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News: Heavy Psych Sounds Drop News Of Vol 2 Of Their Doom Sessions Split Series.
Leading cult and fuzz rock label Heavy Psych Sounds proudly announce the second instalment of their “Doom Sessions” split series, featuring bands from the HPS roster plus some of the heaviest bands from the international doom scene. ‘Doom Sessions Vol. 1’ we announced back in June here, brought together Deadsmoke and Conan and is set for release on August 18th …
News: Jonathan Richman’s fourth finally back on vinyl
IT’S NEWS that will raise a cheer from many a fan of quirky and plain damn lovely songcraft. Boutique reissue specialist Craft Recordings is to repress Jonathan Richman’s fourth solo excursion, 1992’s I, Jonathan, on vinyl for the first time since its initial release. August 14th is the date to circle on your calendar: it’s …
NEWS: first of PJ Harvey’s Island vinyl reissues announced
UNAVAILABLE for years, bootlegged time and time again, and changing hands for feverish sums often well into the three figures, it’ll come as a relief to many a wax junkie that Island have announced a vinyl reissue programme for PJ Harvey’s catalogue with the label. And the programme, which is set to run into 2021, …
Say Psych: News: Japanese Television announce new EP III and share new single ‘Beecage’
Japanese Television don’t surf, but if they did, it would be on a swirling wave of reverb-drenched organ, garage-rock guitars, hypno-motorik bass and pounding, ritualistic drums. The band formed in 2018 through a shared love of fuzz boxes, Joe Meek and UFOs and together they invented ‘Space Surf’. Upon discovering it already existed, they reinvented …
NEWS: BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME TO REISSUE ACCLAIMED SOPHOMORE ALBUM, THE SILENT CIRCUS
Craft Recordings announces the vinyl reissue of The Silent Circus —the acclaimed, sophomore album from progressive hardcore rockers Between The Buried And Me . Originally released in 2003, The Silent Circus established the North Carolina five-piece as a force to be reckoned with in their genre. Now, as Between The Buried And Me celebrate their 20 th year together, this special reissue— newly remixed and …
NEWS: Penelope Isles, Marissa Nadler for Elliott Smith charity live stream
ARTISTS including Penelope Isles, Marika Hackman and Marissa Nadler will be appearing in a charity benefit show streaming on Instagram this evening, Monday, June 29th. The live-streamed show, entitled “Everybody Cares”, in which participating artists will play their favourite Elliott Smith song, aims to raise money for a trio of LGBTQ+ charities. Showtime is at …
Track: Secret Machines – Talos’ Corpse, plus news of return with album ‘Awake in the Brain Chamber’
One of the most exciting bands of the 2000’s for me, Secret Machines, have released a new single ‘Talos’ Corpse’ and announced a new album after a long hiatus. ‘Talos’ Corpse’ indicates a complete return to form – pounding drums and rousing choruses with complexity and vibrancy. Singer Brandon Curtis’s voice is distinctive – deep, …
See: Stiff Little Fingers announce “Wish We Had 20/20 Vision” tour for 2021
Perennial Punk Rockers STIFF LITTLE FINGERS are unfortunately not able to go ahead with their postponed March 2020 dates that were rescheduled for September this year. Due to the continued current ban on live events, all dates are put back to March 2021, back on track with the bands annual UK trek. Jake Burns says it like it is: “Don’t …
NEWS: Bill Callahan drops a gold record in September
EVERYONE’S favourite gravelly, bass-voiced, sad-eyed chronicler, Bill Callahan, has announced a new LP – Gold Record – just a year on since Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest. While Bill was preparing to take Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest out on the road across the globe, for a period of perhaps a year, he opened the notebooks, pulled …
See: A. Swayze and the Ghosts – Cancer, plus album news
Tasmanian stars A. Swayze and the Ghosts have highly impressed us earlier this year with their post punky single ‘Mess of Me‘ released in February. With a US tour unfortunately cancelled as a result of the COBID 19 crisis, the band has just released a fantastically bizarre and creative video for their new theatrical glam …