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Track: Enter Shikari link up with multi-disciplinary Australian star AViVA for new single ‘STRANGERS’
Pic Credit – Paul Harries. All Rights Reserved Today sees Enter Shikari sharing their new collaborative single ‘STRANGERS’, which features AViVA, a multidisciplinary artist from Sydney, now based in LA. She’s scheduled to play Download Festival 2024, so you can check out her emo-pop/alt-rock music for yourself. This exciting coming together of two genre-blending artists …
News: The National announce huge open-air London show for summer 2024
The National have today announced a huge open-air show for next summer at Crystal Palace Park, taking place on Friday 5 July 2024. The much-loved five-piece will also be joined by special guests Unknown Mortal Orchestra as well as Kevin Morby and This Is The Kit. Tickets go on general sale for the event at …
Track: Shining Bird are ‘Out of the Black’ – a stellar journey into a shimmering, evocative world, with a new album on the way.
Shining Bird today release the shimmering track ‘Out Of The Black’, the band’s first new music since the 2021 album Deadlands, and the first taste of album number four which is set for release in 2024. ‘Out Of The Black’ is a gorgeous shimmering track. With singer Dane Taylors deep resonant vocals reminiscent of Tindersticks …
Album Review: Black Water County – The Only Life Worth Living
So often in life, if you keep your head down and stay in your own lane, you remain oblivious to what’s going on a round you, when a simple glance to the left or right, could change your direction for the better. So here I am reviewing The Only Life Worth Living, the third album …
Album Review: She’s ‘Not Your Cupid’ – Aotearoa/New Zealand artist Erny Belle unveils a delicately beautiful collection of sonic jewels ahead of live dates. Out through Flying Nun.
Released through the legendary Flying Nun label, the new album ‘Not Your Cupid from Tāmaki Makaurau’s Erny Belle is an absolute treasure. Delicate and nuanced, it has an indie pop style with a folk tinge and yet there is a electronic voltage throughout that is thrilling. Belle’s vocals reminds me at times of Sarah Cracknell …
Premiere: Joseph Luca shares ‘Full Time Lover’ video with new EP imminent
This song’s been kicking around for a little bit (originally released in January 2021!), so it’s nice to see it folded into the first of a triptych of new EPs from Los Angeleno Joseph Luca. A few weeks back, we shared its lead single ‘Nowhere’, and have been getting to grips with the imminent new …
Premiere: Layperson sifts through the wreckage of heartbreak on bruised yet triumphant second album ‘Massive Leaning’
Existing as a trans person in 2023 is itself an act of reclamation, resistance, discovery and—above all—self-acceptance, so it could be said that Portland’s Julian Morris has been well-placed to write a record like this. All these things are cornerstones of the narrative arc surrounding the release of his second album as Layperson. Massive Leaning …
News: Thirty Seconds to Mars announce 2024 tour
Today, climbing from the Empire State Building in New York City, Oscar winning actor Jared Leto announced Thirty Seconds to Mars’ monumental Seasons 2024 World Tour — an extensive run across Latin America, UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. This will be the band’s first headline tour in over 5 years. The UK dates start at Glasgow’s …
News: Cagri Raydemir Delivers Genre-Fluid New EP ‘Absence’
Cagri Raydemir, the Munich-based singer-songwriter and music producer, has made a triumphant return with the new EP, ‘Absence’. This four-track release showcases Raydemir’s unique blend of alternative, rock, and progressive elements, merging traditional instruments with trumpet, percussion, and folk textures to create rich and multifaceted soundscapes. Speaking about his musical approach Cagri Raydemir explains: “I …
Album Review: Wax Machine : ‘The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On’ : stirring up a whirlpool of psych, folk, bossa and jazz energies.
Brighton’s Wax Machine are a band who thrive on drift. Sometimes cosmic, often psychedelic and frequently exotic, they float between the warming thrill of tropicalia and the misty chill of nu-folk without losing direction. Revolving around the restless creativity of Brazilian born song-writer/guitarist Lau Ro, this most fluid combo have just released their third album …