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News: Samana release new single ‘Two Wrongs’ & announce Autumn UK tour dates
Breaking free of constraints – be they financial, geographical, creative, or personal – can be a scarybut ultimately fulfilling choice. A group who knows this all too well are Rebecca and Franklin Mocket akaSamana. Their new single ’two wrongs’ is not only a superb slice of soaring, majestic folk, but the firstto be released on …
News: Algiers announce new album for February and release new single featuring Zack De La Rocha & tour dates
ALGIERS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUMSHOOKFEBRUARY 24 LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE‘IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE’ FEAT. ZACK DE LA ROCHA AN ALBUM RECORDED WITH BIG RUBE (THE DUNGEON FAMILY), ZACK DE LA ROCHA, BILLY WOODS, BACKXWASH, MARK CISNEROS (HAMMERED HULLS), SAMUEL T. HERRING (FUTURE ISLANDS), JAE MATTHEWS (BOY HARSHER), LATOYA KENT (MOURNING [A] BLKSTAR), NADAH EL SHAZLY, DEFORREST BROWN JR. …
Live review: Tamikrest play breathtaking set at the Nolan Gallery, MONA, nipaluna/Hobart, 26/10/2022.
I am a relatively recent convert to some of the “desert rock/desert blues” that has come to notice in increasing amounts in Western countries over the past 5 years or so. Bands such as Songhoy Blues, Tinariwen and Mdou Moctar along with Ali Farka Touré and son Vieux Farka Touré come to mind. Given that, …
EP: Salarymen bring a ray of heady sunshine with their ‘Head In The Sand’.
Salarymen have perfected a luminescent sixties-infected pop sunshine buzz in their songs, which have been collected in a dazzling array in their new EP ‘Head In The Sand’. Opening track ‘Summer’s Coming’ is blinding with its light headed optimism and positively bounces as it extols the virtues of sunshine and holidays with tongue-in-cheek anodyne lyrics: …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Blackbirds FC unveil the shimmering atmospheric ‘Magiclands’, title track for their new album, ahead of gig news.
We are honoured to premiere the new single from the brilliant Blackbirds FC, which is the title track for their upcoming album ‘Magiclands’, due out on 18 November 2022. The single is a gorgeous shimmering track: with celestial choruses and an aching, melancholy feel and guitars that jangle like chiming bells. The band has an …
News: Gum Ball Festival Returns Triumphant for 2023 with seminal band Mudhoney leading the roll call
One of the Hunter Valley’s most cherished cultural escapes, The Gum Ball, returns in 2023, triumphant in its post-pandemic survival, ripe and ready to return to full strength with three days of musical discovery over the last weekend of the April school holidays, 21-23rd April 2023. The Gum Ball are excited to announce seminal Seattle …
News: Creed release vinyl reissue of debut album ‘My Own Prison’
Craft Recordings is pleased to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Creed’s best-selling debut, My Own Prison,with the album’s first-ever release on vinyl. Landing in stores on December 2nd and available for preorder today, the multi-platinum-selling hard rock classic features the chart-topping hits “Torn,” “What’s This Life For,” “One” and “My Own Prison.” Released in 1997, My Own Prison marked the beginning of a rarified journey for Scott Stapp (vocals), Mark Tremonti (guitar), Brian …
News: Holly Humberstone releases new single ‘Can You Afford To Lose Me?’ ahead of Winter UK tour
Closing the beginning chapter on one of music’s most exciting stories in recent memory, Holly Humberstone has released Can You Afford To Lose Me? today: the title track from an extended collection of songs tracing her sensational musical journey to-date, out on 28th October. The project is led by the brand new title track – a devastating slowburn carried …
News: Asking Alexandria announce winter UK tour as special guest to Shinedown
Critically acclaimed rock band Asking Alexandria will embark on a full UK and European tour this winter as special guest to Shinedown. The extensive tour will see the band performing on iconic stages across Europe and the UK, bringing their incendiary shows to 16 major cities starting from Brussels and capping off in London. Ben Bruce …