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Album Review: Matana Roberts – Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden : a powerful and poetic jazz saga.
Jazz composer, saxophonist and visual-artist Matana Roberts powerful and profound Coin Coin album series has reached its fifth chapter with the release of harrowingly resonant ‘In the Garden’ via Montreal’s Constellation Records. The album continues Roberts’ resolute commitment to a twelve-part song cycle which began in 2011 with ‘Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur …
News: Beartooth announce 2024 UK/EU tour
Gold-selling, billion-streaming rock band BEARTOOTH — Caleb Shomo, vocals; Zach Huston, guitars; Will Deely, guitars; Oshie Bichar, bass; and Connor Denis, drums — have announced the EU/ UK tour dates for 2024. The band will bring their unbridled energy to Europe and the UK in the Autumn of 2024 “It has been so long since …
News: Within Temptation announce UK & EU arena tour
Prepare to embark on a musical and visual journey as Within Temptation, one of Europe’s most iconic rock bands, proudly unveils the ‘Bleed Out 2024 Tour’. This Europe/UK headline arena tour, in support of their latest album Bleed Out (out October 20th 2023), promises to be an experience that will leave fans breathless. Watch the tour trailer below: …
News: Tenacious D announce 2024 arena tour
Music icons and acclaimed greatest band in the world, Tenacious D, follow their sold-out UK/European arena tour this summer with more dates in 2024. “It’s no joke. Tenacious D is the best band in the world and in the Spicy Meatball Tour they are at the peak of their powers. Better than the Beatles…better than …
News: Love As Fiction Records announce release on vinyl of classic Big Heavy Stuff album ‘Size of the Ocean’.
When vinyl sales reached their nadir in the nineties, many classic albums from that era were only released on CD. Since the resurgence of interest in vinyl, boutique labels like Perth’s Love As Fiction Records have spent valuable time and resources reissuing less mainstream albums from that era in vinyl. It’s a labour of love …
Premiere: Montreal’s Population II ready new album with the intense ‘Pourquoi qu’on dort pas’
There’s no language barrier with Montreal trio Population II, so don’t worry if you can’t speak French – the Francophones serve up enough intensity to get the meaning across. They’ve been building up toward the release of their new album Électrons libres du québec for a few months at this point, but its release is …
News: Bloodstock open air announces more giants for the 2024 edition of the festival.
The final Main Stage Headline slot goes to the Swedish Progressive legends Opeth and with them they will be bringing a very special ‘fan chosen’ set in order to close out the Friday on the Ronnie James Dio stage. The legendary Hatebreed will also join the Friday Main Stage with their 30th Anniversary set and …
Live Review: Lovejoy @ Brighton Dome
All Words And Pictures by Henry Groves On the back end of their UK tour, supporting the release of their latest EP ‘Wake Up and It’s Over’, Lovejoy were playing in their hometown Brighton and the infamous Brighton Dome. For a band with only EPs to date, playing a sold out Brighton Dome is nothing …