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News: Darkthrone Announce Details On Their New Album ‘Eternal Hails’
Norway’s Darkthrone have announced the release of their 19th album ‘Eternal Hails’ due 25th June via Peaceville records. Since forming in 1986 as Black Death in Kolboton, Norway, Darkthrone have been masters of their art. Dropping the death metal of 1991’s Soulside Journey debut album in favour of a more primitive, black metal sound on the following …
Track: Pacific Avenue pour some brilliant sunshine into their new track ‘Easy Love’ and announce Australia wide headline tour
There is a sparkling seventies sunshine feel to the new single by NSW South Coast band Pacific Avenue that emanates pure golden rays. Layered harmonies, arcing guitars and a powerful melody serve to illuminate this track: bolstered by one of those guitar solos that pop and strut around with attitude. Singer Harry O’Brien says of …
NEWS: Mannequin Pussy confront airbrushed lives on title track from forthcoming new EP, ‘Perfect’
We’re now less than four weeks away from Philadelphians Mannequin Pussy‘s next move: the trio’s first collection of new material in nearly two years called Patience. The 5-song EP features lead single ‘Control’, released last month, and four other new songs, among which is its fiery title track. The knowingly ostentatious video is below, directed …
Meet: We chat with the legendary Ed Kuepper (The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Aints) about his long and distinguished career, setting parameters as an artist and continually learning.
To celebrate a stunning 45 years in the industry, the legendary songwriter and guitarist Ed Kuepper has announced the release of three LPs that celebrate his post The Saints years as a solo artist and with the Laughing Clowns and The Aints, as well as news of an Australia wide tour in June and July. …
Premiere: Restless Leg announce new album and release the glorious single ‘The World’s A Room’
We are delighted to premiere the new single ‘The World’s A Room’ from Sydney’s brilliant Restless Leg, ahead of the release of their album ‘Dream Buffet’ in June. Restless Leg cement themselves in the pantheon of antipodean jangle indie rock with this glorious single. It has a classical guitar-based sparkle with a shimmer and verve …
Track: New Zealand’s The Datsuns explode back into the ether with ‘Dehumanise’ and announcement of a new album.
It is recommended that you have your emergency contacts nearby when you intake the new single ‘Dehumanise’ by New Zealand’s Lords of Loud, The Datsuns. It has the full force a bolt of electricity administered by a faulty defibrillator and the effects will be felt in your ears hours after administration. And what a cathartic …
NEWS: For Those I Love shares live film and announces UK tour
It’s been a month since Dubliner David Balfe’s remarkable debut album as For Those I Love was unleashed upon the world to critical acclaim. We absolutely loved it and are happy to see that Balfe is taking the self-titled record on a UK tour; at the start of October, he plays his first gig ever …
EP Review: RedHook release the explosive and very therapeutic EP ‘Bad Decisions’ and announce tour
It is hard to classify Sydney band RedHook – there is an electronic buzzsaw blitz with thundering percussion and at times a blistering wall of noise, all wrapped up in a sparkling pop mantle, with hip hop shades and choruses. It’s heavy metal psycho pop. But, throughout their new EP ‘Bad Decisions’, there is a …
News: Squarepusher’s thrilling, insane ‘Feed Me Weird Things’ gets a silver jubilee reissue; revel in the deep acid of ‘Theme From Ernest Borgnine’
NOW THIS … this is sexy news for the lover of the weird and the wired and the warped (and, serendipitously, the Warp). Squarepusher’s hyperactive, insane, thrilling debut album for Warp, Feed Me Weird Things, is to get a 25th (what now?) anniversary reissue on June 4th. Stand back, light the touchpaper. Not only will …
See: Helvetia – ‘New Mess’: Duster and Built to Spill’s Jason Albertini makes a righteous fuzz racket with an album to follow
TIME to get dirty and righteously fuzz-rocky, with a Swiss angle; Helvetia is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Jason Albertini, exactly one third of San Jose’s Duster and bassist for the lovely Built to Spill from 2012 to 2018. Helvetia are releasing their tenth album and fifth for Joyful Noise, Essential Aliens on June 25th; by way of bringing that news to …