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See: Insane Clown Posse release video for Explosions
Legendary Detroit two piece hip-hop crew Insane Clown Posse, aka Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are back with a new album The Marvellous Missing Link (LOST), with another installment (FOUND) dropping on July 28th. Its their first new music since 2012’S The Mighty Death Pop!, and from it the band have released a new …
Track: Dr Crow and the Forbidden Zone release album details
Dr Crow and the Forbidden Zone are a five piece rock band from Leeds. They gave me two of their CDs recently to listen to. Current line-up: Dr Om Crow – Vocals Glenn Shultz – Guitars Jas Nakhwal – Bass Andy Twigg – Keys Mark Thomson – Drums I must admit to being rather shoddy …
Track: Kid Wave – Best Friend
International boy/girl four piece Kid Wave are back with a new song, Best Friend, and a new album, Wonderlust, due out soon on Heavenly Recordings. Now residing in London, singer/songwriter Lea Emmery and guitarist Mattias Bhatt hail from the south-east coast of Sweden, while drummer Serra Petale hails from Perth, Australia and bassist Harry Deacon …
See: Australian quartet Immigrant Union release new video for ‘In Time’
Australian quartet Immigrant Union (featuring Brent DeBoer from the Dandy Warhols) are back with a new single, “In Time”, taken from their sophomore release ‘Anyway’, which drops on May 29th. Describing their sound as being “Spiritualized being baptised in a river of Creedence Clearwater,” By frontman DeBoer, the band recorded the album with producer Gregg …
See: One Eyed Wayne release new video for ‘Various Artists’
One Eyed Wayne are back with a new track – ‘Various Artists’ is a Duryesque stomper about what could easily become a sad lament to a real life endangered species, the unsavoury pub dweller. It’s another slice of what we affectionately referred to as streetcore, a blend of punk-poetry set to a catchy street wise beat …
Track: Velvet Morning – ‘You’re Blue, I’m Blue’
Taking their name from one of my all-time favourite retro psych tracks, Velvet Morning create a musical concoction made up of all the best cuts from the past 50 years of psych, blues and soul and serve it up as a beautiful dish to add to the current new wave psychedelia menu. ‘You’re Blue, I’m …
Track: Vennart – Operate
You might know the name Mark Vennart. He spent time fronting the under appreciated Oceansize, and band who made atmospheric, mathy rock as well as being a touring guitarist for Biffy Clyro, a band who make muscular rock music with big chorus’. Now finding his feet as a solo artist he’s revealed a debut solo …
Track: Gwenno – Patriarchaeth
After retiring, or at least withdrawing from the edges of the mainstream, first as a professional dancer and then as lead singer of the brilliant Pipettes, Gwenno found herself back in her home city of Cardiff. Ignoring the industry that she had previously served, she instead ploughed her own furrow, writing a new political concept …
Track: Hey Anna – Island
New Jersey / Brooklyn based quintet Hey Anna, aka sisters Anna (vocals), Erin (guitar) and Katie Rauch-Sassen (keyboard), along with Matthew Langner and Jamie DiTringo, are preparing for the release of their new long-player Run KoKo later on in the year, and have released a single, Island, as something of a teaser of whats to …
Track: Frankie & The Heartstrings – Save it for Tonight, plus new album news
Frankie & The Heartstrings return following their much lauded 2013 album ‘The Days Run Away’ with their third long player, Decency – which comes out on 10th July via the Pop Sex imprint. Recorded at the back end of last summer in Leeds with (you guessed it) Hookworms MJ at the helm, Decency also sees …