The minimal electronic punk duo Sleaford Mods have a new single/video out for the title track from their forthcoming EP TCR, due out on Oct 14th via Rough Trade Records. It finds them unleashing the same sarcastic, ranting critiques on modern culture over an 80s-indebted bleeping melody, robotic bass-line and incessant primitive drum machine. “Elvis has definitely left the fuckin’ building” Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Sleaford Mods – TCR
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return with their new LP Skeleton Tree next Friday (Sept 9th) and a feature length film Once More With Feeling screening in theatres for on night only on Sept 8th. Here’s Jesus Alone, the first taste of the dark, atmospheric new album – no doubt deeply affected and informed by the tragic death of Cave’s son. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus Alone
Originally hailing from Hobart Tasmania, Quivers are now based in Melbourne and have a new cassette/download album out called We’ll Go Riding on the Hearses. Their bio name-checks Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, The Triffids, The Chills, Twerps and Courtney Barnett which is a mighty fine barrel of sounds from which to draw from in our opinion. On the first single Pigeons they nail a swaying melancholic jangle, … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Quivers – Pigeons
The Lemon Twigs are the brothers Brian (19) and Michael (17) D’Addario from Long Island who I came across online a month or two ago. They caught my attention with this song These Words and another single As Long As We’re Together. Madcap technicolour pop sounds by the pair who write and play everything on their recordings. I’ve been digging the glam, baroque-pop sound of others like Kyle Craft of late and these guys … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Lemon Twigs – These Words
The Tambourine Girls feature 3 ex-members of Sydney band Deep Sea Arcade who are now forging their own winding path through the outer reaches of garage-pop and psychedelia. They’ve just released the catchy and near-eponymous new single ‘The Tambourine Girl’, with the clip below. Recorded with producer Tim Whitten (Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus), the song itself is captivating, evocative in its execution encompassing the mythology … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: The Tambourine Girls – The Tambourine Girl
Martin Craft has created a holistic and moving third album. Born from time spent on the edge of the Mojave desert, these piano-based meditations on time, space and nature feel both intimate and expansive with hushed, dreamy vocals that blossom into much larger orchestrated sections. There are all manner of ambient environmental sounds in the mix, lurking below the surface of the recordings and adding … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: M. Craft – Blood Moon
Dinosaur Jr‘s new LP Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not is due out on August 5th via Jagjaguwar and the first single Tiny, which has been doing the rounds and was debuted on Later… With Jools Holland, now has a video clip featuring a dog and skateboards and roller derby. Continue reading VIDEO: Dinosaur Jr – Tiny (2016)
New Zealand psych pop explorers Ghost Wave have a new LP called Radio Norfolk ready for release on July 9th via Flying Nun Records. It follows their excellent 2013 album Ages and going on this first single, All U Do Is Kill they’ve headed further out into the sonic wilderness. Pre-order Radio Norfolk Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Ghost Wave – All U Do Is Kill
M. Craft has a new album out called Blood Moon (Spunk Records) and it’s a mesmerising, and moving collection of songs created on the fringe of the Mojave Desert. We’ll have our review of the album up shortly but here’s the new clip to the song Chemical Trails… “Chemical Trails emerge from the desert haze with rich melodies, choruses and verses like Mercury Rev in a sad and beautiful … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: M. Craft – Chemical Trails (Video)
Melbourne band Witch Hats are back with their third album Deliverance. It’s a damn good encapsulation of the evolution they’ve shown across their records to date. Plenty of dark lurching rock ‘n’ roll with howling dirges and claustrophobic angst. The bass on Deliverance is deep and heavy, anchoring the songs as they stagger off into Stooges proto-punk, and nihilistic post-punk. The key is the melodies that … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Witch Hats – Deliverance
At the forefront of the loose scene of guitar adventurists that include Cian Nugent, Ryley Walker and Chris Forsyth, Steve Gunn is another who has figured out how to expand his sound to a full band and incorporate his lazy psych-rock vocals. The touchstones of Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine (Television) are obvious in the sparkling, spiralling guitar phrasings while on tracks such as Nature … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
Kevin Rowland has been bandying around the idea of an album of Irish songs for 30 years. Now he’s finally done it, in the process expanding out the remit to include non-Irish songs such as To Love Somebody (Bee Gees) and You Wear It Well (Rod Stewart) among others. They’ve applied a sparse and clean soul treatment to the songs, reinterpreting tracks made famous by … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: Dexys – Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul
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