HEAD FOR THE ‘HILLS’ NONN SHARES HIS NEW VIDEO
Having just released his debut LP on Fuzz Club, Stockholm-based post-punk project NONN (the moniker of Christian Eldefors, also of The Orange Revival) is back with a brand new video for ‘Hills’ and a run of UK tour dates, including a stop at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia. Taken from NONN’s self-titled debut, ‘Hills’ is shot through a minimalistic post-punk template with a hypnotic darkwave drive. The motorik drum-machine percussion and unremitting... Read More
THE BLOW SHOW US THE ‘THE WOMAN YOU WANT HER TO BE’
The Blow recently announced its new album, Brand New Abyss, with a Pledge Music campaign and today shares the third track from it, ‘The Woman You Want Her To Be’, via Bust. With the album out Friday 22nd September 2017. Brand New Abyss tracklisting: 1. Peaceful Easy Feeling 2. Dark Cold Magic 3. So There 4. Greatest Love of All 5. The Woman You Want Her To Be 6. Get Up 7. Think About Me 8. Summer The Blow Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
JAE TYLER SHOWCASES HIS DEBUT VIDEO FOR ‘LIFE AS A WALL’ – WATCH NOW
Fresh from an appearance at Green Man festival, Oklahoma-bred, Berlin-based Jae Tyler has made his debut with a shimmering, gender fluid video for ‘Life As A Wall’. Tyler continues to play with binary elements of everything, moving swiftly from light to dark, male to female and psych pop to surf metal. In ‘Life As A Wall’ we see him embracing his inner femininity and masculinity as he gets his best drag on, setting the mood for a serious party. This is... Read More
LIVE: INTERPOL – 03/09/2017
Interpol -ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- New York City in 2002 and Interpol released their debut album, Turn on The Bright Lights. I wasn’t there. It’s hardly surprising considering I was eight at the time and over three thousand miles away. Say what you will about anniversary tours, but it gives fans like me a chance to see something we’d otherwise have missed. I’d put TOTBL in my all-time top 10 albums: this is a special occasion to me. The queue to get into tonight’s... Read More
LIVE: DEAP VALLY / PINS – 30/08/2017
PINS -THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER- One hundred days on from the Manchester Arena Attack, which tragically took the lives of many music fans, the Ruby Lounge plays host to a band who epitomise the comeback music in this city has made. Since the bombing, gigs and live music events have continued without issue and show a defiance needed to combat the terror threat. Deap Vally, our American cousins of blues and hard rock flavoured duality, gave the packed audience a night to remember. Supported... Read More
ANNIE HART OF AU REVOIR SIMONE ANNOUNCES MORE UK TOUR DATES THIS OCTOBER
Annie Hart Annie Hart is best known as one-third of Au Revoir Simone, the all-female synth trio. But with the eight tracks on her solo debut, Impossible Accomplice (Instant Records, Friday 15th September 2017), Annie will emerge as an artist and producer in her own right. Annie has announced additional dates for her UK tour, full details are as follows with tickets available from anniehart.nyc: ANNIE HART OCTOBER 2017 UK TOUR DATES Sunday 1st – By The Sea Festival, Margate Monday... Read More
COURTNEY BARNETT & KURT VILE ANNOUNCE ‘LOTTA SEA LICE’ LP RELEASED OCT – WATCH FIRST SINGLE VIDEO ‘OVER EVERYTHING’ NOW
Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, have joined forces to release on Friday 13th October (Marathon Artists/Matador/Milk! Recordings/Mom & Pop) a new album collaboration, Lotta Sea Lice. First single ‘Over Everything’, features dovetailing vocal lines and intricate, guitar stylings from the pair. The lyrics play out as a rambling dialogue as they compare notes about song-writing and inspiration – it was the first song written for this project, and comes accompanied... Read More
LIVE: STRANGE WAVES II (PARQUET COURTS, OMNI, BEACH FOSSILS, DEAD PRETTIES, ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER, ULTIMATE PAINTING) – 02/09/2017
Dead Pretties -THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Walking into any building to see Ultimate Painting tuning up, and knowing you’ve got five hours of great music ahead of you, is enough to get even the most dour Mancunian hack excited, and that was what we were in for on Saturday Night. Strange Waves II, a festival hosted at The Ritz by promoters Strange Days and Now Wave boasted a line up to rival its initial event. It is impossible to do all the performances justice with but a few choice... Read More
LIVE: NADIA REID – 31/08/2017
Nadia Reid: Official | Facebook | Twitter -DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- Nadia Reid is one of a string of female folk artists, think Julie Byrne, Julia Jacklin, and Aldous Harding, that have broken through this year. The distinct silence that meets Nadia’s question of how many people were at her last Manchester concert in February just shows how quick her rise has been. Like all of these breakthrough artists, Nadia has a quality that raises her above the rabble below.... Read More
MAC DEMARCO SHARES 360 AND VR VERSION OF HIS VIDEO FOR ‘THIS OLD DOG’
Mac DeMarco released his acclaimed third-full length album, This Old Dog, this past spring via Captured Tracks. Now he revisits the song that launched the album with a new 360 and VR video. The ‘This Old Dog’ video was produced through a partnership between Pitchfork, and Inception and is the first piece to come from this new collaboration. The full VR experience is available here. Mac DeMarco Official | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Read More
