glorious trip down memory lane is what you’re in …
Track: The Rumjacks – Bloodsoaked in Chorus
The Rumjacks continue with more brilliance as they share the second single “Bloodsoaked in Chorus,” taken from their forthcoming EP ‘Brass For Gold’ EP, due 11th February. While ‘Hestia’ (read our review here) had the band conquering a global pandemic in order to record, ‘Brass for Gold’ saw the boys united in person for the first time. Producing a sound that …
Album Review: Vis-A-Vis – The Best Of Vis-A-Vis In Congo Style
Remember those stellar studio bands of the late sixties/early seventies – The Meters, The Section, The Wrecking Crew, Muscle Shoals – defining the sound of where a record was made and fuelling the hit factories. Switch over to West Africa and you find the same thing, the tightest groups of session players at the source …
Live Review: Enter Shikari – Mountford Hall, Liverpool 11.12.2021 plus gallery
Tonight, the disco is courtesy of Enter Shikari and there isn’t a person in the room who doesn’t want to be there. Whilst Dinosaur Pile Up & The Nova Twins are getting the crowd ready to for what’s in store, there’s an atmosphere in this student union hall that I haven’t felt in a while; …
Live Review: Gun / The Virginmarys / Gin Annie – Barrowlands, Glasgow 11.12.2021
“I belong to Glasgow, dear old Glasgow town”, they certainly do, and Glasgow belongs to them! The famous Barrowland Ballroom has seen the GUN play many times and will again as the band announced they have released tickets for 2022 already. GUN have always had a “swagger” and they back that up by playing sell out shows. Dante and …