Thanks the most excellent Know Your Conjurer for the heads up on this previously unreleased Mick Middles doco from 1994 on Manchester’s finest… ‘The northern white crap that talks back’ indeed! Continue reading VIDEO: The Fall – Documentary…
Warpaint were one of the surprise acts at this year’s Laneway Festivals across Australia. They are heading back shortly to play Splendour in the Grass and last week played Later… with Jools Holland. Continue reading VIDEO: Warpaint | Live on Later… with Jools Holland
These guys killed it with the video for their track Prehistoric Dog off their EP and now Red Fang have hired the same director Whitey McConnaughy and matched the comedy and ball ripping riffs with Wires – taken from their brand new album Murder The Mountains. Continue reading VIDEO: Red Fang | Wires
Battles are back with a new album Gloss Drop and a first single Ice Cream. Check out the mental ice cold overload video for the song below… Continue reading VIDEO: Battles | Ice Cream (feat. Matias Aguayo)
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore has a new Beck produced album coming out on May 24th via Matador titled Demolished Thoughts. His last solo record Trees Outside the Academy was a brilliant collection of intimate and mainly acoustic songs and going on this first listen with its hushed mood and swooning strings he may have exceeded the high standard he set on that release… You can … Continue reading VIDEO + MP3: Thurston Moore | Benediction + Circulation
Droning SF psychedelicists Wooden Ships will release their new album West via Thrill Jockey on August 15th. Tracklisting Black Smoke Rise Crossing Lazy Bones Home Flight Looking Out Rising Check out For So Long from their Dos album… Continue reading NEWS: Wooden Shjips to release new album in August…
Their previous album didn’t doing anything for me but this new one – In Love With Oblivion – sounds damn good. Going to get my hands on it shortly and give it a spin. Based on the three tracks I’ve heard it has to be a winner. Check out Through The Door below… Continue reading VIDEO: Crystal Stilts | Through The Door
This live video cam footage has just appeared online and it shows how incendiary Nirvana were when they were on it live. I saw them in New Zealand on the same tour and though it was sloppy at times the pure rush and energy as pretty amazing. Continue reading VIDEO: Nirvana | Aneurysm, live @ Phoenician Club, Sydney 24/01/92
written by Chris Familton J Mascis solo versus J Mascis guitarist/singer of Dinosaur Jr isn’t the massive shift in rock that you would expect from someone who trades in extremes of texture, noise, sonics and melody with that band. He has dropped the drums, dialed back the bite and growl of his distortion pedals (for the most part) and brought his plaintive, aching voice to … Continue reading ALBUM REVIEW: J Mascis | Several Shades Of Why
Wow, this one came out of nowhere but damn it is a great track. Featuring the combined talents of Jon Toogood (Shihad), Shayne Carter (Dimmer, Straitjacket Fits), Gary Sullivan (JPSE, Dimmer) and Ladi 6 the song is like some futuristic sci-fi soul track with some heavy rhythmic mood and a mind altering guitar riff courtesy of Carter that gives it some real bite. The track … Continue reading VIDEO: The Adults | Nothing To Lose
Here’s the new video for the best track off Mascis’ new solo album. The track features vocals from Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses), Kurt Vile and Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) and the video is the work of Chad VanGaalen – a great songwriter in his own right. I’ll post something of his shortly. Continue reading VIDEO: J Mascis | Not Enough
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