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Premiere: tunnel traffic returns with the beautiful evocative track ‘Next To Me’, plus announces new album ‘Take My Power’
We are very honoured to premiere the first music in over eighteen months from the glorious tunnel traffic , and it is a welcome return. Sidelined by the horror show of 2020, tunnel traffic – essentially the solo work of Adam Hachey – has released a very personal and imperious track ‘Next To Me’: an …
Track: Miss Vincent – Gravity
Punk Rock band Miss Vincent have dropped a brand new single ‘Gravity’ and announced theirhighly anticipated debut album ‘A Funeral For Youth’ due 17th September via Silent Cult. When discussing ‘Gravity’ singer Alex mentions: “It’s about the challenges of going through life as you get older, how your relationships change with others and the world …
Track: Melbourne’s Meghna releases ‘My DNA’: a haunting and atmospheric elegy to poverty and struggle.
Meghna Mitra releases the most sublime music under her name Meghna and her new single ‘My DNA’ belies her youth with its world weary tones and chilling themes. Over a sparse trip-hop electronic beat, Meghna’s evocative vocals recount the experiences of her Indian parents and grandparents and the horrors and realties of a life in …
News: Joni Mitchell celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Blue’ with a remastered set of her four Reprise albums
“I think the artist has always been in conflict, maybe because he has time on his hands to think with a lot of high ideals and values, and he’s got to recognize their beauty. “And at the same time, the flesh is weak and has too many appetites, so you’re in that continual conflict with …
See: c / a’s ‘THE PRIMER’: South London duo lead us further astray into generative audiovisual AI
LONDON audiovisual merry pranksters c / a aren’t quite like anyone you’ve encountered before. Nor me, for that matter. They’re operating in a highly conceptual sphere where AI, generative algorithms and light-touch flesh intervention are making music; there’s others creating out at this mind-bending edge, loosening the reins of human control – witness the video …
See: Rising Toronto electro-disco outfit Tush drop visuals for the soulful ecstasy of ‘Chrysalis’ en route to their July album
TUSH; who they? You enquire, entirely within your remit. Well, if the groove is in you, they’re someone whose acquaintance you should make forthwith. Coming from the dancefloors of Toronto with a love of disco, soul, electro, Nineties’ house and more, the twin pillars of Tush are the dulcet vocal talents of Kamilah Apong and Jamie Kidd. They’ve …
News: The Lathums release their full set from last month’s Sefton Park gig – hear the version of ‘Fight On’ from that day; there’s plenty of dates to come, too
IT MUST’VE been pretty full-on cathartic and emotional to have been at the UK Government’s Covid-relaxation test gig in the green surrounds of Liverpool’s Sefton Park on the first Sunday in May. Real, actual, open-air live music. And on that bill was Wigan’s absolute cutest, The Lathums, who got to play a ten-song set to …
Track: Sydney’s Magnetic Heads unveil the gorgeous and graceful track ‘Time of Your Life’, and announce new album ‘Moral Outage’ for August
There is a sparse and melodic grace to the new single from Sydney band Magnetic Heads (the work of singer/songwriter Des Miller and producer/musician Liam Judson (Belles Will Ring, Lewis Goldmark)). Open, thrumming and celestial instrumentation provides a comforting bedrock for Miller’s elegant vocals, sometime soaring, sometimes speaking, always enigmatic and posed, replete with backing …
Track: Manic Street Preachers Announce New Album And Share New Track ‘Orwellian’
Manic Street Preachers return with their 14 studio album entitled, ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ on 3rd September via Columbia/Sony and have announced a tour for this autumn. ‘Orwellian’ is the first track to be released and is classic Manic Street Preachers, dissecting the misuse of words against cascading, glacial melody. Manic Street Preachers on Orwellian: “The track is about the battle to claim meaning, the …
See: The astonishing audio-visual experience that is Llyr’s ‘Winged Chamber Music’: jaw-dropping creativity from what’s looking to be IDM album of the year
YOU KNOW that if no less a renaissance man than Max Cooper is taking enough of an interest in what you’re sculpting in sound to sign you up for his label, Mesh, then you must be doing something not only very right, but also very interesting; Max really these days being at the forefront of …