Amber Webber and Josh Wells who make up the Vancouver based duo Lightning Dust have shared their video for new single Led Astray, the second from their forthcoming new album, Spectre. Of the song and video, Amber says, “When the goblin inside our brain leads us on a trip though all the ugly sides of reality – steering us away from all our 500-thread count, … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Led Astray
The rain continues to come and go, Boris Johnson is still PM, we’re now planning for food shortages post Brexit… life in summer in the UK is pretty bloody grim sometimes. Then along come the Allah Las – new single Polar Onion fits the downbeat theme (“the creeping paranoia that comes along with creating something that is inevitably valued based on the opinions of others.“, they … Continue reading Allah Las – Polar Onion
Ireland’s Martian Subculture creates leftfield, lo-fi psych rock. An eerie, restrained vocal is surrounded by kooky, comatose guitars on tracks that oscillate between themes of love, loneliness and interplanetary exploration. Recorded alone in a bedroom studio, latest single All Emotions Are Equal is an irresistible invitation into a new sonic universe. Continue reading Martian Subculture – All Emotions Are Equal
Love Girl Band. Love Norway. Love Going Norway by Girl Band. Obvs. New album The Talkies is out on the 27th September on Rough Trade Records. ‘Til then, enjoy love this. Continue reading Girl Band – Going Norway
[Extract] Heavy funk Dystopia-punk canons Lonnnnng jams Bloated solos dribbling down your caved-in chest. Human cattle like a beef avalanche, right on your burned out face hole. Spider legs fuzz crawling in your brain. Face Stabber, the latest long player from the Oh Sees is released on Friday. This is a very good thing. Continue reading Oh Sees – Face Stabber
In Nature, the debut LP by LA post-punk group Cat Scan, on Volar Records sees a release on the 6th September. Check out Dirty Movie from it, a sonically intense blast of garage punk with riffs so sharp you could cut yourself on them. Play it loud and order the album via Bandcamp here. Continue reading Cat Scan – In Nature
I cannot tell you how miserable and desperately sad I am to hear about the passing of David Berman. The Silver Jews were brilliant. Purple Mountain are were brilliant. He was brilliant. The world truly is a darker (and God knows it is dark enough already) place for his loss. Continue reading David Berman RIP
Noisy Queens, NY-based post-punks WIVES have shared their new single Hit Me Up, taken from their forthcoming debut album So Removed. Vocalist/guitarist Jay Beach says the track, which is reminiscent of Bossanova-era Pixies and the nonchalant swagger of the Replacements, “was written from the point of view of a New Yorker who can’t let go. His everyday reality does not jibe with what is going … Continue reading WIVES – Hit Me Up
Here are ten new tunes all nicely collected up for you in one easy post – from the righteous fury of IDLES and Honey Lung to the traditional folk of Bonny Light Horseman and Devendra Banhart. We also have new songs from the likes of the Lumineers, Parsnip, New Pornographers, Sleater-Kinney, Angel Olsen and The Growlers. Whatever floats your boat, there is something here to enjoy. … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
London based country-infused rock quintet Sleep Eaters will unveil their debut EP Holy Days next week, on 9th August, via Stockholm’s PNKSLM Recordings. With their country-infused take on garage rock, we’ve been looking forward to this one a lot – we’ve already shared a couple of tracks from it and now we have the psych-tinged darkness of Life of Sin to brighten up your Friday. It … Continue reading Sleep Eaters – Holy Days EP
The Mad Mackerel 