News: Doom Sessions split with Conan and Deadsmoke coming on Heavy Psych Sounds Records
Leading cult and fuzz rock label Heavy Psych Sounds proudly announce the launch of their ‘Doom Sessions’ split series, featuring bands from the Heavy Psych Sounds roster plus some of the heaviest bands from the international doom scene. Each volume will host two bands, the start of VOL. I will make Italy’s kings of slowness, Deadsmoke, and UK’s heavy riff masters Conan. …
Track: Atavist – Loss
UK Doom quartet Atavist have released ‘Loss’, the second single taken from their new album, III: Absolution, out 19th June via Candlelight Records. ‘Loss’ follows the single ‘Self Realisation’, which was released earlier this year. Reformed in 2017 after a ten year hiatus, Atavist, triumphantly return in 2020 with a brand new studio album. Titled ‘III: Absolution’, the album will be released via Candlelight Records on 19th …
Track: City Rose new single – Sextons Call and announce news of debut EP.
Australian punk band City Rose are set to release their new single ’Sextons Call’ on June 5th via Third Coming Records. Along with this news the band have also announced the release of their self titled debut EP due June 19th via Third Coming Records ‘Sextons Call’ kicks off loud and proud with fuzzed up wall …
Album Review: -(16)- return to form with Dream Squasher
-(16)- return with their new album, Dream Squasher this month via Relapse Records. A testament to the power of loss, every moment of Dream Squasher casts the San Diego band into new, deeper depths. “A conscious effort was made to inject positivity into the lyrical themes,” guitarist and lead vocalist Bobby Ferry explains. “The best we could come up …
Track: Stereolith – Stuffy Air
‘Stuffy Air’ is the first release from the debut album ‘Escape Velocity’ by the stoner rock quartet ‘Stereolith’ set to be released on July 3rd, via Barhill / Cargo. Being on the punk rock end of the stoner spectrum these guys have something about them that’s not just heavily repetitive riffing. This is a great catchy …
See: New videos for ‘If You Run’ and ‘Move Together’ from Joshua Homme’s Desert Sessions Volumes 11 and 12 In Collaboration With New York Film Academy
Joshua Homme’s Desert Sessions collective is proud to unveil the first fruits of its expansion into visual collaboration: Homme’s recent meetings with students at the New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus have resulted in unique works by two filmmakers, each of whom was given a production budget to translate the music and lyrics of …
News: PJ Harvey – Entire Back Catalogue Reissued On Vinyl Also Release Of Dry-Demos
UMC/Island and Beggars today announce a comprehensive reissue campaign which will see PJ Harvey’s entire back catalogue – plus her two albums in collaboration with John Parish – released on vinyl over the next 12 months. For the first time, each of PJ Harvey’s album demos will be available as a stand-alone album on digital and vinyl. This catalogue …
Track: Herzog – Shadows
Herzog returns with the second month of their one song per month project, that will culminate in the release of the LP, Fiction Writer, next year via Exit Stencil Records. After releasing ‘I’m Being Replaced’ this month they share Shadows. About the song Nick commented, “Song two is entitled ‘Shadows’. This song is about the …
Track: We Are Scientists – I Cut My Own Hair
New York’s indie cult band We Are Scientists are back with a new single, ‘I Cut My Own Hair’ due 22nd May via 100% Records. The track is the first official release since 2018’s Megaplex album. It arrives at just the right moment, with people in lockdown around the world taking matters into their own hands and …
Track: Lamb Of God – Routes
Lamb Of God has released ‘Routes,’ the fourth single from their forthcoming self titled album out June 19 via Nuclear Blast, featuring a guest appearance from Testament vocalist Chuck Billy. ‘Routes’ was lyrically inspired by vocalist D. Randall Blythe’s time alongside native peoples at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota during the No DAPL movement. This protest, which began with just a few Native …