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Album Review: Reciprocate’s explosive and extraordinary performance on ‘Soul to Burn’.
New from London noise-rock trio Reciprocate, is a record that seems inspired by the sounds of all popular noise rock of the last 25 years. From the on-the-nose heavy riffs of bands like Death from Above 1979, to the more math-centric complexities of bands like Hella and Lightning Bolt, there’s a sound on Soul to …
Album Review: Arto Lindsay – I had a fever when (Edition Dur 16)
Arto Lindsay composed and recorded ‘I Had a Fever When’ with participating musicians exclusively for Edition Dur. Arthur Morgan “Arto” Lindsay (born in Virginia in 1953, raised between the US and Brazil) is is a guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer – a pioneer of the frantic, dissonant ‘no wave’ style in late ‘70s …
EP Review: Blake Reyes – Vernacular
The ‘Axis Jazz’ series continues with Milan based Blake Reyes. The album was recorded in 3 different cities including the legendary “Officine Meccaniche“ studio in Milan (Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Erika Badhu), engineered by Taketo Gohara and with attendance of Jeff Mills during all sessions. The Steinway & Sons Grand Piano recorded for the album …
Gallery: The Swell Season / Leah Moran – Vicar Street, Dublin 13.07.2023
On Thursday, July 13th, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, or The Swell Season, took to Vicar Street to celebrate the 15th anniversary of their Academy Award winning musical film ‘Once’. The Irish-Czech duo have reuinted after quite some time away from touring together for a string of shows accross America next month. However, Hansard said …
News: The Smiths’ bass player Andy Rourke dies at age 59.
Very sad news today as it is reported Andy Rourke, bass player for The Smiths, has died at the young age of 59, from pancreatic cancer. Rourke’s muscular style of bass playing was an integral part of The Smith’s sound – rhythmic yet expressive and capable of powering through the Johnny Marr jingle jangle sounds …
EP Review: Angel – Sous L’Eau (feat. Amas Studio and Estrato Aurora Remixes)
ANGEL delivers a new dub techno EP, “Sous l’eau”, releasing digitally on 24.06.2022 on Stuttgart-based label AMAS Studio. The EP unveils 4 dub techno tracks including a remix by Amas STUDIO and Estrato Aurora. The original versions of “Particule I” and “Particule II” highlight a contemporary vision of dub techno, boasting some vocals and deep …
Live Review + Gallery: Steve Poltz delights The Longley International Hotel 02/04/2023, and takes Tasmanian guitar whiz, Pete Cornelius along for the ride
Canadian born folk troubadour, Steve Poltz, presented by Pitch Artist Agency, played a Sunday afternoon set at The Longley International Hotel. Despite a small, albeit enthusiastic crowd, Steve totally entertained everybody there with his wit, charm and talent. His stories from the road, and of his early life were highly amusing, and often had the …
EP Review: Worg – Il Piano Di Medea
With this release the label celebrates the return to the ranks of the founder Worg. A triumphant homecoming comparable to that of Jason, the main character of the Argonautica, who travelled in search of the Golden Fleece (Il Vello d’Oro) aboard the ship Argo. After many vicissitudes, the hero returned to Iolco, his homeland, to …
News: The Fleadh stage line-up for Forest Fest Emo village in Co Laois Ireland this July is finalised.
The line-up for the Fleadh stage at Forest Fest in Emo village in Co Laois this July is finalised.The Forest Fleadh is a unique initiative for an Irish music festival as it presents a platform to solelyshowcase the best of Irish trad and folk.The overall Forest Fest programme features an eclectic mix of over 80 …
Album Review: This is Techno Jazz Vol 2
This double album is a deep dive into Jazz-o-Tech carefully nurtured sound. What unites the label and its broad array of artists is a desire to fuse the traditional improvisation of jazz with the avant-garde experimentalism of techno. Over the last couple of years, it has done that to critical acclaim with a series of …