NEWS: SLAVES – HEAR NEW SINGLE ‘HEY’

Slaves have announced the release of their new single, “Hey” on their own label, Fonthill Records. The track is a two-and-a-half minutes of focused energy and power. Sawing guitars are backed by colossal drums to deliver one of the most exciting, primal tracks of the year. Slaves are a two-headed hydra, the uncompromising attitude that will fire a rocket into the charts. Isaac Holman and Laurie Vincent are Slaves formed the band in Kent before heading to London. They offer... Read More

NEWS: TELEMAN UNVEIL BAUHAUS INSPIRED VIDEO TO ‘SKELETON DANCE’

Teleman have just unveiled a striking video for their new single ‘Skeleton Dance’, directed by their own Jonny Sanders. Jonny and Tom have said, “The video was conceived as a non-narrative, collage based collection of fun elements and colours. “We started with Bauhaus Theatre Mask designs by Oskar Schlemmer which to our knowledge have never actually been physically made before now. Then we rotated succulents and fruit on a turntable. We combined this with... Read More

LIVE: DEAFHEAVEN / CHELSEA WOLFE -16/08/2014

– GORILLA, MANCHESTER – We had to wait less than a year to to see one of the most active underground bands nowadays. The San Francisco quartet Deafheaven, loved, hated and criticised by the media and public, is unique in style. Their look seems to be the one for a standard indie band, but their music radiates fury and anger like only proper Black Metal groups do. Deafheaven pieces are more than just fast drums and painful screaming. Emotional melodies can be found... Read More

LIVE: FALLS / THE HYENA KILL – 16/08/2014

The Hyena Kill – THE STAR & GARTER, MANCHESTER – I’m still unsure about gigs at The Star & Garter. To me, that venue is The Smiths Disco. First Friday of the month, a gang of folk young and old gather upstairs in the (let’s be honest) grotty venue to sing and dance along to classic Smiths/Morrissey tunes. It’s not to say I’m against the idea of gigs here, but it does feel strange coming here sober to see a band, rather than being off my head, merrily... Read More

NEWS: BASS DRUM OF DEATH – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘LEFT FOR DEAD’

Bass Drum of Death John Barrett returns with his second full length for LA label Innovative Leisure as Bass Drum of Death. Elevating Bass Drum of Death from the scrapheap of garage rock challengers fighting for attention, Rip This is BDoD’s most impressive record yet, combining the best elements of the American rock underground with a raw approach that’s original and exciting. Bass Drum of Death’s appeal has always transcended the band’s roots in the local Oxford, Mississippi... Read More

NEWS: MAZES – HEAR NEW TRACK ‘SALFORD’

Mazes Mazes have never been ones for hanging around. When they have songs, they get them out there. If they should find themselves snowed in and unable to get to the studio, they’d grab a shovel and dig a pathway through. It’s precisely what the trio had to do during a recent trip to upstate New York for the creation of Wooden Aquarium, the band’s brand new album. “The studio was completely isolated; an idyllic place to make a record. Green, remote, backwatery, fewer distractions…... Read More

Album Review: Sex Hands – Pleh

When you talk about slackers, the glamorous, Americanised image is of beautiful surfer dudes smoking lots of weed and making lovely, reverb-heavy music about being sad. Best Coast, basically. The British equivalent isn’t nearly as cool. With a climate like ours, it’s nicer to sit in and watch telly all day and eat biscuits and ignore the washing up. Manchester DIY stalwarts Sex Hands have at least four songs about watching Friends on Pleh. As harrowing as that sounds,... Read More

16/08/2014

Our radio show goes out live every Saturday 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Flamingods – Quesso (feat Dustin Wong) / Tiny Ruins – Carriages / Vancouver Sleep Clinic – Collapse / Mazes – Salford / Holy Esque – Silences / The John Steel Singers – State Of Unrest / Elvis Presley – Are You Lonsome Tonight (laughing version) / Protomartyr – Scum, Rise! / Bass Drum Of Death – Left For Dead / Slaves... Read More

LIVE: BEIRUT – 14/08/2014

– ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER – Back in 2006, one Zach Condon started his own solo musical project which soon expanded into a band, now known as Beirut. Fast forward to the present, the American band has three studio albums under their name and a massive fan base with their multi-elemental indie folk rock music. The venue tonight is Albert Hall, an old chapel building that has been restored and transformed into an achingly beautiful music hall, restaurant and bar. Bless... Read More

EP Review: Baby Brave – King Horse

King Horse presents a very different Baby Brave to their clumsily titled 2012 debut EP (deep breath) The Hornet’s Nest of Unrequited Ambition That Was 1960s Vogue. They’ve since lost a singer and the suffix “…and the Love Bites” but gained an affection for some noisier influences. That’s not to say there’s none of the Camera Obscura-style swoon pop of their previous record on King Horse, it’s just swathed in fuzzy feedback. Lead... Read More