Music
Track: Lucaléy – Dance to the Drum of Our Hearts
Copenhagen based duo Lucaléy, aka Bo Karlsson and Ea Philippa Tange describe their new track, Dance to the Drum of our Hearts as being about “Daring to be who you really are and follow your deepest longing no matter what the outside world may think of it. Follow your own path in life even though …
See: The Chills reveal video for new single “When the poor can reach the Moon”
Legendary Kiwi indie rockers The Chills rewound the clock when they released their extremely well received album, Silver Bullets earlier in the year, their first for 20 years. Taken from the album, the band are releasing a new single “When the Poor Can Reach The Moon” via Fire Records on 11th December, and if its …
Track: Biscuits for Bears – Vanity Dare
Biscuits for Bears are from Cambridgeshire and consist of Ben Kingsbury (guitar, vocals) Gaz Jones (the drums) Hollywood Sparks (bass, vocals) Richard Van Archer (guitar, vocals). They’ve been honing their craft and supporting bands and artists such as Andy Cairns, The Nightingales and Allusondrugs, for the last year, and have headed into the studio, the …
Say Psych: Album Review, Drone Jams Vol. 1 by Space Spectrum
The jam is something that seems to be missing in much of mainstream music these days. I am not saying that it was ever that prevalent, but there have been times when musicians just got up and played; just to see where it would take them. This, of course, would be an anathema to most …
Album Review: Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete
It’s not often that I can’t think of the words to describe an album. I can usually scrounge up enough vernacular to create a pretty good idea of what’s in between the grooves. But with Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, and his newest album Garden of Delete, it can be quite perplexing to paint a …
Album Review: Parquet Courts – Monastic Living EP
Parquet Courts, the Indie Rock band hailing from New York City, have been trolling the musical community for about a year now since releasing their last album under the moniker ‘Parkay Quarts’. Before that, the band released two excellent albums, Light Up Gold and Sunbathing Animal, and one exciting EP, Tally All The Things That …
See: Industrial overlords 3TEETH premiere video for Slavegod
3TEETH ,the industrial four piece out of L.A that made a big impression with their self titled debut back in 2014, have somehow found time to produce new material despite extensive touring. Slave God is their newest offering, an atmospheric and nightmarish affair of synth, guitars and noise blended together with Alexis Mincolla’s distorted vocals …
Psych Insight: 20 Essential Psych Albums 2015
Following the overwhelming feedback from last year’s Psych Insight ‘Essential Psych‘ list, Adam Harmsworth of Drone Rock Records and myself have embarked on the mammoth task of getting a list together for 2015. Once again it has been hugely difficult to settle on a final 20 albums which are a reflection and representative of the amount of quality …
Live Review: Judas Priest, Wolverhampton 26.11.15
Leather, Spikes and Roaring Motorbikes! So where to start reviewing such Legends of metal? After numerous changes (how many drummers?) and constant evolution of their sound over 45 years the Midland Metal Gods are making a return to their homelands, and what could be better? With Black Sabbaths “War Pigs”, blasted to introduce the band, …
Not Forgotten: The Magnetic Fields – Distortion
Following up arguably the greatest triple album in the history of popular song must have taken it’s toll on Stephin Merritt, but with 2004’s i being as conceptually smart-arse as it’s predecessor, if somewhat less of an epic investment in time, it was becoming obvious that Merritt was getting fond of themes in general. So …