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Track: The Subways Share First Track ‘Fight’ Taken From Their Forthcoming 5th Album
The Subways guitarist Billy Lunn wrote new track ‘Fight’ after attending various marches during the band’s hiatus of 2016-2019, it was the Black Lives Matter marches in the summer of 2020. Further announcements about the bands new album will be released at a later date. Commenting on the single, Lunn says: “Fight is a letter in …
Album Review: Merk’s ‘Infinite Youth’ is an exquisite exploration of the end of childhood innocence and the transience of life
New Zealand artist Merk is the moniker of Auckland, New Zealand artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Perkins, who began his career as a touring member of Tom Lark and Fazerdaze. I reviewed his single ‘Laps Around The Sun’ earlier this year finding it to be yearning, raw and melodic, with a deep melancholia reflecting on …
See: Maja Lena – The Keeper
Former member of Low Chimes – Maja Lena – has released a gorgeous, new pastoral folk song through Chiverin Records. ‘The Keeper’ explores our relationship with ourselves and comes with an enchanting video, starring and filmed ‘home video style’ by Maja, with some filming by her husband Luke Oakley-Smith. She used a VHS camcorder from …
See: Lime Cordiale release official video for ‘No Plans to Make Plans’ + Australian Tour
Gearing up for their biggest ever Australian tour this October, Lime Cordiale have unveiled the official video for new single No Plans to Make Plans via Chugg Music. A visually vintage jaunt, the Leimbach brothers – accompanied by Summer Kane – go up against their alternate, evil selves ‘Oscar and Leroy Slimebach’ in the clip, directed …
Track: Tyne-James Organ continues to shine with the shimmering, poignant new single ‘London Calling’, and announces tour dates
Tyne-James Organ’s previous single this year, the delightful ‘Sunday Suite’, was a perfect fit – filled with sunshine and melody highlighting Organ’s sparkling vocals (read our review here). The follow up to this is just as terrific. ‘London Calling’ dons a parachute to slow down the descent but nonetheless is an epic delight: a reflective …
Droppin’ Knowledge: New York MC Rouge Releases His Sonically Dense, Lyrically Rich Debut – War! – A Review & Conversation
Staten Island, New York emcee Rouge recently released his debut album, War!, a sonically dense collection of music, with crisp writing and a rich, full sound. On the album, Rouge grapples with the responsibilities of adulthood, the future of the planet, love, death, creativity, identity, and dreams, as well as the more mundane concerns of …
Track: Twisted Illusion – Hatred Is A Virtue
Twisted Illusion will re-release their newly recorded debut album, Temple of Artifice, on Friday 28th May. The band have also just dropped their superb new single, Hatred Is A Virtue. Flying vocals and rampaging riffs as the band belt out this rock track. The track is a hot pot of hard rock as the band …
Track: Josh Rands The L.I.F.E Project Share First Track The Nothingness
Stone Sour’s Josh Rand has teamed up with vocalist Cassandra Carson to create THE L.I.F.E. Project. The music was written, arranged, performed and produced by Rand in his home studio and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Korn, Megadeth, Lamb of God, Parkway Drive). The track introduces us to Carson’s powerful voice which pairs perfectly with Rands straight up rock guitar …
Track: Black Stone Cherry – The Chain
Black Stone Cherry have unveiled a brand new video for ‘The Chain’, another track taken from their current studio album, The Human Condition. Guitarist Ben Wells tells us, “The Chain is one of those straight ahead, ‘riff city’, throw down BSC songs! Not only is the music totally in your face, it also grooves and features a totally metal bridge, …
Premiere: The Yugoslav Attack blend smooth jazz with melancholy: Listen to new single “The Separation”
Backseat Mafia are excited to premiere the brand new single from Melbourne jazz assembly, The Yugoslav Attack. The Separation is the first track from their upcoming sophomore album titled Illusions, due for release in June through False Peak Records. The Separation, featuring wonderfully understated musicianship, captures a feeling of complete despair and a state of …