EP Review: Joe Ramsey – Making Notes
After teasing us with a string of singles, North East troubadour Joe Ramsey has finally released his EP ‘Making Notes’ Talking about the new EP, Joe shares: “The meaning behind ‘Making Notes’ is through both definitions. I felt the past 18 months or so (since the pandemic started) has changed my life for the better, …
Track: Malevolence – Life Sentence
After announcing their highly anticipated new album ‘Malicious Intent’ due 20th May via Nuclear Blast and sharing the first single ‘On Broken Glass’, Sheffields Malevolence are now sharing the second single from the album – ‘Life Sentence’. Malevolence front-man Alex Taylor stated: “Anyone that has followed us for a while knows that Malevolence is capable of delivering a fairly wide …
Tracks: H.E.A.T Announce New Album ‘Force Majeure’ And New Single ‘Nationwide’
Swedish Melodic rockers H.E.A.T have announced their new studio album ‘Force Majeure’ due 5th August via ear Music. The band have shared the video for the first track ‘Nationwide’ to be taken from the album. The band is back with original singer Kenny Leckremo on the lead vocals. A slice of good old fashioned hair metal. Loud and proud with jaw-dropping …
News: Strange Waves V At The O2 Ritz, Manchester 01.04.2022
South London’s Dry Cleaning are set to headline Strange Waves V at the O2 Ritz, Manchester. Promoters Strange Days and Now Wave have joined forces to offer an exclusive event being held at The O2 Ritz over two stages. Joining Dry Cleaning will be Sunflower Bean, W. H. Lung, The Lounge Society, Audiobooks, Honeyglaze, Melts and Prima Queen. The …
Track: Enslaved – Bounded by Allegiance (Live)
Enslaved have released the video for the single ‘Bounded by Allegiance – Live’ originally from their ground-breaking album ‘Isa’ (2004). This version is a live recording from their streaming event ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience’. A new avant-garde interpretation of the song, featuring psychedelic Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant. Frontman Grutle Kjellson stated: “So here’s a little memory from last year’s …
Meet: Millie from Millie Manders And The Shutup
Millie and the band have been busy preparing for the Less Than Jake tour, and their own headline tour in June. The band have created a GoFundMe campaign to help get a new van for the tour (after their previous one gave up the ghost) Give us a potted history of you and your band …
News: The Lovely Eggs UK Tours Dates
The Lovely Eggs do not give up. Ever. The proudly independent Northern psychedelic punk rock duo have now, since the beginning of the pandemic, rescheduled the tour originally intended to promote the release in April 2020 of their ‘I Am Moron’ album, a staggering seven times. Now, they can finally return to the stage in …
News: Clutch Announce UK Tour Nov-Dec 2022
The ever excellent, groove masters Clutch have announced their return to the UK, as part of an extensive European trek this winter. The UK dates will bookend the tour in two legs, kicking off in Glasgow on November 11th for five UK dates before traversing Europe, returning for another five in December to wrap up at London’s …
Track: Ready, Steady, Die! – Kiss It
Ready, Steady Die! are a British-American electronic music duo comprising New York-based Morgan Visconti and London-based Sam K. The duo have released the lead single ‘Kiss It’ from their second album ‘Accidents’ on March 11th. Ready, Steady Die! explain the inspiration behind the video for ‘Kiss It’: “We were delighted to work with Director Max …
Track: Ibaraki – Rōnin (Feat Gerard Way And Ihsahn)
Trivium singer and guitarist Matthew Kiichi Heafy has shared another song from ‘Rashomon’, the long-awaited and much-anticipated album from his Ibaraki project. ‘Rōnin’ features My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way and Ihsahn (Emperor) “‘A rōnin is a masterless warrior.” elaborates Kiichi. “The final two full compositions on Rashōmon see a significant shift musically. The album as a whole – with the exception of the intro and outro – is …