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See: Misty Coast reveal new video for Heavy Head on a Body
Misty Coast are Linn Frøkedal & Richard Myklebust and Hail from the foggy Southwestern city of Bergen, Norway. ‘Heavy Head On A Body’ is Lifted from their debut album set for release in September ‘17. ‘Heavy Head On A Body’ soundtracks the mind’s journey from consciousness into sleep, drenching the senses in a lush, hazy cloak …
Live Review: André Brasseur – Reflektor Club, Liège 12.2.17
Belgian organist André Brasseur should be mentioned in the same hushed reverential tones as Giorgio Moroder or Jean Jacques Perrey, but alas such cult status evaded him. Maybe because he invested the proceeds from his 1965 hit ‘Early Bird’ (which sold a staggering six million copies) into two (not one but two!) dance clubs in …
Track: Clark – Peak Magnetic, plus new album news
Clark returns this spring with a new album, released through Warp, the label he has been with since his teens. Titled Death Peak, he says “I’ve had the title Death Peak since August 2016. It felt so right, I would repeat it to myself like a mantra. Death Peak Death Peak Death Peak. It starts …
News: !!! announce European tour dates, plus new album news
Those cheeky funk-punks !!! (chk chk chk) have been busy, working on their as yet untitled new album which is due to drop via the ever brilliant Warp records in May. In the meantime, the band have announced a slew of European tour dates to co-incide with the records release, taking in a (almost) handful …
Track: Pale Honey – Why Do I Always Feel This Way?
Pale Honey release new single ‘Why Do I Always Feel This Way?’ out now on Bolero Recordings. Recorded with producer Anders Lagerfors at Nacksving Studios in their hometown of Gothenburg. The band have retained fevered guitar and drum sound, now adding synthesizers and vocals bursting with yearning, love, jealousy and denial. All elegantly driven by …
See: Prides reveal video for Away With The Night, plus UK tour dates
Synth-pop duo Prides have returned with a new single, ‘Away With The Night’, released on 10th February 2017. The track follows hit singles ‘Are You Ready?’ and ‘Rome’, which sets the tone for the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album (due to appear later this year). ‘Away With The Night’ might tell tales of lust and …
See: Sir Was releases new video for Revoke
With his track ‘In the midst’ all over the airwaves right now, and his debut album ‘Digging a tunnel’ due to drop via City Slang on March 10th, Joel Wästberg aka Gothenburg artist Sir Was is in a good place right now, and has released a new video for the track Revoke. Revoke is this …
Live Review: Ladyhawke – The Art School Glasgow 9.2.2017 plus gallery
Ladyhawke gives Glasgow a huge dose of her addictive electro-pop and leaves it hooked on her hooks. Ladyhawke – aka New Zealand songstress Pip Brown – danced confidently into synth-pop territory with third album ‘Wild Things’, which was released last year. The music was exhilarating, uplifting and reflected her mood as she confessed at the …
News: Fufanu Share New Album ‘SPORTS’
With a name evocative of a Shooting Stars Mystery Prize, Icelandic trio ‘Fufanu’ have shared their new album ‘Sports’ (One Little Indian) in its entirety on fellow culture site The Line of Best Fit. “Fufanu” doesn’t mean anything specifically, but the name suited the world that they created and the band’s 2015 debut LP ‘A …
See: London Grammar share the video for new single Big Picture
London Grammar match epic visuals to their soaring soundscapes in the video for new single ‘Big Picture’. Following the unexpected release of ‘Rooting For You’ on New Year’s Day, the band – made up of Hannah Reid (vocals), Dot Major (keyboard, drums) and Dan Rothman (guitars) – have released their second single of 2017 ‘Big …