Melbourne-based Maple Glider, the project of Tori Zietsch (pronounced like ‘peach’ with a z), has announced her debut album, ‘To Enjoy is the Only Thing’, due out on June 25th 2021 via Partisan Records. To coincide with the announcement, she has also shared ‘Swimming’, accompanied by a skeletal music video. On ‘Swimming’, Zietsch says: “This […]
Melbourne-based singer-songwriter, Maple Glider, has announced her link up with Partisan Records (Laura Marling, Fela Kuti, IDLES, Fontaines D.C.) in partnership with the Australian label, Pieater. In celebration of the news, Maple Glider, aka Tori Ziestch, has also shared a new single and video for ‘Good Thing’ – a song borne of that ‘frozen and […]
The explosive crack of the snare, check. The ferocious drive of the bass, check. The controlled screech of the guitars, check. The snarl of the vocals, check. Yep, this is an Idles record. The band’s first two albums, ‘Brutalism’ and ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ have brought lots of success and the winning formula […]
IDLES have released the fourth song to be taken from their upcoming new album ‘Ultra Mono’ due to be released on 25th September via Partisan Records. The song is called ‘Model Village’ and comes with an animated video that has been directed by Michel Gondry and Olivier Gondry. Frontman Joe Talbot says of the track: […]
Pottery have detailed their debut LP – Welcome To Bobby’s Motel – out April 10th via Partisan Records, and shared the album’s double-decker single ‘Texas Drums Pt I & II’. A celebration of rhythm and groove, Welcome To Bobby’s Motel invites you to set yourself free, veering from highbrow motorik instrumentation to moments of playful […]
Having supported Parquet Courts and Thee Oh Sees previously, plus having written songs about Hank Williams, and Andy Warhol’s attempted killer Valerie Solinas, all without releasing a proper album yet, Pottery are one of those bands who seem destined for wider acclaim but strictly on their own terms. The new release from the Montreal five […]
As I walk through Manchester city centre gazing up at the cranes building new skyscrapers all around, with Fontaines D.C. in my headphones, the lyrical content of the album makes perfect sense. Although cities have to change, it’s important not to lose the culture and unique characters which made the place great originally, and that’s […]
Over the last year, FONTAINES D.C. have released five critically acclaimed singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for their last single ‘Big’, and from a vast range of international press, with the band featuring in a number of end of year lists. […]
– A Celebration of Vulnerability – The highly anticipated second album by Idles is pure vigour underneath a bunch of songs where the guts, the cries and the sing & shout still prevail from their outstanding debut Brutalism. The Bristol based outfit’s new record, Joy as an Act of Resistance, is due on Friday 31st […]
Sweeping sheets of sonic blue swallow the chaser – painting a picture of devotion that’s guarded within Cigarettes After Sex’s world of ‘her’, but where Greg Gonzalez has previously found himself celebrating the euphoria of romance, ‘Each Time You Fall in Love’ sees the front-man leaving thumb-printed glass behind as he wanders down a palm-flanked […]
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ALBUM REVIEW: CAT POWER - COVERS
ALBUM REVIEW: VIS-A-VIS – BEST OF VIS-A-VIS IN A CONGO STYLE
LIVE: JAMES / HAPPY MONDAYS – 03/12/2021
LIVE: THE CHARLATANS – 06/12/2021
INTERVIEW: JOE MATERA - AUTHOR OF BACKSTAGE PASS, THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR. DETAILS HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH THE LIKES OF LEMMY, GEORGE MARTIN, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE AND MORE
LIVE: WILLIAM DOYLE – 29/11/2021
