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Album Review: Lucy Rose -Work it Out
Lucy Rose has moved on since the release of her folk fuelled debut album Like I Used To. While her vocals continue to have a distinctly delicate sound anyone who describes new album, Work It Out, in the same way isn’t giving the 26 year old singer-songwriter the credit she’s due. This is an album …
Track: The Hanging Stars – The House on the Hill
Featuring members of The See See and Dan Michelson and the Coastguards, London quintet The Hanging Stars are a collective as much as a band, and have brought their own brand of rootsy, swampy psychedelia to bear on their debut album, tentatively titled Over a Silvery Lake. From it comes a new song, ‘The House …
Album Review: Halsey – ‘Badlands’
It’s a rare thing to find an album that is a complete experience, where it’s emotions, themes and atmosphere jump right out of the audio and leave you with the knowledge that you’ve felt something as opposed to just hearing it. The debut album from Halsey is exactly that. There’s going to be artist comparisons …
Track: Primetime – Anyway
Following on from their self titled EP which dropped on La Vida Es Un last Summer, Londons messy punks Primetime are back with a new song, ‘Anyway’, recorded by Lindsay Corstorphine of Sauna Youth and Primitive Parts. Anyway slithers away with this punk lilt, it describes issues of letting go and gleefully losing your mind. …
Say Psych: New Music – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula by Teeth of the Sea
Teeth of the Sea are, for me, one of the most innovative and exciting bands around. They are band whose live performances can have me both up on my feel dancing, and can move me to tears. The band’s output is in turn dramatic and expansive, yet can also be intimate and gentle. To me …
Premiere: Fighting Caravans – Tyrannosaur
We caught onto Leeds five piece alt-rockers Fighting Caravans early, after they played for us at one of our backseat mafia presents shows, and we could spot straight away that they had something rather special. Given that, we’re delighted to be able to premiere Tyrannosaur, taken from their debut EP Beasts of England, out on …
Tour News: Prides announce Autumn 2015 UK tour dates
If you haven’t heard of Prides by now then I’d have to wonder what kind of rock you’ve been living under. The synth-pop band released their debut album The Way Back Up in July, reaching #24 in the UK album charts, then headed out to T in the Park, Belladrum, and Reading and Leeds festivals …
EP: Dario D’Attis – This Piano, That Chord EP
Italian producer Dario D’Attis has already had some success, releasing records through labels such as Hive Audio, Nervous Records and SSOH, but his new EP ‘This Piano, That Chord’ Is set to surpass those, as when it comes out (September 15th) it appears on the most iconic of house labels, Strictly Rhythm. The EP features …
New Music: Brooklyn’s Grumby release the breathtaking electronic soul of Refuse
Out on 15th September is the debut EP from Brooklyn based duo Grumb. Titled ‘Changes’, the pair have worked with a host of talented vocalists on the EP, including Lindsay Lowend, Hollywood Anderson, Heavy Mellow, Abbi Press, Tristan Chase and Cautious Clay. Ahead of its release, the duo have released a preview in the shape …
Track: TRAAMS – Succulent Thunder Anthem
If you liked Chichester post-punk trio TRAAMS first album Grin (lets face it, a lot of people did) then it looks like you’ll love Modern Dancing, the bands second long player, out 13th November via FatCat Records. Produced by MJ of the Hookworms, who is frankly a magician, and a busy one at that, the …