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News: Nemophila To Release Debut Album ‘Oiran – Extended Edition’ Exclusively Outside Of Japan
Japan’s Nemophila are set to expand on their first single ‘Oiran’ into a full album outside of Japan. Entitled ‘Oiran – Extended Edition’ the album is due 25th June via JPU records. The album will include their debut single Oiran, all of its B-sides, as well as the band’s entire catalogue to date. It’s the first time the …
News: Chemical Brothers release ‘The Darkness That You Fear’: Will headline Creamfields this year
The Chemical Brothers have released their first new music in two years – single The Darkness That You Fear – along with exciting news that they’ve been confirmed as 2021 festival headliners. The new song is their first since the No Geography track Eve of Destruction was released to coincide with a massive 2019 tour. …
Track: Melbourne’s Oceans unveils the shimmering track ‘Break My Fall’ and announces the release of EP and launch
Melbournite Thomas Lee works under the name Oceans and his new single ‘Break My Fall’ is an immersive and delicious track with subtle switches between a shoegaze drone and a dreamy pop fugue. Lee’s voice haunts in the distance beneath a simmering razor-sharp guitar and synth wash, infused with a detached melancholia and indelible melodies. …
News: Jupiter Hollow Reschedule Live Streams Due To Covid; Offer Free Digital Download of New Album ‘Bereavement’
Toronto, ON based Jupiter Hollow, announce they will be cancelling their planned live stream tour dates for April and May due to the Ontario government’s Covid 19 lockdown to prevent the increasing spread of the virus in the province. The band comments: “It is with heavy hearts that we must announce our formal cancelling of all remaining Phase …
See: Lime Cordiale release official video for ‘No Plans to Make Plans’ + Australian Tour
Gearing up for their biggest ever Australian tour this October, Lime Cordiale have unveiled the official video for new single No Plans to Make Plans via Chugg Music. A visually vintage jaunt, the Leimbach brothers – accompanied by Summer Kane – go up against their alternate, evil selves ‘Oscar and Leroy Slimebach’ in the clip, directed …
Track: Tyne-James Organ continues to shine with the shimmering, poignant new single ‘London Calling’, and announces tour dates
Tyne-James Organ’s previous single this year, the delightful ‘Sunday Suite’, was a perfect fit – filled with sunshine and melody highlighting Organ’s sparkling vocals (read our review here). The follow up to this is just as terrific. ‘London Calling’ dons a parachute to slow down the descent but nonetheless is an epic delight: a reflective …
News: Darkthrone Announce Details On Their New Album ‘Eternal Hails’
Norway’s Darkthrone have announced the release of their 19th album ‘Eternal Hails’ due 25th June via Peaceville records. Since forming in 1986 as Black Death in Kolboton, Norway, Darkthrone have been masters of their art. Dropping the death metal of 1991’s Soulside Journey debut album in favour of a more primitive, black metal sound on the following …
Track: Pacific Avenue pour some brilliant sunshine into their new track ‘Easy Love’ and announce Australia wide headline tour
There is a sparkling seventies sunshine feel to the new single by NSW South Coast band Pacific Avenue that emanates pure golden rays. Layered harmonies, arcing guitars and a powerful melody serve to illuminate this track: bolstered by one of those guitar solos that pop and strut around with attitude. Singer Harry O’Brien says of …
NEWS: Mannequin Pussy confront airbrushed lives on title track from forthcoming new EP, ‘Perfect’
We’re now less than four weeks away from Philadelphians Mannequin Pussy‘s next move: the trio’s first collection of new material in nearly two years called Patience. The 5-song EP features lead single ‘Control’, released last month, and four other new songs, among which is its fiery title track. The knowingly ostentatious video is below, directed …
Meet: We chat with the legendary Ed Kuepper (The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Aints) about his long and distinguished career, setting parameters as an artist and continually learning.
To celebrate a stunning 45 years in the industry, the legendary songwriter and guitarist Ed Kuepper has announced the release of three LPs that celebrate his post The Saints years as a solo artist and with the Laughing Clowns and The Aints, as well as news of an Australia wide tour in June and July. …