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TRACK: Ritual Cloak – ‘Opaque Crater’: brooding post-rock soundscapes from Cardiff

CARDIFF duo Ritual Cloak is the meeting of Daniel Barnett, formerly of Samoans, and drummer and producer Andrew Sanders, in which musical space between them they find some pretty beguiling,…

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SEE: Raine Hamilton – ‘Brave Land’: gorgeous chamber bluegrass tune launches new album; live-streamed show tonight

RAINE HAMILTON, the chamber-folk artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, grew up in musical family and learned her chops early; in fact, her parents met in a rock band in the 1970s…

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News: Alt-Metal Band Vexed Sign Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records

One of the rising alt-metal bands ‘Vexed’. have just signed an official worldwide record deal with Austrian rock and metal label Napalm Records. Born in March 2019, the band create heavy groove…

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Album Review: Josh Thorpe’s album ‘Love & Weather’ is a blistering delight.

We proudly premiered the video of ‘Down to the Ground’ last week by Glaswegian-based artist and musician Josh Thorpe, and the excitement caused by this single is only exceeded by…

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IFFR Review: The Cemil Show

While America has Hollywood and India has Bollywood, Turkey contents itself with Yeşilçam. Between the 1950s and 1970s (known as the Yeşilçam era) it was churning out hundreds of films…

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NEWS: The Armed announce new album ‘ULTRAPOP’, share live video for new track ‘ALL FUTURES’ and October tour dates

Opening a new chapter in their 12-year career, Detroit hardcore collective The Armed – who signed to Sargent House in 2019 – make their return today with revelations aplenty. In…

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Premiere: Arnan Raz releases new single, 7 Days

Arnan Raz, member of the ‘The Side Project’, and acclaimed Saxopohonist, has drafted in an eclectic band made up of Saxophonist Eyal Hai (NY/Israel) trumpet player Hillel Salem (NY/Israel), Percussionists…

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Premiere: Meril Wubslin release the melancholy indie-folk of C’est Faux

Out on Friday via Geneva label Bongo Joe Records is the new album from Meril Wubslin, Alors quoi. They’re the brainchild of Swiss indie royalty, Velma guitarist-songwriter Christian Garcia-Gaucher and…

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Premiere: VED – ‘The Embrace of the Oarfish’: a wondrous brew of repetitive psych

SWEDEN’S VED, the Malmöit five-piece who have thus far released three EPs and three albums, concoct a similarly wondrous brew of Middle Eastern, krautrock, and psychedelia to the Swedish bands…

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NEWS: Ty Segall and Cory Hanson issue ‘She Is A Beam’ 10″ on Drag City; hear the lead track

CAST your mind back to the good old days of 2015. Y’know, gigs, pints, going anywhere. Good times. We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto. Way back then, fuzzmeister Ty Segall…

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TRACK: Ritual Cloak – ‘Opaque Crater’: brooding post-rock soundscapes from Cardiff

SEE: Raine Hamilton – ‘Brave Land’: gorgeous chamber bluegrass tune launches new album; live-streamed show tonight

News: Alt-Metal Band Vexed Sign Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records

Album Review: Josh Thorpe’s album ‘Love & Weather’ is a blistering delight.

IFFR Review: The Cemil Show

NEWS: The Armed announce new album ‘ULTRAPOP’, share live video for new track ‘ALL FUTURES’ and October tour dates

Premiere: Arnan Raz releases new single, 7 Days

Premiere: Meril Wubslin release the melancholy indie-folk of C’est Faux

Premiere: VED – ‘The Embrace of the Oarfish’: a wondrous brew of repetitive psych

NEWS: Ty Segall and Cory Hanson issue ‘She Is A Beam’ 10″ on Drag City; hear the lead track