art rock
Photo Gallery: Do Nothing – Whelans, Dublin 23.09.2023
Nottingham’s Do Nothing roared into Dublin and mesmerised the local audience in Whelans with their brilliant art-rock. Ably supported by Big Sleep, it proved to be a brilliant night in Dublin for all involved. Check out the photos below.
Track: Oxbow – 1000 Hours
Six years after the release of their last studio album, ‘Thin Black Duke’, San Francisco art rock quartet Oxbow have unveiled their first new music since then. ‘1000 Hours’ is taken from the band’s forthcoming eighth album, ‘Love’s Holiday’. The song boasts backing vocals from Roger Joseph Manning Jr. of early 90s power pop quartet …
Live Review + Gallery: A grand night of music with Sydney’s Cone Of Confusion + supports GlitchCraft and Philomath at Altar, Hobart 31.03.2023
On the last second last day of their support tour for album, Hominid, the psychedelic space-jazz collective Cone Of Confusion lived up to some lofty expectations by delivering a powerhouse instrumental set at Hobart’s Altar. Led by some majestic saxophone playing by Chris Blundell, mesmerizing keys from Jack Garzonio, intricate guitar work from Rémi Marchand, …
News: Terra Twin release cinematic art rock single ‘Nightshift’
Emerging London-based quartet Terra Twin have unveiled their new single ‘Nightshift’ – listen here A cinematic, art rock gem, the track ebbs and flows with wandering guitar lines and purring percussion. Pulling from less obvious influences in the Americana and folk worlds too, it creates a chasmic collection of sonic footprints, inventing a totally unique soundscape. Elaborating on today’s single, Terra Twin explain, “‘Nightshift’ embraces themes …
Premiere: Iguana Death Cult suffer ‘Sensory Overload’, announce new record for May
So we heard you didn’t have enough skronky, mathy experimental rock music in your life. Obviously, that won’t do; and luckily, there’s a brand new song from Dutch band Iguana Death Cult out in the world to remedy that. A lot’s happened since they were last on the scene with 2019’s Nude Casino, and just …
Gallery: The Residents – Button Factory, Dublin 03.02.2023
Holding Up The Underground Since 1972, the Avant-garde art collective that are The Residents brought their Faceless Forever / Dog Stab tour to Dublin’s Button Factory. Decked out in their eyeball suits and masks with stunning projected visuals on to a stage backdrop it was a feast for all the senses.
Album Review: Jessica Moss – Galaxy Heart: art-rock atmospheres with an enduring soul.
What will we think of lock down records when we listen back to them in years to come? Introspective music from a time of looking inwards because the outside world just stood still? Or maybe there was more space to dream, to take more risks, to break free from constraints because everything ahead was unknown. …
New Track/Video: Art Rock violinist Jessica Moss previews new album ‘Galaxy Heart’ with the dramatic ‘Uncanny Being’
Montreal based violinist and composer Jessica Moss is a musician of significance, fundamental to so much and a touchstone for creative dedication. A member of the seminal post punk ensemble Thee Silver Mt. Zion for fifteen years and contributor to recordings by the likes of Vic Chesnutt, Big/Brave and Sarah Davachi, she shifted focus to …
PREMIERE: Up Is The Down Is The offer a ‘Memento’ as they prep new album for next month
It’s been a couple of years since we last heard from Idaho’s Up Is The Down Is The – their most recent album, The Mind Strays, arrived in June of 2020, and they’ve been quiet since then, until recently. No news did however turn out to be good news in this case, as the quartet …
Live Review: Dark Mofo Festival – Kim Gordon – The Odeon Theatre, Hobart, 18.06.2022
Dark Mofo 2022 headliner, Kim Gordon and her band performed songs from her latest (and surprisingly, debut) solo release, 2019’s ‘No Home Record’. The sold-out crowd had come from all across Australia to see this one-off appearance with her band at The Odeon Theatre, and they would not have been disappointed, as she had assembled …