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EP: Paradise Range – ‘Songs for Edie S.’
“Inspired by the rise and fall of the beautiful Edie Sedgwick.” So says the liner notes on this latest EP release from Paradise Range, a band rooted in the Thuringian green heart of Germany. Paradise Range excel at crafting their unique blend of “electronic psych rock”. Michael Böerner (MPC 2000, Guitar, Efx) and Lucas Hotop (Organ, …
Track The Wainwright Sisters – Lullaby
Montreal’s Martha Wainwright comes from Canadian musical royalty, being the daughter of Kate McGarrigle and sister of Rufus Wainwright. She and her American half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche have released an album of lullabies, some of them a little twisted. “Lullaby” is gentle and beautiful, but with lines like “Shut up and count some sheep/Do me …
EP: JOHN – Validation
Fancy something heavy and riff-y this Christmas? Duo, JOHN, have just released their gritty second EP, Validation, and it’s more than worthy of going on your Christmas list this year. JOHN are exactly what they say on the tin, sort of. They’re a duo made up of two members both called John and a love …
Track: NZCA Lines – Two Hearts
NZCA Lines have released another track “Two Hearts” from their forthcoming Infinte Summer album. While the previous track Persephone’s Dream was an unsettling seven minute slow-burn (until the marimba kicked in anyway), Two Hearts thumps in on a solid bass beat before rising towards an euphoric crescendo, all in three minutes. According to the band’s Michael …
New Music : The She’s & The Dry Spells split 7″
The split 7″ has to be one of the most compelling indie releases. Always worth a punt, even if you don’t like one side, the other side might blow you away. Most importantly, it should always give you a dilemma on where in your collection to file it. This one is from Empty Cellar records …
See: Josh Kemp reveals video for Leap of Faith
Josh Kemp is a hero. Well, sort of. He’s playing Nottingham’s legendary thief in Hood, a modern adaption of the medieval tale, produced by local media company Envision Productions. As well as playing the lead in the film, Josh has written and produced ‘Leap of Faith’, his latest single (which also features on Hood‘s soundtrack.) …
See: Tame Impala release new video for “The less I know the better”
It’s been a good week for Tame Impala having won 5 awards at the ARIA Awards, including album of the year and best group, adding another date at Alexandra Palace in London as part of their spring tour, and now releasing a new video for ‘The Less I know the better’, taken from their album …
Track: Nada Surf – Believe You’re Mine, plus new album news
March 4th next year will see the first album from Nada Surf as an expanded four piece, with Doug Gillard joining the trio of singer/guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot. Titled ‘You know who you are’, it’s their first since 2012, and went through some revisions, originally being scheduled for January. …
See: Wozniak release new visuals for Gospel of Infinity
As you will be well aware if you follow Backseat Mafia at all, Edinburgh’s Wozniak are one of our favourite bands around right now. Full of intensity and passion in their largely (but not totally) instrumental post-rock/shoegaze, they are managing to do something plough their own furrow rather successfully. Taken from their recent EP, Auster, …
See: TÜLIPS release new video for Perfect Love
Taken from L.A. quartet TÜLIPS recently released album Doom & Bloom which dropped last month via Lolipop Records, Perfect Love is a little under two minutes of ferocious, scuzzed up, messed up, garage pop. There’s plenty of the Riot Grrl about the ethos, but the melody is (almost) anything but – catchy, singalong almost. Just …