ALBUM: STEVE MASON – ABOUT THE LIGHT

I can distinctly remember where I was the first time I ever heard ‘Dry The Rain’ by Steve Mason’s former outfit The Beta Band, I was off work with a cold, and on the radio during the day, as some sort of listener request, this subliminal piece of melodic slow building pop came wafting out […]
Striking whilst the iron’s still hot, Wild Nothing return with an even more mature take on the 80s alt-pop sound which has inspired their past album releases such as ‘Nocturne’ (2012) and ‘Indigo’ (2018). The latter was an immense journey into hi-fi, a glittery sonic gloss rich with soaring guitars and killer snare hits to […]

SINGLE REVIEW: WILD NOTHING – BLUE WINGS

ALBUM: Greatest Hits – The Boy Least Likeley To

There’s always been a joyous innocence to The Boy Least Likely To, concerns of love, longing, looking at the world through a curious and eccentric lens has been their thing. So for this ‘Greatest Hits’ album, it’s indie mixed with rock n’ roll, country, disco, funk, and an attempt to pull together their best songs […]
There’s always bands who like to turn the fuzztone up, step on the phase pedal and blast off into hyperspace, and there’s so many bands around doing the shoegazy dream pop thing, it’s often hard to find the decent stuff. So, thank your lava lamps for Steeple Remove, a band from Rouen in France, who […]

ALBUM: STEEPLE REMOVE – VONAL AXIS

ALBUM: TY SEGALL – FUDGE SANDWICH

A stereotypical day in Ty Segall’s life, must go something like this: wake up, have breakfast, record some new stuff with whoever you want, release it – such is his prodigious musical output, there seems to be a constant wave of Ty Segall records being unleashed into the world. That’s no bad thing either, although […]
-BALTIC TRIANGLE, LIVERPOOL- This year’s Positive Vibration festival, located in the heart of one of Liverpool’s most vibrant music and arts areas, shows once again just how positively diverse and culturally adaptable the land of Scousers truly is. Featuring DJs and groups specialising in all things reggae – including adventures into dub, 2tone and ska […]

LIVE: POSITIVE VIBRATION FESTIVAL – 08-09/06/2018

Hey Bulldog Live By Steve Hampson

WHO ARE YA? HEY BULLDOG

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]
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WILD BEASTS ANNOUNCE ‘LAST NIGHT ALL MY DREAMS CAME TRUE’ LIVE STUDIO ALBUM NOW LISTEN TO ‘THE DEVIL’S PALACE’

Today, we share Wild Beasts ‘The Devil’s Palace’, a rarely-played track that blends ‘The Devil’s Crayon’, from the quartet’s debut Limbo, Panto, and ‘Palace’, from 2014’s Present Tense. Taken from upcoming album Last Night All My Dreams Came True – a live studio album to be released on Friday 16th February 2018 via Domino Documents, […]
– DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Sweet baby Jesus, this is intense. As soon as Benjamin Power, one half of the sublime Fuck Buttons, presses the first pad on his desk of electronic toys, I feel like I’m being assaulted. I’ve been to some loud gigs (I managed 10mins of My Bloody Valentine’s infamous ‘holocaust section’ […]

LIVE: BLANCK MASS – 04/05/2017