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News: The legendary Killing Joke are back with new EP ‘Lords Of Chaos’ and lead off with the scything and visceral title track and news of UK tour.
There is surely a patent for the distinctive Killing Joke sound – the visceral scything guitars, the urgent emotive vocals of Dr Jaz Coleman and the infectious mix of goth, pop and metal resulting in something quite cinematic and euphoric. And the good news is that the band is back after seven years and sounding …
Track: Sydney punksters Fangz bare all in their new thumping slice of punky pop ‘Falling Is Pretty Normal’ and announce Australian tour.
Like an unleashed hungry junkyard dog, Fangz are heading straight for your jugular – a unrelenting wall of thumping pumping punky rock blasting like a tornado through your head in the new single ‘Falling Is Pretty Normal’. In executing such a visceral blast, the band is not afraid to deal with themes of loss and …
PREMIERE: MuMu strips back ‘Brooklyn Tonight’ for first offering of 2022
She closed 2021 with the original version of this song and we’ve gotta say, the rework is just as good, if not better. If MuMu – the New York-based Madeline Rhodes – is new to you, listen to this and then go seek out her other stuff immediately. A sultry acoustic spin on the track …
Album Review: Visceral, free-form electronic perfection: Sea Change’s new album ‘Mutual Dreaming’ drops tomorrow via Shapes Recordings
The highly anticipated new album from Norwegian producer and singer Sea Change, ‘Mutual Dreaming’, is set for release this Friday through Shapes Recordings. Sea Change is the project of Norway’s Ellen A. W. Sunde. Since her debut album, 2015’s Breakage, Sunde’s sound has mutated from atmospheric dream-pop to shapeshifting electronica without a change to her …
Track: The deliciously possessed Bandicoot release another triumphant single ‘Monster’ – a ‘B’ side to a special edition 7″ vinyl of ‘FUZZY’, and unveil a live video in the lead up to the release of their debut album.
There is always a frisson of heady excitement when Bandicoot are on the prowl. We premiered their demonic video to the track ‘FUZZY’ last year and reviewed a number of mind-blowing tracks that followed, culminating in the news of their debut album ‘Black After Dark’, due out through Libertino Records on 4 March 2022. Now, …
Track: It’s full speed ahead as The Goa Express are back with the sparkling ‘Everybody In The UK’, and announce live headline dates.
The Goa Express have released a number of glorious singles that have positively shone gold over the last couple of years, and it is great to see them back with the yearning and cinematic single ‘Everybody In The UK’. Laid over a bed of shimmering guitars, the vocals are imbued with a wistful air, preaching …
Track: New Zealand power popsters The Beths unveil ebullient fizzy single with a dark message ‘A Real Thing’, and announce signing to Ivy League Records.
New Zealand band The Beths‘ ability to delivery frenetic ebullient pop is never more evident than in their endearing new single ‘A Real Thing’: a powerhouse of a track that bubbles and sparkles like an opened bottle of shaken fizz. There is an almost naïve delivery, certainly a low-fi blitz and a dash of yearning …
News: Fremantle’s Spacey Jane announce new album ‘Here Comes Everybody’, sweetened even more by the release of the gentle melancholy bop of new single ‘Sitting Up’, and announce UK/European tour.
After the last few years of ever increasing accolades, Spacey Jane continue to impress with the release of the gentle melancholy pop of new single ‘Sitting Up’, accompanying news of their new album ‘Here Comes Everybody’ set for release on 10 June 2022 via AWAL Recordings. ‘Sitting Up’ encapsulates that Spacey Jane sound: crisp, crystalline …
Track: H.E.R.O New Single ‘Lead The Blind’ Feat. Philip Strand Of Normandie
Danish Rock quartet H.E.R.O have shared their new track ‘Lead The Blind’ which sees them team up with Philip Strand, lead singer of Swedish rock heavyweights ‘Normandie’. The track is taken from the bands forthcoming album ‘Alternate Realities’ which is due 18th March via Mermaid Records. H.E.R.O front man, Christoffer Stjerne’s elaborates: “I come from …
Premiere: Anya Anastasia makes enthralling music video debut with fierce, rousing first single ‘Losing Wild’
Adelaide singer-songwriter, Anya Anastasia, first revealed her wonderful fusion of experimental folk and West-African inspired desert-rock on the 28th January, in the form of fierce debut single Losing Wild. And now, Backseat Mafia are excited to exclusively reveal the stunning visuals of the accompanying music video. Anya takes a conscious, storied approach to her songwriting, …