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Bright Phoebus – Lal and Mike Waterson
Bright Phoebus had become something of a ‘lost album’ cause celebre, with a growing campaign for this proper re-release over the last few years. Of course it’s difficult for a record to be truly lost these days. What with original copies, a few dodgy CD-R reissues and the access afforded by youtube, it was already …
News: Black Stone Cherry To Release Cover EP
Black Stone Cherry are set to release a new cover EP on September 29th titled Black To Blues. The 6 track EP is full of blues covers but all with the signature BSC hard country rock spin on it. The first track released to the world is a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s classic Built For …
VIDEO: FIRE(THE UNSTOPPABLE FORCE) – MAMA JAGUAR
There’s a reason they’re called FIRE (The Unstoppable Force), you know. What name would better reflect the apoplectic, incensed sound they project; the rough, unrefined grit; the way their music seems to set your ears ablaze? The flames of Warren Records’ Hull-hailing five-piece have been reaching new heights, what with the release of their eponymous …
SAY PSYCH: MAGIC SHOPPE – HIGH GOODBYE
Boston’s Magic Shoppe are back with their third release in 18 months with their latest EP High Goodbye, released on 17th June on Portland based label Little Cloud Records. They sprung to public prominence in February 2016 with Interstellar Car Crash EP and then debut LP Wonderland. Having garnered a reputation for their mesmerising live …
SAY PSYCH: MEET MELLOW GANG AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR DEBUT EP LAUNCH
London four piece Mellow Gang might just have provided the tripped out tune of the summer. Check out ‘Vendetta’, following on from their debut, ‘Lagoon (Solina)’, it’s a slice of summertime psych that will leave you dreaming the good stuff long into the warm night. However, dig a bit deeper and you’ll find a song …
SEE: SEXTILE – ONE OF THESE. First track from new album
When we first came across Sextile, we made no bones [at least I didn’t] in claiming they were one of the best bands we’d heard in…. well ever!!! Combining all the best elements, of all the best that the vast post-punk genre has to offer – think Jesus & Mary Chain, Siouxsie, Joy Divison, think …
Swans – Plug, Sheffield 21.05.2017
So this is it for the current incarnation of Swans. Back in 2010 they rode into a world that was replete with some quite dreary Americana and blew it apart. (OK, I’m talking about my world, but you know…) Not without irony, given Michael Gira’s role with Angels of Light and Young God records. My …
Maarja Nuut – Rich Mix, London 16.05.2017
To label Maarja Nuut an Estonian folk singer and fiddler would be to hugely understate what she does and might even miss the point entirely. There’s no doubt the tunes and bluntly dark folk tales of her homeland are at the heart of her performance but there’s all manner of other musical layers, especially when accompanied …
Album Review: The Radiophonic Workshop – Burials in Several Earths
Radiophonic Workshop, the hugely influential early proponents of electronic music and soundtrack architects are back with an evocative suite of synth improvisations. This is the first new music by the Workshop to see a commercial release since 1985 but it was well worth the wait, so lets hear from the source of what this …
See: The Fuckin’ Glorious release video for ‘Slice of Life’
Somethings in life are pretty damn good. Lot’s of music is pretty damn good. Admittedly some music is better than other music. But no matter what the time or where I find myself, I always fall soft for some good ol’ punk rock. Now much like music in general, there’s lots of damn fine punk …