I have only just got my hearing back after seeing The Cult Of Dom Keller shred the room at The Great Escape – just in time in fact for their new single Shambhala Is On Fire! It is a scorching slab of experimental goth-tinged psych that fans of Swans and The Icarus Line will find plenty to entertain themselves with here, but (whisper it quietly) so too will all those … Continue reading The Cult Of Dom Keller – Shambhala Is On Fire
If one thing really irritates me then it is the bloke (it is always a bloke) at the back of the gig who, at the end, opines how the band “were a bit too samey”, or they “didn’t quite get it”, or it “was OK, but nothing special”, or they’ve “seen it done better by other bands” and then goes on to list a load … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 2
Destruction Unit are heading to Europe this June in support of their critically acclaimed record Negative Feedback Resistor. The band have shared a psychedelic live video of album track If Death Ever Slept, from a recent London show at the Shacklewell Arms. Watch it below and check out their UK dates. Live dates: 25 Jun – Manchester – The Ruby Lounge 26 Jun – … Continue reading New Video: Destruction Unit – If Death Ever Slept
Oklahoma City alternative noise rock band Sex Snobs new full length album is Pop Songs and Other Ways to Die. Listen to the distorted, dissonant gem that is Farewell To The Sun below, and get the album on a name-your-price deal from Bandcamp here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 98 – Sex Snobs
Pop. 1280 make it their business to trade in unease, disquiet and suspicion – shining a light into the darkest, deepest recesses of our collective behaviour and exposing the flaws and sub-truths we peddle to ourselves and each other – particularly where it relates to the might of the corporate and political machines. Paradise, will be their third full-length album and it is an unforgiving look … Continue reading New From Pop. 1280
Our eighth collection of ten tunes for the virtual jukebox – give them a spin and decide hit… or miss. Passport To Stockholm – Let Me Know [RIYL: Indie-folk, Lanterns on the Lake, Loch Lomond] Ripper – On The Curb [RIYL: Punk, Germs, Dead Kennedys] Trotting Bear – Hesitate [RIYL: Folk, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine] Bad Sounds – Avalanche [RIYL: Indie-pop, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 8)
Here are a few more new videos that we’ve been enjoying ready for your viewing pleasure. Dive into new offerings from J Fernandez, Eskimeaux, Blitzen Trapper, Drenge, Destruction Unit, The Hanging Stars, Bully and Valley Maker. . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up Time
A day late, but none the worse for all that. Here is this week’s jukebox jury selection for your listening edification. Hit or miss? You pick… . Jake McMullen – Always Single [RIYL: Singer-songwriters, James Vincent McMorrow, Ryan Adams] . Grassfight – Breaking Up Pigeons [RIYL: Psych-rock, Spacemen 3, Spoon] . Boys – Believe Anything [RIYL: Garage pop, The Strokes, The Legends] . PROM – Touch Me … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 5)
Our third week of ten new tunes for you to test drive and decide…hit or miss? Honey Moon – Waiting (RIYL: Hazy pop, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate) . Seratones – Necromancer (RIYL: Garage soul, Detroit Cobras, Alabama Shakes) . Trudy – Behave (RIYL: Trash pop, Jonathan Richman, The Beach Boys) . Primitive Parts – Troubles (RIYL: Indie rock, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Swell Maps) . … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 3)
A bumper round up this week – new songs from The Decemberists, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Saintseneca, the mighty Killing Joke, cover songs from Iron & Wine and Okkervil River and plenty more besides. The Decemberists – Why Would I Now? Saintseneca – River Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi – Shapeless Killing Joke – I Am The Virus The Lovely Eggs – Goofing’ Around (In Lancashire) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)
The Mad Mackerel 