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Bloodstock Festival reveal 8 new bands.
With just 6 months to go Bloodstock has added more to the excellent line-up:- First up is Swedish metal crew AMARANTHE (www.facebook.com/AmarantheBan d) to the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Sunday. Featuring three vocalists, the band are a unique mix of death and power metal. Their popular video for single ‘Maximize’, at https://youtu.be/nfk7YZJtmeo Landing …
Remembering : Composer Johann Johannsson Dies At 48
The last three weekends I’ve barely left my pajama pants, let alone my house. Winter blues? Middle age aches and pains? The hermit transformation nearly complete? Maybe a little of all of that. Anyways, this weekend I wasn’t going to melt into the caverns of the couch watching a Sam Raimi marathon like I did …
See: Frankie Cosmos reveal new video for Being Alive, plus UK tour dates
Taken from their forthcoming Vessel album, due out on Sub Pop on March 30th, Frankie Cosmos have revealed a new video for their track Being Alive, this rather lovely indie/punk track that races off during its chorus and runs out of breath and gets a little bit of stitch in the verses. It’s both happy …
News: Wreckless Eric Announces New Album and Tour
Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden) released the brilliant “Whole Wide World” in 1977 (covered more recently by Cage the Elephant) and perfectly captured the late seventies post punk new wave zeitgeist with its laconic delivery and nihilistic lyrics. I suppose one could argue that this was a classic one hit wonder but Goulden, part of …
See: Half Waif releases new video for Keep it out, plus European tour dates
Nandi Rose Plunkett aka Half Waif has released a video for the lead single from her upcoming album Lavender, out on April 27th via Cascine. Its a brooding yet beautiful piece of synth-pop, the chords weigh heavy on the track, giving it that feeling of almost drowning at some points, while over the top Plunketts …
News : Unknown Mortal Orchestra Announce New Album ‘Sex & Food’; Share New Track “American Guilt”
When Ruban Nielson puts out a new Unknown Mortal Orchestra album you can be sure it’s gonna be special. Each time out since his 2011 self-titled debut to 2015s Multi-Love, Nielson has tweaked and honed his mildly lo-fi and mildly psychedelic sound with cleaner production and more emphasis on songwriting. He’s not one to putz …
News: Jungle announce run of UK, European and North American headline dates
Today Jungle have announced a run of new live shows confirmed for this April in North America and May in the UK and Europe (full list of dates below). Jungle, who are known for their mesmeric modern soul and thrilling seven-piece live band, will return to the festival stage this spring with appearances at Coachella …
See: Jamie Isaac reveals new video for Doing Better, plus UK/US tour dates
Doing Better is the the first single to be taken from producer, singer-songwriter and all round musical polymath Jamie Isaac. After the success of his debut album Couch Baby, he’s returned with his engaging electronic soul, with flakes of hip-hop and driven by his emotive piano playing. It’s a fragile thing, with gently stuttering beats …
Say Psych: News: Moon Duo’s Sanae Yamada unveils details of own project, Vive La Void
Sanae Yamada, co-founder and keyboard player of Moon Duo has announced details of her new project, Vive La Void. Yamada wrote and recorded her debut album over roughly a two-year period, during windows of downtime in Moon Duo’s substantial touring and recording schedule. The synthesizer-driven album will be released this spring on Sacred Bones Records …
News: Nine Mile Records reissue Pavement’s Scott Kannberg’s Spiral Stairs and Preston School of Industry albums
On February 16th, 2018 Nine Mile Records will release three classic albums from Scott Kannberg’s projects Spiral Stairs and Preston School of Industry. Preston School of Industry’s 2001 release All This Sounds Gas, Preston School Of Industy’s 2004 release Monsoon, and Spiral Stairs’ 2009 release The Real Feel with extra tracks, B-Sides, and unreleased BBC …