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SEE: Steve Hackett releases Hammersmith live set – watch a track
FORMER Genesis axeman Steve Hackett has released a live recording from his 2019 UK tour, entitled Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith. The album came out last Friday, September 25th. Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beginning of 1971 and was part of the classic prog-era line-up which also included …
SEE: Slow Pulp – ‘At It Again’: a Chicago fuzzpop cracker
SLOW PULP are a band who’ve been around the block – in a really, dreadfully short space of time. Don’t wish for the kinda year singer Emily Massey’s had. No, really: don’t. Things were very much on the upward curve for the young band, outta Wisconsin and Chicago-based – on tour with Alex G, gaining …
SEE: Sarah Walk – ‘Nobody Knows’: fine rootsiness with foreboding in its chest
IT COMES in, warm and inviting, on a rootsy shuffle, downhome guitars unfolding in a soothing figure; we watch Sarah awake, arise, busy herself with the functions of the everyday. There’s tea, there’s toast; spectacles to select. The first coffee. It’s just … y’know … a day. Or is it? Feel the tension building, as …
SEE: Daniel Blumberg – ‘On & On & On & On & On’: pushing songcraft into new shapes
THERE’S really no point in gathering together fancy wordsmithery here: if you like your music tending towards to the acoustic auteur with a personal vision, an artist who’s not necessarily content to take a finely wrought and heartfelt tale and sit inside it, not try to stress-test it, push the further boundaries of the song …
Pynch ‘Somebody Else’
The new single from Pynch band is out July 6th A subtle political piece where the message is ‘somebody else’ the times have caused you to act and feel like someone else, when you are without the routine of everyday life, when it is taken away from you what do you become. While this has …
Watch: Ela Minus – “they told us it was hard, but they were wrong”
Colombia-born/raised and Brooklyn-based Ela Minus has come the latest to join the revered ranks at Domino recently, with her downtempo electronic music has captured the attention not only of fans but purists alike; overjoyed Minus’ work is all hardware-based than software-based. Her debut single, “they told us it was hard, but they were wrong“, came out …
Track: The Streets – Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better
The Streets a.k.a Mike Skinner has dropped the first track from his forthcoming mixtape, None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive, and already has fans and critics alike eagerly awaiting what’s to come – given the breadth of talent involved. Titled “Call My Phone Thinking I’m Doing Nothing Better”, Skinner teams up …
See: Sebastian releases new single and music video “Thirst”, plus tour dates
French DJ and electronic musician Sebastian has released a new single, with an accompanying video directed by Gaspar Noe. The video for “Thirst” was also produced by French fashion house Saint Laurent, for whom Sebastian created the soundtrack for their autumn/winter 2017 collection, unveiled in Paris. “Thirst” is an ambient electric track that sits somewhere …
PREMIERE: Silver Wilson – I’ll Be There
Nottingham trio Silver Wilson have bottled the fleeting British summertime in the form of new track ‘I’ll Be There’, bringing tropical melodies to an otherwise dreary climate. The single, released digitally on 14th July 2017, is colourful and upbeat, allowing you to dream of those hazy summer festivals where the only thing that matters is …
See: Little Brother Eli reveal video for Oceans
Once again creating an incredible dose of beard envy, Little Brother Eli are back with a brand new music video for their song ‘Oceans’, the opening track from their album Cold Tales. Beginning at once with plenty of atmosphere in its soundscape, this only gets deeper with each element that’s added to it as it …