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News: Enigmatic Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick announce EP ‘Get There’ and unveil the title track as a tasty and insouciant aperitif
Sydney-based duo Nessick Berwick comprises of two musicians/producers with the most impressive and diverse CVs. Ian Nessick has spent many years in Australia as a maverick fashion retailer involving some of the more forward-thinking stores in Sydney and Melbourne. He currently runs Rudimentary Raiments. As well as designing clothes, Nessick also designs interiors and writes …
Track: Sydney’s Bellwether may be ‘Halfway Happy’, but they’re creating a lot of good fun punky pop joy. Debut EP and live dates announced.
On the back of two already very impressive singles (‘Charade’ and ‘Shortsighted’), Sydney pop punksters Bellwether are again leading the field with their new single ‘Halfway Happy’. This is all in the build up to the release of their debut EP ‘Impermanence’ on Friday, 8 April. ‘Halfway Happy’ incorporates chiming and ringing guitars that seem …
PREMIERE: Jewels Gold shares live performance of ‘Royalty/Life is Meant to Be Lived’ to celebrate debut EP release
Sometimes, the true test of an artist’s abilities is when they have to prove themselves as a performer, and we’re of the opinion that New Jersey’s Jewels Gold has got what it takes. Evidently, so does she: Gold sat on her debut EP for close to a year until shooting live videos for the whole …
News: Corey Taylor Announces Debut UK Solo Band Shows
The inimitable Corey Taylor has announced his very first UK shows with his solo band. The dates kick off at London’s legendary Palladium on 17th October and include a special gig on Friday 21st October at the pre-party of the For The Love Of Horror convention at Manchester’s BEC Arena. Taylor tells us: “It’s been too damn long since …
News: Nine Inch Nails Announce The Support Acts For Their Dates At Cornwall’s Eden Project
Nine Inch Nails today announce the support acts for their dates at Cornwall’s Eden Project in June. Nitzer Ebb will support on June 17th and Yves Tumor joins the bill for the sold-out show on June 18th. In what promises to be undoubtedly one of the live highlights of the year, the shows will be NIN’s first UK headline dates …
News: Blues Pills Announce Summer Festival Tour For 2022
The wait is over and Blues Pills will finally return to stages all over Europe. The tour will include some of the biggest festivals from Donington’s legendary Download, to the massive Hellfest and the alternative rock twins Southside / Hurricane in Germany, as well as selected club shows to present their latest third album Holy Moly! (read our …
News: King 810 Announce Hellhounds 2022 UK/EU Tour
Flint firebrands, KING 810 have announced their first UK dates in two and a half years, as part of a European run this May. Discussing the tour in typically dry fashion, frontman and band visionary, David Gunn comments: “Amidst a pandemic & a pending war, the world’s worst band will be providing a most insignificant soundtrack in …
News: Details announced for new metal festival Dominion Festival for July in Durham; bands featured include Cradle of Filth, Sodom and Acid Reign
“A cold Wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things” George R.R. Martin. Fast forward to July 2022 and there will be more than trees rustling when a new behemoth of a festival rolls into Northern England. Set within the backdrop of Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, …
Track: A. Smyth returns with the lush and atmospheric single ‘Long Night’ and news of live dates.
Last year’s ‘Lost Animals’ from Dublin troubadour A. Smyth (reviewed by me here) was a gorgeous collection of delicate musings and lush vibrant instrumentation. Smyth is back with a new single, ‘Lost Night’, which continues this lush sonic journey. Smyth’s melancholic delivery reflects the song’s serious themes, and yet there lies a sense of hope …
News: Resurrection – the best festival in the world, Dark Mofo Festival, resumes abnormal services.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel – a flickering ember of hope – as the organisers of the iconic Dark Mofo Festival in Hobart announced the return of a full two week program for the brilliant event in 2022. Early announcements of music and events herald something quite exciting. After a …