NEW MUSIC: Boris | Quicksilver (from forthcoming new LP Noise)

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)

ALBUM REVIEW: Paul McCartney | New

After more than half a century Paul McCartney is still pushing his songwriter’s pen, seemingly with a desire to prove his worth in each successive generation. The last few decades haven’t been his strongest yet New, surprisingly, is something of a return to the essence of the ex-Beatle in terms of strong, melodic, pop songs. Not everything works, particularly on the lyrical front where he … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Paul McCartney | New

LISTEN: Stream the new Bailterspace album Strobosphere

  Ahead of its release date of August 17th you can stream the new Bailterspace album Strobosphere in full over at the NZ Herald website. There are also pre-order options available from the band’s label Arch Hill Recordings. The album is also out internationally on Fire Records on August 20th. STREAM: Bailterspace | Strobosphere   Continue reading LISTEN: Stream the new Bailterspace album Strobosphere

NEWS: Street Chant return with two new singles

Street Chant toured the hell out of their debut LP Means, in NZ, Australia and the USA and after spending the better part of the last year writing and recording its follow-up they have today released a double A-side single featuring the songs Frail Girls and Salad Daze. Both will feature on the new forthcoming LP which is due for release via Arch Hill Recordings … Continue reading NEWS: Street Chant return with two new singles

WATCH: Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Oh Susannah [NEW]

Here it is, the first single from the brand new Neil Young & Crazy Horse LP Americana. The album is the band’s first since Greendale in 2003 and and their first with the full Crazy Horse line-up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina and Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro since the underwhelming Broken Arrow in 1996. The band sounds fresh and breathing new life into the classic folk song. You … Continue reading WATCH: Neil Young & Crazy Horse | Oh Susannah [NEW]

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Dexys | Nowhere Is Home [New]

Dexys (without the Midnight Runners part of the name) are back with a new record called One Day I’m Going To Soar that will be out April 6th.  Check out the first single Nowhere Is Home below, download it and revel in the madcap singing and lyrics of Mr Kevin Rowland. The song is pitched somewhere between Curtis Mayfield and Tindersticks at an 80s soul … Continue reading LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Dexys | Nowhere Is Home [New]

LISTEN: to Hey Jane from Spiritualized [NEW]

J Spaceman drops the first track from the new album Sweet Heart Sweet Light that is due out on April 17th. Hey Jane is a sprawling, urgent dispatch of Velvet chug and mantra delivery complete with chaotic mid-song collapse and sunrise re-birth that sounds like prime Spiritualized but with a renewed sense of energy post Jason’s medical issues in recent years. And yep that is … Continue reading LISTEN: to Hey Jane from Spiritualized [NEW]

LISTEN: To the new track from Torche…

Torche (Miami/Atlanta) have slowly but surely evolved from their sludge metal origins to incorporate stronger rock and pop aesthetics and from the sound of the monstrous new single Kicking it feels like it’ll be reaching its apex on the new album Harmonicraft, due out April 24th via Volcom. It is also well worth the time to dig back into some of their older stuff like … Continue reading LISTEN: To the new track from Torche…