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SEE: Le Volume Courbe – ‘Fourteen Years’: Charlotte returns with brilliant quirkiness
WENDING my way through a particular tributary of my record collection the other day, I came across a lovely, lofi 7″, characterised by the mint and cream swirl artwork of Alan McGee’s post-Creation imprint, Poptones; it was Le Volume Courbe’s quirky folk tune, “Papillon De Nuit”, an idiosyncratic and alluring essay in pigeon coos, downhome …
SEE: Still Corners’ ‘The Last Exit’: Joshua Tree mystery preludes January album
STILL CORNERS have released the first song from their forthcoming fifth studio album, due for release on January 22nd, 2021. The title track “The Last Exit”, for which we’ve embedded the video below, is available now on all platforms. The musical project of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murphy, the group formed after a chance meeting …
SEE: XIXA – ‘Genesis Of Gaea’: desert rock groove with superstition announces Tucsonians’ second
TOTING a very fine line in dusty, Latin American/goth/soundtrack-informed desert rock and coming atcha out of Tucson, Arizona, men in black XIXA are ready to roll out the follow-up to their fine 2016 LP, Bloodline. It’s called Genesis, it’s suited and booted and ready for release on February 19th next year; but shield your eyes …
NEWS: Cabbage announce 13-date UK tour for May
CABBAGE, Mossley’s marauding Mondaysesque gang of sprawling tunesters, have announced a tour, necessarily and unfortunately ‘rona-delayed, in support of their forthcoming album, Amanita Pantherina. The album’s out on Friday week, September 25th; but it’ll be almost a full year by the time the lads are unleashed from their Pennine fastness to run riot on stages …
News: Aussie death metallers DEPRAVITY preview new album
One of the most eagerly awaited albums this year, Australia’s Depravity new full length, Grand Malevolence will be with us in December. Two songs from the massive album have been unleashed and you can check them out on Bandcamp AT THIS LINK. Depravity, similar on a level to Atræ Bilis, taking influences from several styles within death metal …
News: Los Angeles death metallers Transcendence release debut album!
Los Angeles death metallers Transcendence will release their highly anticipated debut album, Towards Obscurities Beyond this week. Set for international release on September 25th via Blood Harvest Records on CD and cassette tape formats – the vinyl LP version shall follow on October 16th. Formed in 2013, Transcendence have been a study in patience and perseverance. The band digitally released their first EP, Morbid Reality, …
News: France’s HEXECUTOR to release second album
French Black/speed/epic metal magickians Hexecutor will release their highly anticipated second album, “Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge” this week. Set for international release on September 25th via Dying Victims Productions, things are about to get crazy! It’s been four long years since Hexecutor released their shockingly masterful debut album, Poison, Lust and Damnation. The “shock” wasn’t so much that the French quartet came …
News: DROPDEAD to release new album!
Legendary hardcore-punk institution Dropdead return with the release their 3rd self-titled album. The album will be available digitally on September 25th via Armageddon Label;the CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape versions should see release in November due to Covid-19-related delays. Dropdead officially formed in January 1991 in Providence, Rhode Island, but the original four-person lineup met in December …
MIXTAPE REVIEW: Blue Hawaii – ‘Under 1 House’: your deep house cassette pet
BLUE HAWAII: now there’s a name that conjures up a blissful vision of lazy heat and crystal-clear waters, especially for me sat in subfusc September Britain. And the same appeal of vision would apply, you’d think, to a duo one of whom is working out of Montreal, Quebec. Blue skies, bluer waters. A lightness of …
News: Enslaved Announce Date For Their Final Cinematic Summer Tour.
Enslaved are preparing for the final act of their Cinematic Summer Tour – now due to take place on Thursday 1st of October at 7pm BST / 8pm CEST. This virtual release event ‘Utgard – The Journey Within’ is named after their upcoming studio album Utgard (out on the 2nd of October), from which they’ll be performing several tracks for the first time …