Vulkano are an explosive new duo pushing punk forward in their own charming way. With a passion for astrology, the paranormal and nature, healing stones, tropical landscapes, mythology and mountains, Vulkano are made up of the constantly headbanging Lisa Pyk-Wirström(keyboards/percussion) and the tour de force, the hissing feline Cissi Efraimsson (drums/lead vocals). Vulkano’s debut album will be released on February 3rd 2014 through Vulkano Music. […]
It’s time that the tale was told… Richard Boon is featuring in a forthcoming live, on stage in conversation with Dave Haslam at Gorilla, Manchester on Thursday 13 February 2014 (6.45pm for 7.30pm). Richard Boon isn’t just an important eye-witness to Manchester’s music scene, but also a major player and an influential figure, with the […]
This coming of age record for solo synth songstress Scraps (aka Brisbane’s Laura Hill), glides through the ghosts of our electro-pop heroes with a collection of infectiously catchy outer-space pop songs. With a slither of Stereolab, a sprinking of Peaking Lights, this is a Julee Cruise meets Julia Holter sonic rendezvous engulfed in the bleepy, cosmic […]
Firstly, Girl Band does not contain any girls. They are a four piece in their late teens / early 20’s from Dublin, wet behind the ears, and they play music that does not fit comfortably under one genre. Somewhere between Pissed Jeans, !!!, Modern Lovers, Shellac and Liars, they somehow sound like all and none […]
Half Mauritian on his mother’s side and son of a British father of Trinidadian origin, Pierre was born in London, brought up on the Wirral and moved to Manchester, aged 18. Now, 12 years on he has very recently moved back to London – the place of his birth. In Manchester, Pierre first established himself […]
Genre-busting pioneers, John Cale and Thurston Moore formed two of the most influential bands of the twentieth century in The Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, reinventing music and spawning thousands of bands in their wakes. Continuing to influence and impact on the industry, John has since recorded 15 solo studio albums including his best-known, the […]
David Lynch’s ‘The Big Dream’, one of the year’s most strikingly singular and idiosyncratic records, is getting a glorious deluxe reissue from Sunday Best. Sitting alongside brand new tracks and previously unreleased instrumental versions are a slew of stunning remixes from the varied likes of Bastille, Hot Since 82, Venetian Snares and Bjorn Yttling, which […]
Franco-Scottish-Bolivian group Jacques Caramac & The Sweet Generation release their debut album on download, ltd picture disc and cd via Everyday Life Recordings/ Rocket Girl on 27th January. Comprising Jean-Baptiste Ganivet (bass), Raphael Mura (drums), Pablo Schollaert (keys) and Kevin Retoryka (vocals, guitar), JC&TSG take inspiration from ‘singing’ Eno, Mansun’s first two albums, the KLF, […]
Casimer & Casimir have unveiled the video for new single, ‘O Sweet Joe Pye’, directed by Nautico, and also filmed by the band themselves in their hometown of Detroit, lending a homemade feel to the sweeping city shots and abandoned buildings. Casimer&Casimir are an American musical duo, who are uncle and nephew, that sprung from the Spring of 2012. […]
TOY, who released their second album, Join The Dots, on Heavenly Recordings on in December 2013, have announced details of a U.K. tour in February 2014. This includes their biggest U.K. show to date, at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in April. FEBRUARY 2014 18th Brighton – The Old Market 19th Bristol – Thekla 20th Southampton […]
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ALBUM REVIEW - CERYS HAFANA: ANGEL
ALBUM REVIEW - MULATU ASTATKE: MULATU PLAYS MULATU
ALBUM REVIEW - THE GENESIS: A STORY
ALBUM REVIEW - JOHNNY MARR: LOOK OUT LIVE!LEAH
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 19 SEPTEMBER 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - WEVAL: CHOROPHOBIA
ALBUM REVIEW - GHOSTWOMAN: WELCOME TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD
LIVE REVIEW - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD: MANCHESTER ALBERT HALL - 13/09/25
ALBUM REVIEW - PATRICK WATSON: UH OH
ALBUM REVIEW - IGORRR: AMEN
