rock/metal
News: Midnight Oil announce World Tour, includes first UK date since 1996
One of Australia’s most passionate, articulate and socially committed bands, Midnight Oil, have just announced they are reforming and undertaking a world tour in 2017. The enigmatic lead singer, Peter Garrett, spent some time as a Labor politician in 2002, causing the band to go into a hiatus and no end of cynicism amongst those …
Album Review: The Menzingers – After The Party
Returning with their anticipated latest album ‘After The Party’, The Menzingers take a look at the themes of life after your twenties. Presented through energetic riffs and catchy rhythms, there’s a lot on offer to keep you hooked as it all unfolds. Maintaining a high level of energy throughout, the album keeps a solid pace as it …
Track: The Picturebooks – I need that Oooh
Heavy blues duo The Picturebooks, aka Fynn Claus Grabke [vocals, guitar] and Philipp Mirtschink [drums] have just released their brand new single, ‘I need that Oooh’, taken from their forthcoming album, Home is a heartache, which drops in March 19th via Another Century Records. Of the track, the pair say, “We were on a European …
News: Napalm Death announce European Tour 2017
Birmingham’s Grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH never slow down and announced a next headlining run across Europe together with Brujeria and Power Trip* for April/May under the suitable banner Campaign For Musical Destruction” The tour supports, the much praised, 2016 “Apex Predator – Easy Meat” album. The bands 15th album to date. In NAPALM DEATH’s Mark …
Album Review: Grails – ‘Chalice Hymnal’
Grails, hail from Portland, Oregon. A seaport state nestled under Washington and characterised by its diverse landscape of forests, mountains, farms and beaches. That Pacific Northwest essence runs through the centre of the Grails sound. A sound that expounds on the spectral spaghetti Western side of their oeuvre, marked by tasteful excursions into passages of …
Track: Grails Release New Single “Deep Snow II” on Temporary Residence Ltd.
Grails have just released their third single, ‘Deep Snow II’, from forthcoming album ‘Chalice Hymnal’. You can hear the previously released singles for ‘Pelham’ here and album title track ‘Chalice Hymnal’ here. ‘Deep Snow II’ continues in the vain of the previously released singles and expands on the themes at the heart of the Grails …
Album Review: Judas Priest – Turbo 30 (Remastered 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
I’m just going to come out and say it, Judas Priest’s Turbo was a damn good album. It was much maligned by the long-haired, leather-wearing metal dudes that pumped fists to songs like “Breaking The Law”, “The Green Manalishi(with the two-pronged crown)”, “Livin’ After Midnight”, and “Electric Eye”, but that’s their problem, man. Turbo wasn’t …
Not Forgotten: Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory
It had been a long time coming. Neil Young had last reached one of his irregular artistic peaks in 1979 with Rust Never Sleeps, but throughout the next decade he seemed to go into free-fall, until he recorded the Eldorado EP which stopped the rot and followed it up with the fair to middling Freedom. …
Classic Album: Jethro Tull – Songs From the Wood
The rise of punk triggered a wide variety of reactions among more established acts. Led Zeppelin nodded in approval, and continued to be Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd channelled their own disenfranchised feelings into the bleak Animals. A few other acts underwent underwent various identity crises, with some attempting to go ‘pop’ with mixed success (Emerson, …
Album Review: Richard Pinhas – Reverse
Richard Pinhas is what you’d call a pioneer of both electronic music and experimental rock. His early years were spent recording with first Schizo, then space rock pioneers Heldon, as well as releasing records under his own name. He doesn’t shy away from dissonance and extended stays in musical pieces that seem to go on …