Boris, those dark overlords of Japanese psych, metal, drone and sometimes pop music have a new album out mid June called Noise (via Sargent House). It’s their 19th studio album and from the sound of the first two tastes of the record it will indeed live up to its title. Here’s the video for the track ‘Vanilla’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Boris | Vanilla (video)
Duo Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn are starting to make waves with their new album Divide & Exit and they’ve definitely got a great no wave, krautrock/post-punk sound going on with Lydon/Mark E. Smith type rants splattered on top. They describe themselves as electronic munt minimalist punk-hop rants for the working class and under from Nottingham, UK. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Sleaford Mods | Tied Up In Nottz
I saw this Canadian/Australian artist Guerre perform live a while back and was impressed by his ability to marry soulful vocals with experimental electronica. The good news is he finally has a debut album Ex Nihilo about to be released on Friday 4th July via Yes Please / Remote Control. Check out the first taste of the album in ‘Deatheat’. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Guerre | Deatheat
David Eugene Edwards returns with a new album titled Refractory Obdurate at the end of this month. This track, interestingly, sees him taking Wovenhand in a more rock-centric direction, harking back somewhat to his days in 16 Horsepower. Below ‘Field of Hedon’ you can also check out the track ‘Hiss’ which was released last month. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Wovenhand | Field of Hedon
The Amazing Snakeheads are making waves and garnering great reviews with the debut LP Amphetamine Ballads which was released locally in Australia last week. Coming across like the wayward stepsons of Gun Club, Jesus Lizard and Nick Cave circa Birthday Party and Grinderman, the Scottish trio take rock n roll, blues and swamp punk back to the gutter under the light of a seedy streetlamp. ‘Here It … Continue reading TRACK OF THE WEEK: The Amazing Snakeheads | Here It Comes Again
Boris are an incredible band who fuse, distort, bend and blend metal, psych, noise, punk and drone into one definitive sound. Live they are pummelling and hypnotic, on record they can be frustratingly indulgent or thrillingly visceral. ‘Quicksilver’ is the first taste of their new LP Noise which comes out on June 17th via Sargent House. Be prepared for seven minutes of tsunami-like waves of metallic and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Boris | Quicksilver (from forthcoming new LP Noise)
Bad//Dreems have nailed yet another great single with their new Mark Opitz (Angels, Rose Tattoo, Australian Crawl, Jimmy Barnes,INXS) produced single Dumb Ideas. Quiet/loud dynamics, raw vocals and slashing punk rock guitar abound. See them on their upcoming tour and grab the single on 7″. It’s officially out April 14th. 17th May – Exeter Hotel, Exeter SA 23rd May – Black Wire Records, Annandale NSW … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Bad//Dreems | Dumb Ideas
Christian Fennesz has been merging electronica and guitars for years now, making both seem inseparable in his world, the latter often unrecognisable. Now he’s returning to the Mego label where he released what many consider his finest album Endless Summer (My personal favourite is still Venice) in 2001. On April 29th he’ll unveil his new record Bécs. Here’s the first taste of the album with the track ‘Static … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Fennesz | Static Kings
Auckland, NZ duo Show Me Where It Hurts are next week officially releasing their debut single ‘Show Me Where It Hurts’ at Lucha Lounge on Friday April 4th with support from Betty Loves Elvis. After a couple of years of demos, studio recordings (at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios) and live shows (including a support slot for Bobby Womack) Josh Hetherington (Fender Rhodes, vocals) and Ronny … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Show Me Where It Hurts
New Zealand expats now based in the UK, Popstrangers already have a new album in the can and ready for release on May 27th via Carpark Records. Fortuna follows their excellent Antipodes LP, my favourite NZ album of 2013. ‘Country Kills’ is a tad less noisy and chaotic than their debut yet it still possesses their wonderful knack for chorus melodies. By the second chorus … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Popstrangers | Country Kills
Amen Dunes have a new album called Love coming out on Sacred Bones Records On May 13th. Damon McMahon, the main guy behind Amen Dunes, recorded Love in Montreal with Dave Bryant and Efrim Menuck of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. In addition to recording the sessions that McMahon produced, members of Godspeed also played on several of the songs. So did saxophonist Colin Stetson and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Amen Dunes | Lonely Richard
A second track from the new Afghan Whigs album has been released. The Lottery sounds like prime Whigs in its rhythm and groove and Greg Dulli’s soaring chorus. The first single was very good but didn’t excite as much as this one does. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the LP Do To The Beast which comes out on April 14th via Sub … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Afghan Whigs | The Lottery
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