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TRACK: Hen Ogledd – ‘Trouble’: further glorious wonkpop from Richard Dawson’s quartet
WHAT started as a side-project for Newcastle’s premiere exponent of passionate out- and wyrd-folk, Richard Dawson, to find an outlet for other musical stylings, has come to take on a wonk-pop life of its own. Originally a side-salad duo with harpist Rhodri Davies, the addition of Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington has fleshed it out …
TRACK: Black Marble – ‘Johnny and Mary’: Robert Palmer gets the lofi synth look
EVERYONE loves a cover version, there can be no argument there; what do they do with the song? Do they tread carefully and deferentially; do they take a sledgehammer to it; do they make it their own? Do they make it something very odd indeed, such as Robyn Hitchcock’s a capella take on “Kung Fu …
TRACK: 0171 – ‘Photograph’: yearning Hackney synthpop
COMING at you out of Hackney – that dialling-code epithet giving away their inner London roots- synth-pop duo Joe Bedell-Brill and Georgie Hoare, who record as 0171, have shared their vision for a retro-future pop form with “Photograph”, the fast-cut video montage for which you can watch below. “Photograph” has this pure pop yearn, set …
See: Bloody Your Hands! share ‘Checked Out’ from upcoming album ‘Sunday Scaries’
New York pop punk outfit Bloody Your Hands are set release their latest album on 28th August and have now shared the latest song from this upcoming release, ‘Checked Out’ is a fest of all that is great about this genre, it doesn’t pretend to anything other than a bounce along song with verses to …
Track: Australian Punks Black Heart Breakers issue new single, ‘Pressure Drop’
With all the feel good sounds that echo such bands as Green Day, Rancid and The Interrupters, Black Heart Breakers are back with the latest in a long line of foot tapping hand clapping songs. Aussie punk seems to be at a point of bursting at the moment, with all sub genres being covered by …
EP: Eades Release Debut EP – ‘Microcosmic Things’
Leeds quintet Eades release debut EP debut ‘Microcosmic Things’ via their own label Bam Bam records. The band comments, “Making the EP was a massive learning curve for us. Deciding to do a small collection of songs as opposed to a run of singles meant that we had to do something somewhat coherent. This made …
SEE: Jorja Smith – ‘By Any Means’: passionate civil rights Britsoul
UK singer-songwriter Jorja Smith has shared the lyric video for a slow, heartfelt tale of empowerment,“By Any Means”, in which she brings her graceful, smokey soul tones to a stripped-back groove that gives her voice – and her message – absolute centre stage. It’s the lead single to be taken from Roc Nation’s upcoming Reprise …
Track: Interesting Metal From Pain Of Salvation With Their Track ‘Restless Boy’
Sweden’s Pain of Salvation share the second single ‘Restless Boy’ taken from their upcoming new studio album “Panther”, due out August 28th via InsideOut Music. Singer Daniel Gildenlöw commented about the song “We are happy and proud to present to you our newest video, for the song ‘Restless Boy’, our second single from the upcoming album ‘Panther’. Once …
Track: Halestorm Share a Re-recorded Version Of Their Track Break In (feat Amy Lee)
Halestorm have announced their new Reimagined EP due August 14, 2020. For the new EP, the group re-recorded various fan favourites from their back catalogue catalogue. To introduce the project, they have shared the first single “Break In” [feat. Amy Lee]. ‘Break In’ originally appeared on the band’s gold-selling 2012 album, The Strange Case Of… During the Carnival of Madness Tour, the Evanescence front woman joined the group for …
See: I Break Horses release live video for ‘I Live At Night’
Fresh from the release of her new album Warning, which dropped in May 8th via the ever brilliant Bella Union label, I Break Horses, aka Stockholm’ Maria Lindén has released a new video for the track In live at night’ recorded in her back garden. Built around this slightly wonky synth line, that chimes and …