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Feature: The Daybreakers Give Us A Track By Track Of Debut Album ‘Get Through This & Live’
Can you give us the background to the record We formed late 2019 and built this buzz and played around Europe as well as running a successful monthly at the troubadour in London, that was attended by various celebs, we got in the studio December 2019 then a few months later lockdown came and we …
Feature: Chavez Cartel Give Us A Track By Track Of New EP Man’s Best Friend
Can you give us the background to the record? We recorded the EP during lockdown I think it was May 2021. We’d been remaining as active as we could be through the isolation period but the inconsistencies and lack of opportunities almost broke us. We were really pushing our sound at the time and we …
Feature: Metal Band Motions Give Us A Track By Track Of Self Titled Debut Album Out Now
We didn’t set out to write an album. It happened so organically and naturally that before we knew it we had 70% of an album written and recorded, so by that point it just felt like the right thing to do. What were you aiming for with the record Honestly, just putting out the best …
Feature: Seafoam Green Give Us A Track By Track Of Their Brand New EP Yesterdays Wine
Dave O’Grady and Murieann McDermott Long run us through each track on their new EP ‘Yesterdays Wine’. Read our review of the EP here Yesterday’s Wine Yesterday’s Wine’ is an electrifying track that cuts through to the listener. A trippy and rockin’ adventure with a nostalgic yet modern sound. Big guitars and even bigger voices …
Feature: The John Street Revival’s Chris Insley Gives Us A Track By Track Of Their New Album
With Phil back with us on drums but still with Tom the stand in at that point, we headed into the studio. Chris our new bassist hadn’t been with us too long at this point but hit the ground running learning some of our older tracks and all the new album tracks while making the …
Feature: Television Supervision Give Us A Track By Track Of Their Recent EP
With every release our goal as songwriters stays consistent- we want to invigorate listeners while showcasing our diversity. We push ourselves to find new sounds while keeping our roots intact and focus on tapping into current experiences. At the time of the Mavericks production we were in such a weird place, having signed to an …
Live Review: Grauzone Festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 10-12 February 2023
Grauzone Festival’s 10th anniversary took place last weekend in the heart of The Hague, Netherlands. Grauzone aims to present a diverse and cutting-edge programme where music, film and art complement each other. It features young talent as well as established names rooted in or influenced by the underground music scene from new wave, electronic to …
Meet: Is this all there is? An interview with Steve Kilbey (The Church) on the new album ‘The Hypnogogue’, the US tour, being a stand-up comedian and the temporal nature of existence.
The Church – a veritable and venerated music institution – are about to release their new and much anticipated album ‘The Hypnogogue’. The band celebrated its 40 years as an entity in 2020. I caught up with singer, songwriter, bass player and spiritual leader Steve Kilbey on the eve of the album’s release and on …
Album Review: MAX RAD Shares Electronic Masterpiece ‘Joy Wonder’
Producer, songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist MAX RAD shares his stunning debut album Joy Wonder. A collection of 9 swelling, musically rich, overtly experimental and always bright an melodic electronic soundscapes which move between IDM instrumentals and others which feature his own silky vocal tones, MAX demonstrates his unwavering musicality and an ability to craft entrancing, …
Track By Track: Muenster Talks Us Through His New Album ‘Muenstervision Presents:Ian’
Hip-Hop creative Muenster shares his brilliant new album Muenstervision Presents:Ian. A sprawling, hypnotic and thought provoking collection tracks melding elements of jazz, Hip-Hop and atmospheric electronics, the album sonically covered a lot of ground whilst capturing an essence of classic 90s Hip-Hop. Muenster’s ever tight flow and honest, at times emotive and always intense and …