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News: The Afghan Whigs new album ‘How Do You Burn?’ is out now
Fans can watch their new video for ‘A Line Of Shots’ below: The Afghan Whigs new album How Do You Burn? heralded as one of the “Most Anticipated Albums of Summer 2022” by the likes of Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Forbes and many others finally arrives in stores and online this Friday September 9th. The band kicks off their North …
Track: Midnight Ambulance – Stained Cotton
Midnight Ambulance have released their new single ‘Stained Cotton‘, and an accompanying animated video made in collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art student Xiaoyan Liu. The track continues Midnight Ambulance’s ability to create powerful and emotive soundscapes. Amelia (drums/vocals) and Fraser (guitars/vocals) began collaborating during lockdown and the drama, turmoil of that time seeps into …
New Track/Video: Nordic-jazz duo Svaneborg Kardyb preview new album ‘Over Tage’ with the gently soaring ‘Op’.
What makes a two piece band so enthralling? In the rock frame it’s often down to dynamics – how can something so huge come from a couple of people –but in jazz, where the form is less structured, less song bound making a duo work can get more complicated. A recent entry into the discussion …
Album Review : Elaine Howley – The Distance Between Heart And Mouth : experimental, electronic dream pop that twists deeper.
Conceived before, within and beyond pandemic times, Cork based musician and underground shaper Elaine Howley has emerged with a bold personal record ‘The Distance Between Heart And Mouth’ on Belfast’s Touch Sensitive label (available from 12th August). Best known for bringing her distinct experimental sensibilities to The Altered Hours’ psych-rock as well as the song …
News: THE WONDER YEARS announce UK headline tour for November!
To mark the release of their forthcoming new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’ released on September 23rd on Hopeless Records, Philadelphian sextet, The Wonder Years, have today announced a UK headline tour for November. The tour kicks off in London at Camden’s Electric Ballroom on November 8th, before performances in Birmingham, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow, …
Track/Video: Elaine Howley announces debut album ‘The Distance Between Heart And Mouth’ with the underground dream-pop honesty of ‘Silent Talk’.
Cork based musician Elaine Howley has been a significant contributor to the Irish indie underground scene for a while now. She brought her distinct experimental sensibilities to The Altered Hours’ psych-rock as well as the song based electronica of Howlbux and Crevice. Now comes news that this summer she is stepping out from the shadows …
NEWS: THE WONDER YEARS announce new album, ‘The Hum Goes On Forever’, with new single, ‘Wyatt’s Song’ (Your Name)!
THE HUM GOES ON FOREVER is released September 23rd on Hopeless Records. “I don’t want to die, at least not without you.” Those are the words that open up The Wonder Years‘ new album, The Hum Goes On Forever. It marks the next evolution of a band that’s never stopped growing, never stopped striving, never stopped searching for the truth and …
News: Brisbane punk rock royalty WAAX release new single ‘Read Receipts’: Album ‘At Least I’m Free’ dropping in August + special guest performances with The Amity Affliction
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of second studio album At Least I’m Free (out 5 August via Dew Process), Brisbane’s WAAX share their vividly charged new single Read Receipts alongside the accompanying music video. Of the powerful track, lead singer Maz DeVita says: “We’re pretty excited to let this one out as it’s perhaps …
TRACK: YINYANG – Happy Money
YINYANG is the moniker of Irish artist Lauren Hannan who has released her latest single ‘Happy Money‘. YINYANG evolved during lockdown in 2020 when Lauren taught herself how to produce music and cultivated her writing by working on it every day. Technology was a blessing during this enforced period of isolation and Lauren looked to …
PREMIERE: Saint Christopher announces debut album with the bruised yet hopeful ‘Winners’
Christopher Kalil went to hell last year. Or maybe everything went to hell for him. He’s not sure exactly how, but the Los Angeles-based former leader of Arms Akimbo is still hanging on. He now operates as Saint Christopher, a project that, with the best will in the world, was launched at the worst time: …