Dark Wave
Gallery and Set-lists: She Past Away / Scattered Ashes – Whelans, Dublin 06.09.2023
Turkish Dark-wave band She Past Away made their Irish debut at Whelans in Dublin, the band have been active since 2006 so hasnt really taken them tht long to make it to Irish shores. Volkan Caner himself remaking why has it taken so long. Either way it was a classic Dark-wave show and the band …
Gallery & Set-list: Clan Of Xymox / Scattered Ashes – Whelan’s, Dublin 01.04.2023
Its only taken 40 odd years for it to happen, but dark-wave pioneers Clan Of Xymox finial made it to Irish shores, I reckon they got lost on the Irish sea for some time and suffered from some Loneliness and then drifted a shore (see what I did there, ok getting my coat) also it …
Live Review: Grauzone Festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 10-12 February 2023
Grauzone Festival’s 10th anniversary took place last weekend in the heart of The Hague, Netherlands. Grauzone aims to present a diverse and cutting-edge programme where music, film and art complement each other. It features young talent as well as established names rooted in or influenced by the underground music scene from new wave, electronic to …
Track: Perth-based Klaude unveils ‘LMK’ – a dark, sinister slice of grooving synth pop.
‘LMK’ is the enigmatic single from Perth-based duo Klaude and it is a dark, foreboding track that nonetheless sparkles with an understated pop sensibility. The deep fuzzy synth bass creates the ominous undercurrent that billows like gathering storm clouds while the vocals are distant with an arctic chill, and yet there is a vibrancy and …
Live Review: Lebanon Hanover / Sun Mahshene – Whelans, Dublin 14,04,2022
Headed into Whelan’s Dublin to catch the long awaited show by Lebanon Hanover which like so many had been postponed a number of time, but at last they are finally here.I knew before going that it was going to be a challenge photography wise, but hey if your not up for the challenge don’t be …
Album Review: Tout Bleu – Otium
London, New York, Paris Munich, everybody’s talking about…well it’s got to be Geneva, home to one of the most vibrant European scenes that gets broadcast to the rest of us through the antennae of Bongo Joe records. The label has offered up some fine home town releases this year from Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, …
Album Review: Lunar Twin – Ghost Moon Ritual
For a duo with members in Hawaii and Utah, Lunar Twin have perfectly captured a glacial Arctic chill with deep dark gothic trimmings in their glorious album ‘Ghost Moon Ritual’. With a mix of The Mission-like thunder, a Leonard Cohen/Nick Cave delivery and a Massive Attack trip-hop bedrock, this is a divine collision of the …