Track: Fox Glove release the glittering alt-country of ’Roll On’
West Coast (Canada) trio, Fox Glove, give us a teaser from their upcoming new EP (Oct. 8th). The harmonies between the three singers are magical. This is alt country for non-country fans. Refreshingly modern, but at times it also evokes Lee Hazlewood’s ’60s.
Peter Hook And The Light, Picturedrome, Holmfirth, 19.09.2015
Poised to commence his legal action against The Other Three, Peter Hook bestrides the legacies of two seminal bands like some kind of a COLOSSUS; Joy Division and New Order. Tonight, it’s “Imperial”-period New Order and he’s playing their mid eighties albums “Low-life” and “Brotherhood.” For reasons that I won’t bore you with, I missed …
Film Review: Legend
“London in the 1960’s, everyone had a story about the Krays…” This first line of Legend harks back to Goodfellas’ infamous opener: “As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster”; And for good reason, as we are swept into a criminal underworld, in this case the East end, and the lives …
Album Review: Public Image Limited – What The World Needs Now…
’Can’t speak for the rest of the world but, certainly, I need this new Public Image Limited album in my life RIGHT NOW! Rotten and co extend their Third Coming with some new product and, in a lot of ways, it’s a continuation of 2012’s “This Is P.i.L.” Such a shame old John-Boy couldn’t convince …
News: We preview Reverence Valada Festival 2015
Tomorrow starts one of the most novel and exciting music events happening in Portugal at the moment, Reverence Valada Festival. After last year’s excellent first edition of the festival, expectations have been overcome with this year’s more ecclectic but equally fresh line up of artists who will be performing on the 27th, the 28th and …
Interview: The Mantells + new single ‘Payday Playboys’
Manchester 3-piece indie rockers The Mantells have been together for just over 18 months and have been very busy. Last year’s single ‘Men In Suits’ was well received by music bloggers and gig goers alike. Now back with the ‘Payday Playboys’ Ep, Nina Fritsch caught up with singer Tom Barrow to talk about the importance …
See: Du Blonde reveals new video for ‘Hunter’ + Tour dates
Photo credit: Alice Baxley Listening to Du Blonde’s recent LP “Welcome Back To The Milk”, it’s obvious that she’s come a long way in the three years since her debut ‘Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose’ (released under the name Beth Jeans Houghton and The Hooves Of Destiny). Her sound has become more raw, more varied and …
Live Review: Tess Parks + Anton Newcombe @ Oslo, London 18.07.15
As Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe’s “We Declare Nothing” tour hits the UK, Nina Fritsch finds out if the visionary Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman’s latest project still has what it takes to bring an audience to another level. This was nearly a homecoming gig for London-based Canadian artist Tess Parks. Anticipation hung strongly in the …
Album Review: Albert Hammond Jr – Momentary Masters
Albert Hammond Jr’s artistic work flows through his new material called Momentary Masters to be released in July 2015. The LA lead guitarist attended a Swiss boarding school during his younger days where he met the future Strokes singer Julian Casablancas (an absolute gem) and later attended New York University’s film school during the 90’s. …
Meet: Jah Wobble interview
How can you encapsulate the essence of the Jah Wobble experience for beginners and long-standing fans alike? The release of `Redux’ – a sumptuous six CD Boxset anthology, complete with mini-book of sleeve-notes – would be a pretty good start. Containing the old, new and reworked, it’s not the complete works of, but something of …