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Album Review: Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa

Album cover for Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa

Austin, Texas rock’n’rollers Spoon have released their 10th album – Lucifer on the Sofa – on Matador Records and it’s a blistering, thumping, rocking album that Spoon lovers will adore and those new…

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Track: Perth’s Great Gable’s new single ‘Our Love’ is a gliding, soaring slice of sparkling sunshine. Plus tour news.

‘Our Love’, the new single from Westerns Australia’s Great Gable, eases through the consciousness like a bird gliding through a cloudless blue sky: the sparse and evocative music fluttering and…

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News: The legendary Killing Joke are back with new EP ‘Lords Of Chaos’ and lead off with the scything and visceral title track and news of UK tour.

There is surely a patent for the distinctive Killing Joke sound – the visceral scything guitars, the urgent emotive vocals of Dr Jaz Coleman and the infectious mix of goth,…

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Track: Sydney punksters Fangz bare all in their new thumping slice of punky pop ‘Falling Is Pretty Normal’ and announce Australian tour.

Like an unleashed hungry junkyard dog, Fangz are heading straight for your jugular – a unrelenting wall of thumping pumping punky rock blasting like a tornado through your head in…

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News: Amigo The Devil Adds Additional Dates For Spring 2022 UK Tour

Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) has just added extra live dates in London and Manchester to his upcoming UK tour, with previously announced shows on 29th March and 1st…

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PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022

She closed 2021 with the original version of this song and we’ve gotta say, the rework is just as good, if not better. If MuMu – the New York-based Madeline…

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Live Review: The Clockworks / Cheap Teeth / Niches (IVW)- The Factory, Worthing 02.02.2022 plus gallery

What an absolute joy to see gigs back up and down the country to celebrate Independent Venue Week for 2022. I travelled to The Factory in Worthing to see The…

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Album Review: Johnossi – Mad Gone Wild

If you’ve not heard of Johnossi before, the Swedish rock duo – consisting of guitarist/vocalist John Englebert and drummer Ossi Bonde – are already six albums and a Grammy Award…

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Album Review: Visceral, free-form electronic perfection: Sea Change’s new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ drops tomorrow via Shapes Recordings

The highly anticipated new album from Norwegian producer and singer Sea Change, ‘Mutual Dreaming’, is set for release this Friday through Shapes Recordings. Sea Change is the project of Norway’s…

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Track: The deliciously possessed Bandicoot release another triumphant single ‘Monster’ – a ‘B’ side to a special edition 7″ vinyl of ‘FUZZY’, and unveil a live video in the lead up to the release of their debut album.

There is always a frisson of heady excitement when Bandicoot are on the prowl. We premiered their demonic video to the track ‘FUZZY’ last year and reviewed a number of…

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Album Review: Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa

Track: Perth’s Great Gable’s new single ‘Our Love’ is a gliding, soaring slice of sparkling sunshine. Plus tour news.

News: The legendary Killing Joke are back with new EP ‘Lords Of Chaos’ and lead off with the scything and visceral title track and news of UK tour.

Track: Sydney punksters Fangz bare all in their new thumping slice of punky pop ‘Falling Is Pretty Normal’ and announce Australian tour.

News: Amigo The Devil Adds Additional Dates For Spring 2022 UK Tour

PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022

Live Review: The Clockworks / Cheap Teeth / Niches (IVW)- The Factory, Worthing 02.02.2022 plus gallery

Album Review: Johnossi – Mad Gone Wild

Album Review: Visceral, free-form electronic perfection: Sea Change’s new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ drops tomorrow via Shapes Recordings

Track: The deliciously possessed Bandicoot release another triumphant single ‘Monster’ – a ‘B’ side to a special edition 7″ vinyl of ‘FUZZY’, and unveil a live video in the lead up to the release of their debut album.