What’s the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Thee Oh Sees? Probably their riot-sparking live show, right? Visions of a guitar-chewing, speaker-smothering, tongue-wagging John Dwyer careening across your cranium, chased by a wild-eyed wrecking crew that drives every last hook home like it’s a nail in the coffin of what you thought […]
Karima Francis releases her stirring new single ‘Glory Days’, August 6th on Mercury, self-penned and produced by Flood (U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave). ‘Glory Days’ is the rousing, emotionally charged centrepiece from the Blackpool born singer-songwriter’s extraordinary new album ‘The Remedy’. It captures the album’s overriding sense of rediscovered strength, perspective and newfound […]
‘Who Needs Who’, the new album by Dark Dark Dark, is a stirring and rich body of songs that sees the band breaking new ground, and settling into the strengths of a quintet that has worked incredibly hard, both on the road and in their personal lives. The band’s commitment to their music has proven […]
X-Ray Recordings are proud to introduce the latest band to join the fold and commit their music to flexi disc, Mickey Gloss. Their single ‘Crocodile Smile’ is available from the X-Ray Recordings online store from July 9th and in most independent record stores from July 16th. Mickey Gloss is a Psychedelic Punk Party Band that […]
Clark announces the release of ‘Fantasm Planes’. The six track EP is due for release on 3rd September. It is a counterpart to Iradelphic, featuring new variations on key album tracks as heard in his recent live shows; this includes 3 reworks of album tracks and 3 brand new tracks. ‘Fantasm Planes’ sees Clark exploring […]
Taken from Opossom‘s debut album ‘Electric Hawaii’, this video for “Fly” is another zany sci-fi-themed adventure directed by Sam Kristofski, following on from the promo video for ‘Blue Meanies’ (single out digitally on 30 July). Their psych-pop, sun-drenched tunes are sure to brighten up your summer. Frontman Kody Nielson describes the “Fly” video like this: […]
‘Dirty Money’ is the second song to be released from their forthcoming self-titled album, released via Daptone on 6th August. It follows hot on the heels of ‘Sare Kon Kon (Redux)’ (also below). “The idea,” says singer Amayo “was to come up with something hot. We’ve had so many collective money talks in Antibalas from […]
Susanne Sundfør is set to release new album ‘The Silicone Veil’ on 8th October 2012 in the UK through Sonnet Sound, preceded by forthcoming first single ‘White Foxes’. When you listen to Susanne Sundfør it is no surprise that she is both Norway’s most critically acclaimed artist of the year, and one of it’s most […]
Autobahn 666 is the Opening track from the Debut LP “1612 Underture” by THE ECCENTRONIC RESEARCH COUNCIL (FT Cult electronic outsider artists Adrian Flanagan & Dean Honer from Sheffield’s Chanteuse and the Crippled Claw/Kings Have Long Arms and I Monster/all Seeing I and the Actress/Lancashire’s very own Angel of the North, Miss Maxine Peake. The […]
Chelsea Light Moving are set to release their debut on Matador Records later this year. All words below are by Thurston Moore: FOR IMMEDIATE…mmmmm…RELEASE (newsflash courtesy of Love Sick Times, free periodical for poets and punks) This song is called BURROUGHS. It is by the band CHELSEA LIGHT MOVING. ‘Burroughs’ is the first track from […]
GIG GUIDE
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ALBUM REVIEW - MCKINLEY DIXON: MAGIC, ALIVE!
ALBUM REVIEW - WET LEG: MOISTURIZER
ALBUM REVIEW - BARRY CAN'T SWIM: LONER
ALBUM REVIEW - CORY HANSON: I LOVE PEOPLE
INTERVIEW - CORY HANSON
EP REVIEW - LEI HOPE: INERTIA
ALBUM REVIEW: MADE KUTI - CHAPTER 1: WHERE DOES HAPPINESS COME FROM?
SINGLE REVIEW - ALKALINE TRIO: OBLIVION
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 18 JULY 2025
ALBUM REVIEW - BUSH: I BEAT LONELINESS
