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Album Review: Fågelle – ‘Den svenska vreden’: Experimental, poetic songs of inner rage and soaring beauty.
It’s no lazy shortcut to describe Fågelle’s arresting new album as ‘quivering with rage’ as this phrase captures the record’s emotional complexity with chilling accuracy. ‘Den svenska vreden’, available now on Medication Time Records, finds experimental dark pop communicator Klara Andersson (aka Fågelle) expressing her own seething inner tensions in songs of raw beauty and …
Live Review: Dropkick Murphys + Supports – o2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester – 18/01/23
Starting off the evening with singer/songwriter Jesse Ahern from Boston Massachusetts and Australian Punk-Folk band The Rumjacks, they both deliver tight sets and suitably get the crowd warmed up with stand out track ‘An Irish Pub Song’ from The Rumjacks, ensuring the whole audience are singing and clapping. Next up is Pennywise who incidentally weren’t …
News: RHODES releases new album ‘Friends Like These’
Today, British singer/songwriter RHODES has released new album Friends Like These via Nettwerk (listen here). Recorded during lockdown alongside producers Rich Cooper and Ash Workman (Christine and the Queens, Metronomy) Friends Like These is a stunning collection of personal tracks, sharing tales of love, loss, friendship, and hope, harnessed by RHODES’ charming vocals. Speaking on the album, RHODES says: “‘Friends Like These’ was born from night thoughts and dreams or conversations …
News: Waterparks share new single ‘REAL SUPER DARK’
Pop/rock three-piece Waterparks are excited to share that their much-anticipated fifth full-length studio album INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY will be released Friday, April 14, 2023 on Fueled By Ramen. In celebration of the announcement, the band have also unveiled “REAL SUPER DARK,” the fourth-released single from the LP. The fiery, experimental song showcases a heavier side of the group, while infusing elements of pop, punk, and …
News: GLU announces debut EP with release of title track ‘My Demons’
GRAMMY-nominated musician and multi-instrumentalist Michael Shuman is GLU. The frontman of Mini Mansions and member of Queens of the Stone Age is showing another side of himself with his independent debut EP, MY DEMONS out 24th February. Today’s title track release features Phantogram’s Sarah Bartheland explores how childhood traumas continue to seep into adult life. Emotional explosions emerge in a realm of …
News: The New Death Cult share new single ‘Get Ready (Eukaryote’s Anthem)
Get ready to rock; THE NEW DEATH CULT is excited to announce the release of their single “Get Ready (Eukaryote`s Anthem)” set to drop on January 26th. This catchy and fun rock anthem is sure to get listeners pumped up, and it’s the perfect way to kick off the new year and gear up for …
News: Fall Out Boy release new song ‘Heartbreak Feels So Good’
GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy are offering another glimpse into their highly anticipated new album So Much (For) Stardust with the drop of a brand new song “Heartbreak Feels So Good” – listen everywhere now and watch the music video below. Tonight, the band will return to Chicago to play a sold-out show at Metro. The show sold …
Track/Video: Geneva’s own lo-fi mini choir Alice preview new album ‘L’Oiseau Magnifique’- avant-folk with art-punk edge.
As sixties singer-poet Pete Brown maintained ‘Things may come and things may go but the art-school dance goes on forever’. Well Genevan trio Alice would definitely go down well at that kind of hop. Formed in 2018 to perform at the Swiss city’s Deviant Art Festival by mother and daughter Yvonne and Lisa Harder plus …
News: Maggie Lindemann announces Suckerpunch world tour
Following the release of her debut album SUCKERPUNCH, and sold-out, headline shows in New York City and Los Angeles, Maggie Lindemann has announced her first headline tour. Maggie’s 2023 tour will see her make her way through the U.S., UK and Australia, performing at Slam Dunk Fest, Rock im Park and Rock am Ring, and …
News: Fall Out Boy announce new album ‘So Much (For) Stardust
Today, GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy announced that their eighth studio album So Much (For) Stardust will arrive March 24th 2023 and provided the first glimpse of the new music with the release of the record’s first single “Love From The Other Side.” Listen to “Love From The Other Side” here and pre-order So Much (For) Stardust here. In tandem with the song’s release, …