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News: Bury Tomorrow release new single ‘Boltcutter’ from their forthcoming album ‘The Seventh Sun’
British metal sextet, Bury Tomorrow, have today released, ‘Boltcutter’, another crushing taste of their forthcoming seventh album, the aptly titled, ‘The Seventh Sun’, will be released on March 31st 2023 on Music For Nations. Speaking of the track, guitarist Kristan Dawson shares, “from the second we put the finishing touches to Boltcutter, we knew it had to be a single. Whilst it is a …
News: Unimaginable Evenings with Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins
Two old friends are set to reunite in celebration of their new albums, Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins, and their respective bands, The Twin Set and The Fat Rubber Band. It’s and East Coast run of dates in February 2023 for two of Australia’s much-loved musical icons and raconteurs have a long history together, sharing …
News: Meadow Fest 9 Announces Cracking Line-Up
If you missed Kurt Vile’s surprise support of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis with Courtney Barnett you can catch him with his band The Violators headlining Meadow in Autumn 2023. It’s the ninth instalment of Meadow at the Victorian surf coast retreat; a three-day two-night exploration of genre-expanding local and international live music in Bambra …
Album Review: The glorious Charlie Clark is indulging in a little ‘Late Night Drinking’ and the results are something quite spectacular.
Charlie Clark has a fascinating story to tell – a part of vital Scottish indie music history in indie band Astrid before decamping to lead another life in LA as a music producer and artistic entrepreneur. A few years back he returned to his native shores for personal reasons, and ended up with twins, his …
Interview: We Spoke to Tomi Koivusaari of Amorphis before they took to the stage in Dublin on the – 22.11.2022
Words: Letty Sharp // Photos: Ian Mc Donnell Amorphis are a Finnish heavy metal formed in 1990 by TomiKoivusaari, Jan Rechberger and Esa Holopainenen. The band wereinitially death metal but have since branched out to other genres such asfolk metal and progressive metal over the years. We caught up with Tomi backstage on the night …
News: Duran Duran announce second London O2 date as part of Future Past tour 2023
Was it only last week Duran Duran announced their Future Past tour with shows set to take place at Manchester’s AO Arena on April 29th, marking the band’s first-ever performance at the venue, followed by London’s The O2 Arena, Leeds’ First Direct Arena, Birmingham’s Utilita Arena, and the 3 Arena in Dublin. Due to (predictably) …
News: Pet Shop Boy’s Announce 3Arena Dublin stop on the Greatest Hits Live Tour June 19 2023, also UK & European dates.
PET SHOP BOYS ANNOUNCE NEW UK AND EUROPEAN DATES FOR ‘DREAMWORLD: THE GREATEST HITS LIVE’ TOUR AFTER A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AND SOLD-OUT 2022 TOUR, THE DUO WILL PLAY 3ARENA JUNE 19 2023 Pet Shop Boys have today announced new 2023 UK and European dates including a show at 3Arena Dublin on June 19 for their critically acclaimed tour, …
Album Review: Sir Jude Is A Revelation
Melbourne-based Sir Jude released her debut album ‘Revelations’ earlier this month. Sir Jude has spoken about how the album represents a sonic journey in which she has attempted to unravel internalised misogyny and discover herself. She says that each song on the album poses the question – “What does it mean to be a woman …
Track/Video: Surveying at the edges – DAAM presents ‘bivouac of the avant garde vol 2’.
Lewes/Brighton based experimental music label Difficult Art And Music (DAAM amongst friends) are certainly setting the pace with their alternative countdown to the festive season. In October, as part of their expansive rummage through the contemporary fringe music scene, they revealed the first instalment of this vital review ‘bivouac of the avant garde vol 1’ …
Album Review: Newcastle punk quartet, These New South Whales explode on self-titled third release
Three years on from sophomore release, I Just Do What God Tells Me To Do, the third full-length release from These New South Whales delivers in spades. The multi-faceted chameleons of Australian punk/post-punk have grown their signature sound, with the schedule of pre-release singles from the album giving a tasty sampler of the album’s full …