LIVERPOOL-based blues rockers THE HEAVY NORTH today release ‘Delta Shakedown,’ the eagerly anticipated follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed debut LP, ‘Electric Soul Machine.’ The 10-track album features the singles, ‘Where Are You Now?’ ‘Round Again,’ ‘Give A Little Love,’ and‘Delta Shakedown,’ also released today. Undeniable there’s a nod in the direction of The…
Read articleRELEASED today (via God Unknown Records) ‘Chaos and Calypso,’ the new album from Brighton-based multi-instrumentalist, JOHN J PRESLEY. ‘Chaos and Calypso’ features the first new music from Presley since his debut album, ‘As The Night Draws In,’ in 2019, and the vinyl only lockdown release, ‘Albany Sessions.’ Presley’s music is hard to categorize, but therein…
Read articleDROGHEDA-based singer songwriter DAVID SAN CLAIR has just released the intriguing, ‘Juni’ his latest single, recorded and produced by Daniel de Burca, mixed by Alex Borwick, and mastered by Simon Francis. The song is a fictional tale of love, trust, and a bond between a father and his future daughter, and features a wealth of Irish…
Read articleSEMINAL post-punk goth outfit SEX GANG CHILDREN celebrate the 40th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album, ‘Song and Legend,’ at London’s 100 Club on Friday night (October 20th) But what does founder and frontman Andi Sex Gang recall about the band’s earliest live performance? “At the beginning of 1982, the very first SGC show was…
Read article“Politically-outspoken Irish avant garde punk producer MERYL STREEK and the video for his single ‘If This Is Life,’ released on May 2023 via Venn Records (Bob Vylan, Wargasm, High Vis). Recorded and mixed at Darklands Audio by Daniel Doherty (Fontaines D.C.) and mastered by Grant Berry at Fader Mastering, the song features appearances from longtime…
Read articleTHEY were there to see punk’s original enfant terrible – they left talking about his rightful heir and possibly the most influential musician we’ve witnessed since the ’70s. It’s rare these days a support act is granted the luxury of a full auditorium, but such is the growing reputation of Dublin’s MERYL STREEK, that’s exactly…
Read articleOUT today from the prolific multi-lingual songstress ANNIKA JAYNE, her new single, ‘Peace and Quiet.’ It’s beautiful in its simplicity, and if the art of song making is to merely make the mundane interesting, then ‘Peace & Quiet’ is the only template you’ll ever need. “I wrote the song spontaneously in September 2019 after a…
Read article‘BAD APPLES’, the first single of unreleased music taken from the upcoming ‘Metamorph – Redux’ EP and Rareties project. Pre-Save 12″ Red Vinyl: Metamorph – Redux | AV8 RECORDS (av8recordsltd.co.uk) LinkTree: michaelrobertmurphy – Listen on YouTube, Spotify – Linktree
Read articleFULL of the belief and swagger only a capital city can inspire, Belfast-based blues rockers THE 2:19 – a band of untapped potential – are fast becoming the sound of their city. Following the success of 2021’s debut album, REVELATOR, this year’s follow up ‘We Will Get Through This,’ spent two months at number three…
Read articleWEST COUNTRY duo BURR ISLAND – Tom England and Oskar Porter – are back with a glorious ‘60s infused anti-capitalist themed fourth single, ‘Towers.’ “While the poorest communities struggle to grow and thrive, the giant corporate powerhouses continue to churn out record profits,” said England. “The money is there to improve the lives of those in need,…
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