Music
Track: Tuff Love – Carbon
Ahead of the Glasgow duos EP ‘Dregs’, out tomorrow (6th November), Tuff Love have shared what could be their most refined track to dates with Carbon. The band, probably not coincidentally, have a handful of live dates starting tonight at Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik and taking in The Harley here in Sheffield and Dalston Victorian …
Feature: The UK Free Festival Scene, 1986 – 1992
These days there is a plethora of festivals, from huge expensive ones (Glastonbury) to smaller more affordable ones (Green Man, Wicker Man), but I don’t know of many (if any) free festivals. The term itself conjures up images of halcyon days back in the sixties, of hippies sat in circles, nudity and free love. But …
EP: United Fruit – Nightmare Recovery
United Fruit have made a triumphant return with their exhilarating new EP. This band are no strangers to creating a lot of noise, having gained a reputation as an unrelenting live act – touring with bands like Twin Atlantic and The Twilight Sad and being a part of the DIY and Dr Martens sponsored #StandForSomething …
Track: Spookyland – Bullimic
New Play It Again Sam signings Spookyland follow their performance at Lollapalooza with a new single, Bulimic, ahead of their forthcoming debut album. The Sydney rockers entered Conor Oberst’s Nebraskan recording studio, Another Recording Company to begin work on their debut full-length effort, and Bulimic is an early indication of how that record is going …
Track: The Suicide Of Western Culture – ‘Amor de Madre’
In anticipation of their latest album, “Long Live Death! Down With Intelligence!”, Spanish electronic duo The Suicide Of Western Culture have released a brand new single. The track entitled ‘Amore de Madre’ encapsulates everything about the bands sound featuring brooding drones, melancholic melodies and hard hitting drums. As the opener for the bands third album ‘Amore …
Track: The Crookes – I Wanna Waste My Time On You (Plus Tour Dates)
Do you remember The Crookes? Well, forget everything. The Sheffield boys are back, narrating their lives with vibrant melodies and wistful metaphors, saturating their stories with vivid colour. ‘I Wanna Waste My Time On You’ is the first single to be taken from their upcoming record Lucky Ones, introducing us to a new chapter of their lives …
Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Teens Of Style
I recently read a rather poignant article over at Pitchfork about Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous. In it they talked about when he’d write a song that was deemed to “poppy” by his inner critic he’d add sonic grime over top to dirty it up. He’d also use $20 junk yard mics to record his vocals with …
See: Field Studies release video for ‘Fear on the Rise’
Out right now is Fear on the Rise, the brand new single from Nottingham four piece Field Studies. Despite their youth, the band have already supported Girl Band on tour, as well as appearing at this years Dot to Dot festival and Glastonbury and picking up the support fo the likes of Huw Stephens and …
Track: Jodie Abacus – Halfway to Mexico
Following on from his debut single ‘Good Feeling’, London based soul singer Jodie Abacus has released a new track, Halfway to Mexico. He’s already won support from the likes of BBC1Xtra as he marries R&B with golden age funk for something that sounds fresh and relevant. Produced by Royce Wood Junior, Halfway to Mexico opens …
See: Ezra Furman releases video for ‘Body was made’/announces November and February live dates
Following on from the release of his brilliant album Perpetual Motion People, Ezra Furman has released a new video for the single Body Was Made, about which Furman says “Body Was Made is a protest song against the people and forces that would make me ashamed of my body, my gender and my sexuality. Its …