Music
News : The Cadillac Three UK Tour dates
There’s a new wave of country music coming, harking back to bands like Alabama, ZZ Top and Skynyrd. A southern fried rock sound, based on monster riffs, catchy songs and loud live performances. Described as “The house band at a beer-soaked monster truck rally.” by Rolling Stone, as well as having their track White Lightning …
New Music: Emporium – The Uninvited
Scottish indie poppers Emporium have been making music since 1998, when recording began on their first album A Fine Fine Line. Sporadic releases have appeared over the course of the intervening 18 years, and the bands new single ‘The Uninvited’, out on February 5th is taken from the bands forthcoming album ‘The Electric Emporium’. It …
NEWS: Bullet For My Valentine Announce UK Tour
Bullet For My Valentine are coming back to the UK! What will be little over a year after their last UK tour, they will be tearing it up again across November and December- kicking things off in Newport. On their last tour, in support of their fifth album Venom which was released last summer, Bullet …
Album review: The Long Ryders – Final Wild Songs
If the Flying Burritos invented country rock then the Long Ryders pretty much created Americana so it was always bizarre there was no decent retrospective of their impressive back catalogue. Now they have courtesy of Cherry Red who have pulled together a four CD box set with tracks selected by singer/guitarist Sid Griffin and bassist …
News: The Cult announce UK tour to accompany 10th Studio album
February see’s The Cult, one of Britain’s most influential rock bands, return with their 10th studio album “Hidden City” and a nationwide 10 date tour. Originally starting out as The Southern Death Cult in 1981, Ian Astbury and co. were at the forefront of a new scene and helped pave a way for gothic rock to …
Album Review : NZCA Lines : Infinite Summer
It is the far future, a dying sun pushes the planet ever closer to extinction. In the mega-city of Cairo-Athens, earth embraces the coming destruction with a non-stop party in the ever-increasing warmth. It’s not a new Young Adult sci-fi trilogy, it’s the concept behind the Infinite Summer album, from NZCA Lines. Opening with a …
News: UFO reveal new details abou Live Sightings
In their 47 year career UFO have carved out a reputation for being one of the most stage-hardened bands, and while their commercial peak was the late ’70s / early ’80s, their last three studio albums have all charted here in the UK, and they remain a substantial live draw with a loyal and dedicated …
Album Review: Promise and The Monster – Feed the Fire
As someone that written album reviews for over a decade, I’ve learned to accept that there are some reviews which just don’t come easy. Sometimes because it’s difficult to put into words just how mind-fryingly amazing some music is. Or sometimes it’s the flip of that, where there are no words strong enough for you …
Say Psych: Playlist 1/2016
Here’s the first playlist of the year. Mostly new stuff that I been turned on to, but a couple of oldies too. Hope you enjoy it. Wet Grave by Henge “It’s not an easy listen from this London-based four piece, anything worthwhile rarely is, but it is very rewarding. Here Henge have taken acid-psychedelic-noise-sludge-punk …
Album Review: Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor
Panic! At The Disco have never shied away from the weird and the wonderful, every album has an electrifying creative spark and a wonderfully eclectic musical image. Ten years on from their delightfully emo debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out, now virtually a solo band as the CD booklet says “Panic! At The Disco …