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Track: Desert Planes – Together Apart
There’s something of the Bruce Springsteen about ‘Together Apart’ the new single from London two piece Desert Planes, and the follow up to their debut single Wake In Fright. The pair – singer Tom Farrer and drummer Ben Niblett, have created something that has this pulsating E-Street sound between them, all big production and chiming …
Track: Cope – Seasons Ending
London punk quartet have heralded the arrival of their forthcoming EP with the release of their new single ‘Seasons Ending’. The newcomers have already appeared at Camden Rocks and played their first ever show at the much missed Camden Barfly, and their name has a double meaning past the obvious, that being ‘Challenge Oppression Pursue …
Track: Flamingods – Majesty, plus UK tour dates
Hot on the heels of the release of their album Majesty, which dropped on Soundway records back in June, Psych rockers Flamingods have released the title track and album opener as a new single. Kamal Rasool from the London five piece explains the track as “Majesty is soaked in Eastern Mysticism; the idea that we …
See: Tempesst reveal video for Broke Down Blues, plus tour dates
If perfect pop tunes, soaked in wooze (surely the root of woozy, right) and sprinkled with a little summer haze is your listening bag, then Broke Down Blues – the new single from a band based around Australian twins now residing in East London and working under the moniker Tempesst, is going to be your …
Track: Adam Betts – Drumbones
Sometime member of Brian Eno’s approved Three Trapped Tigers, London based Adam Betts has heralded his debut album Colossal Squid, out 25th November on Blood and Biscuits by releasing its opening track – Drumbones. The album was written, developed and originally recorded over a the course of a few months, taking bits from the likes …
Live Review: Woodburner at the Yoke
The ‘need to know’… Festival name: Woodburner at the Yoke Location: Yoke Farm, Upper Hill, Hereford. Setting: Rough woodland and soft fields. Transport: Train to Hereford/Leominster and then buses, taxis or lifts if you have a lovely friend and/or some surplus booze. But, I hear in the future there may be organised minibuses so watch …
Track: Vyk Non – Distant Stars
Seems that London quartet Vyk Non are on a mission to confuse us. Starting with their name that, in the spirit of Aphex Twin, consists of basically meaningless words that mean nothing, they follow it up by making jerky, noisey art pop/punk, with shades of The Pixies and Fugazi that’s just as difficult to describe/pigeonhole. …
See: Anil Sebastian releases new video for track Human
Human is the first single taken from ‘Mesonoxian’, the debut album from London-based artist Anil Sebastian, who is also founder and leader of the London Contemporary Voices Choir. Well versed in creating soundscapes, both vocal and otherwise, ‘Mesonoxian’ (which means “pertaining to the hour of midnight”) was produced Produced by Anil, his brother Ingmar and …
See: Izo FitzRoy releases new video for debut single Reckoning
Taken from her forthcoming debut album Skyline, due out on Jalapeno Records early next year, Reckoning is the debut single from London based soul singer Izo FitzRoy. She’s certainly earned her stripes though, touring her gospel choir and working with the Grammy award winning Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen in New Orleans before …
Album Review: Various Artists – Chris Sullivan presents The Wag – 4CD remastered
David Bowie, Keith Richards and Joe Strummer were just a few of the big names to frequent Londons Hotspot club of the 80’s ‘The WAG’, a ‘haven for misfits’ that would attract such a following it would fill the floors seven nights a week with its various themed nights. Over the years The Wag would host a multitude …