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Album Review: Grandaddy – Last Place
In the early years of the last decade, I saw Grandaddy as one of a trio of bands that opened the doors to a style of music I still occasionally refer to as ’Cosmic Americana’. The other two acts were Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips, both of which had enjoyed crossover hit albums that …
Say Psych News: Bonfire Nights announce tour dates and ‘Heart’s to Blame’ video
Following the release of their thunderous debut album, Entopica Phenomica, London-based psych-rock quartet Bonfire Nights have announced an impressive thirteen date tour starting on 02 March 2017. To coincide with this and to build the hype prior to their European adventure, they’ve also shared the brand new video for ‘Heart’s To Blame’. Founders Steve Foster …
Album Review: Son Volt – Notes Of Blue
I think if you went back 22 years to 1995 you’d find the running thoughts on the trajectories of Son Volt and Wilco would be significantly different than what actually ended up happening. While Wilco’s debut album A.M. was decent enough, it didn’t hold a candle to the gritty and windswept Midwest epic that was …
Track: Kid Koala – Fallaway (Feat. Emilíana Torrini)
If you think you know the music of Kid Koala, be prepared because with his new album ‘Music To Draw To: Satellite’, out on April 7th via the Arts & Crafts label, he’s take a rather dramatic sidestep. It’s an album that tells a heartrending tale of discovery and loss through the lens of lovers …
Premiere: Studio Montaigne – Believe (Tëro remix)
French producer, composer and arranger Studio Montaigne aka Martin Helleu is about to drop his latest EP, Believe – and from it we are delighted to premiere the Tëro remix of the track. Influenced by the likes of Daft Punk to Michael Jackson, Armand Van Helden to Visage, Helleu has made what is essentially a …
Album: Novella – Change of State
London based quartet Novella have released ‘Change of State’ the follow up to debut LP ‘Land’. It is a record that crafts rare groove basslines, energetic percussion, soothing keys and low fi distortion, into palatable, philosophical protest pop. However, it would be a mistake to let the ethereal chorus dripped harmonies beguile you into thinking …
EP: The Clouds – Zaffre
Along with bands like The Underground Lovers, The Falling Joys and Ratcat, The Clouds held the banner for classic indie pop in Australia in the late eighties, early nineties.The sweet duel vocal harmonies of Jody Phillis and Patricia Young were underpinned by a muscular rhythm section and jangling guitars. Their album, Penny Century, is often …
Album Review: Porcelain Raft – Microclimate
Mauro Remiddi appeared from a hazy cloud of synthwave and dream pop back in 2012 under the name Porcelain Raft with the lush Strange Weekend. It was this wonderful mix of Cocteau Twins big sweeps and early Depeche Mode. It was a breath of fresh air amid the vacuous space known as chillwave that was …
Album Review: Thievery Corporation – The Temple of I & I
Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, aka electronic duo Theivery Corporation have released the fruits of their labour, recording in Jamaica for their latest full lengther and unsurprisingly given the setting, it’s their most dub-centric record to date. They’ve experimented with dub and roots in the past, not for a whole record admittedly, but as with …
Album Review: Grails – ‘Chalice Hymnal’
Grails, hail from Portland, Oregon. A seaport state nestled under Washington and characterised by its diverse landscape of forests, mountains, farms and beaches. That Pacific Northwest essence runs through the centre of the Grails sound. A sound that expounds on the spectral spaghetti Western side of their oeuvre, marked by tasteful excursions into passages of …