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Track: Dead Slow Hoot – An Island Keen To Float
You should never skim through music judging it’s first 30 seconds alone. Let “An Island Keen To Float” be a cautionary lesson for both listeners and writers, myself included. The latest single from Sheffield quartet Dead Slow Hoot may seem to be going down a meandering, C30 style path of earnest presentation and emotive content. …
See: Gauche reveal new video for “Running”
They say that the green-screen music video is becoming an outdated concept. Gauche would beg to disagree, however. The DC supergroup’s video for “Running” plays up a kitsch production value that made Messrs Tim and Eric such cult figures in both the music and anti-comedy scene alike. The single, taken from the band’s forthcoming release A People’s …
Track: Heavy Rapids – “Paisley Pattern” plus tour dates.
Bratty punk rock is the call of the day when it comes to Glaswegians Heavy Rapids. Don’t let the term “bratty” allude to negative connotations though – punk is meant to be bratty at times. Isn’t that when it’s at its best? See Descendents, Angry Samoans and even IDLES for a modern comparison. It’s that frantic …
Track: Interpol – “The Weekend” plus tour news.
For those of us who subscribed to the NME religiously throughout the noughties, you couldn’t forget the resurrection of post-punk in popular music. Post-punk revival, as it was termed, was almost ubiquitous in the pages of music magazines and fervently blogged about in the burgeoning blogosphere. One band that captured the attention of many like …
Track: DIAMOND HEAD “Death By Design” and new album news
BRITISH HEAVY METAL ICONS DIAMOND HEAD ANNOUNCE SECOND SINGLE AND VIDEO: “DEATH BY DESIGN” Diamond Head – the Stourbridge, England born New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers – return to the world stage with a new album, set for release May 24thvia Silver Lining Music. The Coffin Trainis at once fresh and exuberant while …
See: Julia Shapiro – A Couple Highs
Taken from Chastity Belt singer / guitarist Julia Shapiro’s debut solo album Perfect Vision, the second track she’s revealed from the album so far ‘A Couple Highs, has been given some new visuals, courtesy of director Claire Buss. A Couple Highs is slow but gritty, with guitars fraying at the edges, and Shapiros vocal on …
Track: The Van T’s – Control
The Van T’s get set to dominate the airwaves again with powerful new single ‘Control’. ‘Control’ (out now via Big Indie Records and listen below), is another sucker punch of a single from The Van T’s. The Glasgow quartet – Chloe Van Thompson (vocals, guitar), Hannah Van Thompson (vocals, guitar), Joanne Forbes (bass) and Shaun …
See: Yizzy reveals new animated video for Freeze ft. Devilman
Lewisham MC is becoming something of a grime torchbearer, talking up the scene to just about anyone of influence that will listen. More than that this ugh, he’s also becoming one of its most important protagonists as new single Freeze demonstrates, taken from his forthcoming Grime Street EP, out on June 7th via DMY Of …
EP: Julien Jabre – Samana
French producer Julien Jabre has gone back to his own Elias imprint for the release of his new EP, Samana, out on vinyl on May 13th. After releasing music on the Basic Recordings and Versatile labels, Jabre decided to make a comeback to the label he set up in 2003 following the reissue of ‘Stand …
Track: BABii – Carniivore
Margate singer-songwriter BABii has released a new track, Carniivore, ahead of her debut album Hiide (you see the double ii thing going on, right?) which comes out on July 5th via Deathwaltz Originals. Produced by uber-producer Adrian Sherwood, BABii makes this sort of smoky electronic pop/R&B, Sherwood does a shine and polish job on the …