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SEE: The Blinders up the darkness on ‘Mule Track’
MANCHESTER-based, Doncaster-bred goth-punk outfit The Blinders are back in the fray, with their second album in the can – and their latest single “Mule Track” is a dark thrust into the psyche. The track is named for the painting in the Imperial War Museum, which depicts a mule train making its way through a battlefield. …
SEE: M83’s Jordan Lawlor steps out on his own with J. Laser EP
FORMERLY a member of French shoegazers-turned synth-wielding dreampop angels M83, Jordan Lawlor has stepped outside the fold with a bright new EP, J Laser, due for release on June 26th. The first song from the five-tracker, “Sunshine”, a glimmering slice of halcyon synth shimmer, was well received; and now another track from the EP, the …
LISTEN: new wave shimmer from Leeds’ Eades
LEEDS’ five-piece Eades have premiered their hook-laden, shimmery new single “Forget What You Want” on Soundcloud. The punchy track has echoes of the Velvets, Television, Parquet Courts and even a little of Vampire Weekend in that twisting lead guitar line. “Forget What You Want” is culled from their forthcoming EP Microcosmic Things, …
See: Travis get animated on new single
A QUARTER-century since they first gathered in a Glaswegian rehearsal room, Fran Healy and the boys from Travis are preparing to release their ninth studio set – and have teased what’s in store with an animated video for new single “A Ghost”. And with lockdown biting partway through conception, Fran had to fall …
SEE: OK Go release moving Covid-19 inspired track and video – All Together Now
What do synchronised treadmills, zero gravity flights, Rube Goldberg Machines and a car playing instruments in the desert all have in common? Well they are just some of the concepts that Chicago rock band OK Go (now LA-based) have used over the years to showcase their songs and, in doing so, have created their own …
TRACK AND VIDEO: Widowspeak – Breadwinner
Brooklyn band Widowspeak return with a gentle and poignant new single ‘Breadwinner’, their first new material since their fourth album ‘Expect the Best’ in 2017. It’s been quite a wait but it seems like the current crisis was something of a catalyst for the band to put this song out. As singer Molly Hamilton explains: …
See: Extra Arms releases video for “Up From Here” featuring cameo from Eaglebones Falconhawk (Aquabats!)
Detroit power pop band Extra Arms released album ‘Up From Here’ on October 25, 2019 via Dadstache Records. With the “quarantine” video fast becoming a thing, Extra Arms have created a new video for the title track ‘Up From Here’. Shot and edited entirely by the band, and featuring a cameo from Eaglebones Falconhawk from the Aquabats! …
Track: Asking Alexandria – House On Fire
‘House On Fire’ will be the sixth track released from Asking Alexandria’s new album – ‘Like A House On Fire’ this Friday May 15th on Sumerian Records The delicate intro only last a few seconds before the onslaught begins with Lead singer Danny Worsnop screaming, “like a house on fire”. That aggression quickly stops for a …
See: Papa Roach – Feel Like Home
Papa Roach has just released the official video for their track ‘Feel Like Home’. The minimalist, high-energy video was filmed at home under quarantine and provides a rare and very entertaining look into the band members’ home lives, their families (and dogs!). The band explain: “We’re all home, in quarantine, and decided to try and entertain our …
SEE: Belle and Sebastian share Collaborative fan project ‘Protecting the Hive’
In a way to find something positive during this unusual period Belle and Sebastian reached out to fans for a two part collaboration project entitled – ‘Protecting The Hive’. The project collates lyrics contributed by fans at the bands invitation, about their thoughts and feelings while in self isolation, and collated into a spoken-word musical …