FLOCK OF DIMES AKA WYE OAK’S JENN WASNER SHARES ‘PRICE OF BLUE’ SINGLE
Flock of Dimes aka Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner Flock of Dimes – aka Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner – has shared the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Head of Roses’, out April 2nd via Sub Pop. Following recent single ‘Two, ‘Price of Blue’ is another track from Wasner’s second solo LP. It comes accompanied by an unearthly new video filmed in black and white, co-directed by Wasner with Graham Tolbert. Of the release, she says: “This... Read More
ELECTRONIC ARTIST HAINBACH TO RELEASE ARTISTIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATION ALBUM
Berlin-based composer and musician Hainbach reveals his new album entitled ‘Landfill Totems’. Hainbach, whose real name is Stefan Goetsch, is an electronic music composer and performer. His latest album started as an installation and a one-off performance in Berlin, with the erection of three huge sculptures from obsolete, once high-end research equipment taken from nuclear research labs, particle accelerators and grandfather’s sheds. These forgotten relics of scientific... Read More
LIVE: THE SEVEN BRAVE TRACTOR DRIVERS – 31/01/2020
The Seven Brave Tractor Drivers -THE MET, BURY- There are only four of them. Not seven, as was previously stated. Also, they don’t even drive tractors. Like, what is going on here? Anyway, The Seven Brave Tractor Drivers performed at The Met in Bury on 31st January 2020. In short, it was a really good gig, organised by Bury Cancer Care Centre, and goes to show that unsigned bands and independent venues produce good music. The audience looked like they were enjoying it. During... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: EYE FLYS – TUB OF LARD
In the current state of humanity, we are sectioned off for the greater good. This greater good must be self-inflicted. Being a man of zero ‘coolness’, I’m always home. So, listening to music and avoid people (government issue by the way), I am a black belt. Thankfully, Eye Flys have unleashed ‘Tub of Lard’ for an easy afternoon in my flat and my head. This is an easy one to discuss. It’s heavy. Not the so-called ‘Br00tul’ metal that ‘dem upbeat kids’ call today... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: LUCIFER – III
Lucifer III. But I hear you ask before you open your mouth….” Where was Lucifer II or even I?” Well, the brief history of a band is that they really have yet to get off the ground into a fully touring unit (but, they’ve been to America a fair bit. The bastards). By album three, you should be having some familiarity in the circles of your musical dimension. The quick history is they started in 2014, released their debut ‘I’ on Rise Above records (Lee Dorran, former... Read More
EP REVIEW: SEA GIRLS – UNDER EXIT LIGHTS
When listening to this new EP by up and comers Sea Girls, I had a sense of deja-vu, I feel like I have heard this before strangely. The reason for this is simple, I have heard it before in every other indie band trying to make a name for themselves recently. This isn’t necessarily a massively negative point, but it doesn’t work in their favour. The four-piece band formed in London 2015 are on the up, after supporting Foals on tour and having Radio One airplay the band are... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: VIDEO NASTIES – DOMINION
Breaking out of a Scouse drinking pit, from the remnants of SSS, Iron Witch and The Bendal Interlude, it’s Video Nasties! The house band to John Carpenter have unleashed their ferocious debut. The ideal listening material for a night of whisky, eerie atmosphere and a severe lack of interest in a well-lit room, this is ‘Dominion’. This is really good. 2020 has offered some very enjoyable releases. Add ‘Dominion’ to the list. For what could be deemed as a dead horse beating... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: MOANING – UNEASY LAUGHTER
Moaning. I know the concept very well. I have crafted it to a fine point, that it can transcend and become an entirely new life force from its mere rumbling of my ‘thoughts’. Moaning the band, have unleashed their full debut ‘Uneasy Laughter’ and second release on fabled label, Sub Pop. Just like the album title, my moaning is uneasy listening. I can pretty much put a dampener on anything fun, innocent and wholesome. Sorry, the album. Well, when a band has a bit of hype... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: VAISSEAU – HORRORS WAITING IN LINE
Vaisseau are a synth/doom duo from Brest, France. Now that I have lost some of you with the word synth, what is this album and why did I listen to this album a few times. To start, I don’t know much about synth music and its current rise in popularity, but it seems to be about. With the likes of Carpenter Brut and Gost coming to mind, I can’t avoid thinking of 80’s films, with Blade Runner being the first. It just all sounds like an 80’s sci-fi soundtrack. But I have found... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: CODE ORANGE – UNDERNEATH
There is going to be a lot of people listening to this one. Code Orange have managed to take the metal world, scooped within their hands and begun to smash it against the firmest wall possible. Their rise from ‘just’ another hardcore band, to the augmenting metallic outfit (go google what they wore to the Grammy’s in 2018) that are a threatening to become a leading face in the genre for 2020 and beyond. In honesty, I have never been interested to delve further with their... Read More
