The name Phenomenal Handclap Band may suggest a novelty act, but this Brooklyn-based outfit challenges no conventions. Instead it combines disco, dance and rock elements with varying levels of success, on second album Form & Control at least. When they nail it they really nail it. Opening number ‘Following’ is funky and addictive, the sort […]
Phenomenal Handclap Band return with their second album for Tummy Touch – Form & Control – an ambitious work which takes their fusion of international psych, soul, and cosmic disco a step forward. The band – or self-styled collective – broke through in 2009 with their debut single 15 To 20, a club hit both […]
On the heels of their US tour opening for the legendary Bryan Ferry, The Phenomenal Handclap Band will release “Following” – the first single off their forthcoming new album, Form & Control, out January 31st via Tummy Touch Records. The track finds the group taking the next step forward from the cosmic disco-funk and international, […]
Some music defies description. Imagine listening to ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ when it was released in June 1967! Imagine being in Vienna’s Kärntnertortheater on 7 May 1824 for the premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, conducted by the Maestro himself! Imagine a 1943 night flight over a glowing Dresden in a fully laden Lancaster with […]
GIG GUIDE
Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
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LIVERPOOL'S SEPRONA SHARE NEW INDIE-ANTHEM 'PHONE ME BACK'
QUICKSAND SHARE NEW SINGLE 'INVERSION'
THIRD ALBUM FROM LUCY DACUS ANNOUNCED ALONGSIDE THE RELEASE OF ITS LEAD SINGLE 'HOT & HEAVY'
NEW ALBUM TO BE RELEASED BY MAPLE GLIDER, BUT FIRST COMES HER NEW SINGLE 'SWIMMING'
BERLIN BASED THREE-PIECE SHYBITS RELEASE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE 'SUNSHINE'
UK-BASED DAYTIME TV HAVE STEPPED OUT WITH THEIR FIRST NEW MUSIC OF 2021 WITH 'ZOMBIE'
INTERVIEW: CATHAL COUGHLAN
ELI SMART SHARES 'HIGHSCHOOL STEADY'
