LIVE: NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS – 25/09/2017
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -MANCHESTER ARENA- There’s a part near the beginning of the recent Nick Cave documentary, which charts the making of Skeleton Tree, his latest album with the Bad Seeds, in which he says: “Isn’t it the invisible things, the lost things, that have so much mass? And are as big as the universe?” Cave has recently suffered a terrible loss – his son died in a tragic accident during the recording of the album. He later said of the... Read More
ARIEL PINK RELEASES NEW ‘DEDICATED TO BOBBY JAMESON’ – LISTEN TO ‘FEELS LIKE HEAVEN’ NOW
Ariel Pink has just released his new album, Dedicated to Bobby Jameson. The recording is his first solo album since 2014, and first full-length release with the Brooklyn-based independent label Mexican Summer. Pink has recently shared videos for Dedicated to Bobby Jameson singles ‘Another Weekend’ and ‘Feels Like Heaven’ (above). The new release’s title makes a direct and heartfelt reference to a real-life Los Angeles musician, long presumed dead, who... Read More
LIVERPOOL’S EDGE HILL TRAIN STATION PREMIERES ‘DIFFERENT TRAINS 1947’ TONIGHT WITH BFI SOCIAL ARCHIVE FOOTAGE PLUS MUSIC FROM A NUMBER OF ARTISTS
Tonight Different Trains 1947 will premiere at the oldest passenger railway station in the world – Edge Hill Train Station in Liverpool. Marking the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence this year, the night will feature British Film Industry (BFI) social archive footage from both India and the UK, alongside music from a range of artists including Sandunes, Jivraj Singh, Priya Purushothaman, Actress, and Jack Barnett of These New Puritans. Support will be provided by Warp... Read More
‘SCREAM’ IF YOU WANT TO HEAR WEAVES NEW TRACK. GO ON SCREAM.
Weaves have shares the official version of their track ‘Scream’ along with its video. The song is the third single from the upcoming LP Wide Open (due out Friday 6th October 2017 on Memphis Industries), following ‘#53’ and ‘Walkaway’, and constitutes a dramatic departure from those initial offerings. Despite being long-time friends this is the first collaboration between Tagaq and Weaves’ lead singer Jasmyn Burke, and their warped duet,... Read More
CASSETTE STORE DAY UNVEILS FINAL LIST OF RELEASES AHEAD OF OCTOBER’S EVENT
Cassette Store Day is back this autumn on October 14th with a day of global celebrations and all in honour of the humble cassette tape. The final list of UK releases is as follows: • Fear of Tigers – Tapeworkxs (Playmaker Media) • Various Artists – The Music Will Save Us Vol.1 (Sad Club Records) • Colleen – Colleen Et Les Boîtes À Musique (Beacon Sound) • Colleen – The Golden Morning Breaks (Beacon Sound) • Colleen – Les Ondes Silencieuses (Beacon... Read More
LIVE: THE NATIONAL – 22/09/2017
The National -APOLLO, MANCHESTER- I first listened to The National’s music at my brother’s place in Leeds not long after the band’s third album Alligator had come out. Heading out afterwards into that Saturday afternoon’s bright sunlight I couldn’t stop singing the “sunglasses” line from the record’s opening track ‘Secret Meeting’. And that’s how it is with The National, and how it has been for me ever since: in song after song, there are lyrics of great... Read More
MERSEYSIDE FIVE-PIECE PSYCHO COMEDY ESCAPE TO ‘MICHIGAN STATE’ – LISTEN NOW
Slipping their straitjackets for a second time this season, Merseyside five-piece Psycho Comedy escape Deltasonic’s asylum with their eyes on new single ‘Michigan State’. With neurotic bass patterns and howling top lines from frontman Shaun Powell, ‘Michigan State’ presents a raucous glimpse of insanity from the colourful and chaotic world of Psycho Comedy. Released via iconic Liverpool imprint Deltasonic, prepare to run riot to the sound of Psycho Comedy. On the new... Read More
LISTEN TO SURE SURE’S NEW TRACK ‘HANDS UP HEAD DOWN’ NOW
Sure Sure bring us their new track, ‘Hands Up Head Down’, which is out now! Sure Sure Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
LIVE: THE MURLOCS – 20/09/2017
The Murlocs -DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- For a harmonica-playing psych-enthusiast, Melbourne band The Murlocs were essentially a dream come true. I immediately fell for Ambrose Kenny-Smith’s snarling vocals and classic bluesman swagger, and the garage guitars. They were also my introduction to the wonderful Flightless record label – an introduction that led me to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Orb, The Babe Rainbow, Pipe-Eye, all kinds of Aussie psych gems. So naturally,... Read More
MICHAEL NAU RELEASES ‘THE LOAD EP’ WHILE TOURING THE UK NOW
Michael Nau Michael Nau is currently touring the UK & Europe for his headline shows supporting recent album ‘Some Twist’ and the newly-announced ‘The Load EP’ out now. Michael said of the tracks on this new EP: “These songs come from the same pool as the songs from ‘Some Twist’. For whatever reason, they felt like outliers at the time, and weren’t included in the mixing sessions. You can hear some pieces… a few lines here... Read More
