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See: Cults release new video for the cinematic dream-pop of ‘Trials ’
Cults, aka Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, have announced their fourth solo album, Hosts, is to be released on September 18th via Sinderlyn. From it, the pair have released a second single, Trials, which follows on from the brilliant Spit you out Of the new single, the band say “Trials” focuses on the power that …
TRACK: Tim Englehardt – ‘Shine’: propulsive tech-house atmospheres
TIM ENGELHARDT has been quietly carving away in the world of deep tech- and deep house grooves for a while now. Based in Westerwald, a low and mountainous region on the Rhine, he’s released one album previously, Moments Of Truth, which he out together for Poker Flat in 2017; and more than two dozen singles …
Track: Kid Dad – What You Call A Dream
German four piece Kid Dad have released a new track titled ‘What You Call A Dream. The new track features on the band’s debut album ‘In A Box’ which is set for release 21st August via Long Branch Records. ‘What You Call A Dream’ was a spontaneous jam that came naturally to the band and …
TRACK: The Kondoors – ‘Mr Rain’: classic boy-girl power balladry wants your heart
THE KONDORS is the musical project of Gavin Conder and Jess Greenfield, who were involved romantically long before they were a musical item. Jess has come up through her involvement with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, a gilt-edged name to have on the CV if ever there was; previously she’s worked with artists such as …
See: Juanita Stein releases video for the haunting track Snapshot, plus album news
Juanita Stein has impressive form – she was part of Sydney band Howling Bells, a band that achieved success both in its home country and in the UK with its 2006 self-titled album. Now residing in Brighton in the UK, she is set to release her third post-Howling Bells solo album,’Snapshot’, on 2 October 2020 …
Track: Versari – Plus De Tristesse
The arctic guitars and sonorous vocals of French trio Versari‘s new single ‘Plus de Tristesse’ are compelling and chilling: creating a dark and threatening tone that is delightfully sombre and architectural in the spaces it creates. On a bedrock of delicious squawling feedback, the track is gloriously imperious and statuesque, drawing in a Serge Gainsbourg …
Track: Soap – Memento
Soap have just released their vibrant debut single ‘Memento’ and it augurs well for this young bunch of musicians from Wynnum, a suburb of the outskirts of Brisbane. The band has been playing together for four years since forming at the age of fifteen. ‘Memento’ is a classic slice of indie rock – tight, paced …
Track: The Limiñanas – Calentita (feat. Nuria)
The Limiñanas‘ new single Calentita is replete with all the components which make their music so euphoric: tantalising serenades through the French lyrics, immaculate production, as well as layers of acoustic, lead and a splendorous addition of wah-wah affected guitars here. The heights of the band are lifted even higher by the tones of vocalist …
SEE: El Goodo – ‘Things Turn Around’: how to turn a rubbish day into 6/8 beauty
IT’S a lovely little thing, the world of West Wales’ El Goodo. Things might well be a bit pants, they really might, but they have the tools to fashion the fag end of being into a little slice of Alex Chiltonesque, piano-led, post-psych brilliance. The lyrics are downcast and bleak, but that melody and boy, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Cocareef Conquers The World – A Profile of Hip Hop Label Cocareef Records
When Sharif Lopez, the impresario behind 7th Angel Productionz and the hip-hop label Cocareef, was around eleven or twelve, his downstairs neighbor sometimes held raucous house parties. Lopez lived in the Marion Gardens Housing Complex, in Jersey City, New Jersey, a stone’s throw from the Pulaski Skyway, a hulking bridge-causeway that crosses the Passaic and Hackensack …