Music
Album Review: United Bible Studies – ‘So As To Preserve The Mystery’
In an effort to maintain a balanced sense of perspective, it is necessary to flambé ones objective juices, to periodically take a trip outside of what is often mistakenly referred to as your, “comfort zone”. United Bible Studies‘ latest release, ‘So As To Preserve The Mystery’, could be construed as one such foray. I have …
See: PiL release video – The making of what the world needs now
PiL’s latest album, ‘What The World Needs Now’ has been very well received in all quarters. Hitting the official UK charts last week at No.29, the band have just released the behind the scenes film of the making of their self-funded long player. PiL will be touring extensively over the next few months. With dates …
See: Pinkshinyultrablash release video for kiddy pool dream, plus tour date news
Russian shoegaze outfit, Pinkshinyultrablast, keen to follow up the success of their debut album, “Everything Else Matters” ,release yet more bliss laden dream-pop on the world with latest single “Kiddy Pool Dreams”. For the video, the band have taken a fairly original approach and recorded peoples reactions, good and bad, to hearing the single through headphones… …
Album Review: Lloyd Cole – 1D electronics 2012-2014
The opportunity was there, no doubt, for Lloyd Cole to jump on the revival bandwagon. After all, the way he dropped literary references into his keenly observed tales of life and love were second only to a certain Stephen Morrissey at his height. However, his new record, 1D Electronics is, as the title suggests, a …
Gallery: Bring Me The Horizon Album Signing At HMV Sheffield 13.09.15
That’s The Spirit, the fifth studio album from Bring Me The Horizon finally dropped on Friday (11th Sept). The long-awaited album is currently sitting at the top of the UK album charts and come Sunday could possibly be their highest charting album worldwide to date. For a chance to interact with their fans and to …
Album Review: Evil Blizzard – Everybody Come To Church
Evil Blizzard, one of the slightly less conventional acts (and we’re not just talking about the masks) to grace the current music scene are all set to release there follow up to last years debut long player ‘The Dangers Of Evil Blizzard’. Recorded live in a single day at Magnetic North Studios, ‘Everybody Come To Church’ quite …
Backseat Mafia Podcast 007: Drusif
Podcast 7 comes from Drusif, a UK (Yorkshire) based DJ currently playing dub orientated tech house and techno. Influences include techno, tech house, breaks, drum & bass, psy-trance and progressive/deep house. If you would like to listen to this and other mixes by Drusif, follow him and check out his Mixcloud page. You can also …
Track: The Orielles – Joey Says We Got It, plus tour news
The Orielles are back with a brand new single thoroughly convince you that they’re worth your time. The infuriatingly young trio have consistently impressed us with their tracks – their previous single ‘Space Doubt’ was stuck in my head for days and they always put on a great live show. ‘Joey Says We Got It’ will …
News: Funeral For A Friend Announce Final Tour, The Last Chance To Dance
Funeral For A Friend have announced the Last Chance To Dance tour, that will take place next year from February to April. Covering everywhere from Australia to the UK, the band have also announced that this tour will be their last after fifteen years as a band. Vocalist Matt Davies-Kreye explained his feelings on this …
See: Longfellow release video for ‘Choose’
Independent record label Fierce Panda have been around for 21 years, supporting the likes of Death Cab For Cutie and The Crookes, and they’ve reached another milestone this September with the release of their 300th single. The celebratory landmark has been gifted to none other than London-based Longfellow with their song ‘Choose’, a soulful song …