NEWS: MOON KING – LISTEN TO ‘BIG DUMB BLUE ANGEL’ + TOUR
Canadian duo Moon King are releasing a new track from their forthcoming record, Obsession (Tough Love Records). ‘Big Dumb Blue Angel’ is perhaps as direct as anything the band have so far put their name to. Under two minutes long, it’s driven by a sharp vocal melody and shrouded in the buzzsaw of distinctly post-punk guitars and a pointed metallic rhythm section. It’s a telling snapshot of Obsession – melodic yet visceral, insistent yet ambiguous... Read More
NEWS: VERONICA FALLS – UK TOUR + ‘BROKEN TOY’ LTD 7”
After their performance at Green Man Festival, London-quartet VERONICA FALLS have announced a handful of headlining UK shows in October. All dates below… Saturday 14th September – Southsea Festival, Southsea Saturday 19th October – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Sunday 20th October – Broadcast, Glasgow Monday 21st October – Gorilla, Manchester Wednesday 23rd October – The Dome, London Thursday 24th October – Green Door Store, Brighton The tour... Read More
INTERVIEW: MIKAL CRONIN
San Francisco-based garage prince Mikal Cronin took us on a dissonant narrative journey this May in his latest release MCII, an inventively poetic and piano driven sophomore album that caught the ears of the music press. As he comes to terms with an orchestra of change, from the recording process to the album’s reception I chat with Mikal about his summer tour, underlying themes on the new record and of most importance, his vinyl collection.How’s the tour going?... Read More
THE WAVE: CHRIS HORKAN (FOUNDER OF HEY! MANCHESTER)
THE WAVE – a brand-new Silent Radio feature. We speak to the city’s venue owners, promoters and new music advocates. The guys (and girls) behind the magic and probably the very people responsible for one of your favourite live music experiences… Chris Horkan, Manchester Founder, Hey! Manchester promotions | Web Company boss | Journalist | Crackin’ beardRECENT GIGS: Owen Pallet (review here), Generationals, The Ballet, Jesca Hoop, IntroducingLive, The New Mendicants,... Read More
NEWS: MARK LANEGAN – ACOUSTIC TOUR + LISTEN TO ‘I’M NOT THE LOVING KIND’
Following the release of his new covers album Imitations, MARK LANEGAN will be embarking on an extensive European tour this Autumn. This will be an acoustic tour and take place in seated venues, reaching the UK/Ireland. Friday 1 November – BRIGHTON – St George’s Church Saturday 2 November – BIRMINGHAM – Institute Sunday 3 November – LEEDS – College Of Music Monday 4 November – EDINBURGH – Queen’s Hall Tuesday 5 November – DUBLIN – Sugar Club Thursday... Read More
NEWS: HAIM – DEBUT LP ‘DAYS ARE GONE’ + SINGLE ‘THE WIRE’
HAIM have announced details of their debut album. ‘Days Are Gone’ will be released on the 30th September. Following a series of LA based studio sessions with producers Ariel Rechtsaid (Major Lazer, Vampire Weekend, Usher) and James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Simian Mobile Disco), San Fernando Valley sisters HAIM have emphatically taken all the strengths of their live shows and transformed their songs into nuggets of golden pop. Beginning the year as... Read More
NEWS: FAT WHITE FAMILY – NEW SINGLE ‘AUTO NEUTRON/HEAVEN ON EARTH’ + VIDEO
Fat White Family are very proud to premiere the beautifully twisted, David Lynch inspired video for their next single ‘Auto Neutron’, which is released the 16th September on Trashmouth Records. This cinematic beut is directed by Thomas James. Auto Neutron is the third single to be taken from Fat White Family’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Champagne Holocaust’, which The Quietus have also published as one of their albums of the year! Auto Neutron will be... Read More
NEWS: JON HOPKINS – LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE ‘BREATHE THIS AIR’
Breathe This Air featuring vocals from Purity Ring’s Megan James, will be the second single taken from Jon Hopkins’ universally acclaimed Immunity album, already being touted as one of the records of the year. Megan’s vocals transform the track into a vast and shimmering expanse, bringing waves of beautiful melancholy to the original’s dark and dusty techno. The track will be available digitally from 23rd September 2013. Purity Ring and Hopkins have... Read More
Album Review: Washed Out – Paracosm
In 2013, it’s easier than ever before to find new music. The advent of Spotify and the omnipresence of the Internet as a whole means that any new artist can record something with a reasonable degree of competency, and instantly expose it to millions of people with the click of a mouse. Despite the recent controversy over Spotify kicked up by Radiohead’s Thom Yorke (regarding the seemingly derisory amounts earned by the artists per play of their track) it remains possibly the... Read More
LIVE: OWEN PALLETT – 12/08/2013
– BAND ON THE WALL, MANCHESTER – Owen Pallett is an extraordinarily talented man. As well as his stellar solo work under his own name and the Final Fantasy moniker, he has also worked on string arrangements for many a band including Beirut, Arcade Fire and Last Shadow Puppets. And it is his strings that he is known best for, namely the violin which he wields and manipulates to astonishing effect during this in-between-albums gig at Band on the Wall tonight. Pallett... Read More
