ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK MIDI – SCHLAGENHEIM

It’s like a rucksack of bricks superglued to your shoulders – hype. Always hard to shake off, and once you’ve been proclaimed as the saviours of new music, and the answer to life, the Universe and everything, it’s like wading through the thickest Glastonbury mud to find some escape. So, casting all the aspersions aside, […]

ALBUM REVIEW: BAD BREEDING – EXILED

In today’s swirling cesspit of politics, messed up societies and uncertain times, Bad Breeding could well be the huge stomping boot of anarchic musical expression that these times have been calling for. Loud, in-yer-face, punk rumblings mingling with lyrical themes from zero hour contracts, war, politics, the media, all delivered at a warp speed pace. […]

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LIVE: PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL 2019

-PARC DEL FORUM, BARCELONA- A sun drenched Barcelona sea front played host to a very exciting lineup of aging cult heroes, rising talents and globally known superstars. Primavera Sound 2019 was a shining example of how a major city festival can be delivered at an extremely high standard. From the latest in all things working […]

LIVE: NICK CAVE – 20/06/2019

-BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER- What Nick Cave has done on this tour has truly broken the mould for how an event can be staged – letting the audience ask absolutely anything, in between performing solo at the piano, no moderator, no other host involved, just us and Nick – a very brave move indeed. So after […]

ALBUM REVIEW: CHRIS SHIFLETT – HARD LESSONS

Chris Shiflett, who’s best known as Foo Fighters’ lead guitarist and co-founder of No Use For A Name, is releasing his first solo album ‘Hard Lessons’ this week. And he quickly reaffirms his position as a talent, and an authentic country guy. The album drops on June 21st on Each Beach Records & Tapes/Thirty Tigers, […]

REVIEW: THE BOOK OF MORMON @ PALACE THEATRE, MANCHESTER

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ALBUM REVIEWS ROUND UP – THE REST OF THE BEST NEW RELEASES FROM THE LAST MONTH

Amyl & The Sniffers: Amyl & The Sniffers With an absolutely snarling beast of an album, wrapped in melodic yet ferocious overtones, Amyl and The Sniffers are Australia’s brightest punk rock band to emerge in years. The self-titled debut album from this Melbourne lot is laden with melodically charged guitar riffs, feisty vocals from frontwoman […]

LIVE: MADONNATRON / LEATHER PARTY – 17/06/2019

-GULLIVERS, MANCHESTER- Leather Party The curiously titled Leather Party open the evening, with the approach of their excessive pedal-induced fuzz sound reminding me a little of the Cramps or even Kyuss; albeit not quite as interesting as the aforementioned monoliths. The vocals have a vague growl to them at times, but typically come off as […]

HEAVY METAL: WHAT HAPPENED?

SPEEDY WUNDERGROUND ANNOUNCE NEW 7″ SINGLE BY SINEAD O’BRIEN

BRAND NEW TRACK FROM PLEASURE CRAFT ‘WORK IT OUT’ FEAT. MINGIJA

SURFBORT FEAT’ GIBBY HAYNES FROM THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS RELEASE ANIMATED VIDEO FOR ‘HI ANXIETY’

GOODSIDE RELEASE DEBUT SINGLE ‘I’VE BEEN FEELING SOMETHING LATELY’

LIVE: MOLD / TINFOILS / AUGHRA / PLATO – 15/06/2019

-THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Manchester’s own Deco Records have become synonymous with putting on good live nights and the five band bill they have compiled for this evening’s entertainment is no exception. I get to an already packed out Castle in time for Plato, a Manchester based four piece who offer alternative based rock that […]

PONYTAILS RELEASE VIDEO TO NEW SONG ‘JUST YOURS’

COURTNEY BARNETT SHARES BRAND NEW SINGLE “EVERYBODY HERE HATES YOU”

YAK? YES!

VILE ASSEMBLY UNVEIL ‘LAST CENTURY MAN’ VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE GIGS

LIVE: MEAT PUPPETS – 11/06/2019

-REBELLION, MANCHESTER- I arrive early to catch the tour support for the evening, Munky, a youthful fusion of funk and indie, not quite the type of band you would expect to be supporting an eighties psychedelic country rock band but they are certainly a bunch of lively Irish lads, with a great stage presence and […]

SINGLE REVIEW: TSHEGUE – THE WHEEL

This wasn’t really what I was expecting when (I thought) I saw Tshegue described as ‘Afrobeat’ – I was thinking jazzy, musical and upbeat, where this is scuzzy, dirty dance music. Unfortunately, setting me to review this is like a gardener reviewing a computer – but never mind. Looking again, I realise that “afrobeats” is […]

INTERVIEW: SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY

SHITKID RELEASE TITLE TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM [DETENTION]

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN NEW VIDEO: ‘THE TRUCE OF TWILIGHT’ DIRECTED BY PAUL SIMONON

MAC DEMARCO RELEASES LEAD TRACK FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM

FONTAINES D.C. UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ROY’S TUNE’

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