HANGZHOU-based Welsh psychedelic-pop maverick BLOKEACOLA today releases his most ambitious project to date, ‘Quasers and Fluff,’ a 30-track double album, released via Bandcamp. And this time his music isn’t merely 60s tinged, it’s bleached through with his trademark Haight-Ashbury-esque sounds. “I’m a big fan of the White Album so I guess I’ve always wanted to…
Read articleFORMER Wicked Whispers frontman, singer-songwriter MICHAEL ROBERT MURPHY today releases his latest single, ‘Bad Apples,’ ahead of next month’s ‘Metamorph’ redux edition EP. Michael’s journey has been one of intrigue, cut from the same Merseyside cloth as The Coral, The Stands, and The Zutons, his writing and fronting of The Wicked Whispers took his music…
Read articleCARLOW-based electronic music producer HAWK JUPITER has teamed up with songwriter Helen Agnes D. and up-and-coming Galway singer Lauren Davis to release ‘Land Beneath Waves’, a song inspired by the Irish mythological story of Tír na nÓg. Broody, droning guitar effects combined with rhythmic synths, airy vocals and commanding drums summon an other-worldly feel of…
Read articleMAGGOT HEART are back with their third album, ‘Hunger,’ released via Rapid Eye Records/Svart Records, recorded in Berlin and mixed by acclaimed American producer and engineer Ben Greenberg (Metz, Portrayal Of Guilt). A Berlin-based rock/punk crossover band, the trio comprises guitarist and singer Linnéa Olsson, bassist Olivia Airey and drummer Uno Bruniusson. Originally from Sweden, Olsson formed Maggot Heart as a solo project in 2016, having made…
Read articleTHE Mississippi Delta’s musical ghosts and spirits have left an enduring mark on ‘Ain’t No Peril,’ the new album from JIM JONES ALL STARS. But does the Devil have all the best tunes, or under the cover of darkness has Jim Jones snuck into the Deep South to pick his pockets? “No, I’d like to…
Read articleORIGINALLY out of Manchester – yet with one ear casually pointed towards the sounds of the Mersey – STILL TRAFFICO’s new single, ‘SEAGULL’ is now available to stream on all platforms. Inspired by JMG Le Clézio’s ‘Désert,’ in which seagulls carry the ancestral spirits of a migrating tribe, the song is about the search for…
Read articleHIS songs summon images of fading sun-soaked desert towns under bright blue skies, of drifters, mavericks’, magicians, and card sharps. Haunted men desperately attempting to escape their past, in search of an ultimately elusive, brighter future. He’s the epitome of the nomadic guitarist as gunslinger, yet JC MILLER is no natural son of the Wild…
Read articleSULTRY Danish songstress Ida Wenøe today releases ‘Don’t You Grow Weary,’ the second single taken from her third studio album, ‘Undersea,’ released via Songcraft Music on October 6th. “This was a cathartic song for me to write,” she said. “I had all the songs I needed for the album and went for a final trip…
Read articleVANCOUVER’S southern soul rockers THE MATINEE today release their fourth studio album, ‘Change of Scene,’ showcasing the band’s transformative journey through honest, heartfelt storytelling and simplistic sonic revelry. After 15 years of crisscrossing the continent, the band could be forgiven for growing tired of life on the road, endless drives, and sleepless nights, but that clearly isn’t the case. “We don’t…
Read articleWEST YORKSHIRE’S ska punk icons RANDOM HAND have just dropped their latest single, ‘Deadweight,’ with self-titled fifth album due for release September 29, an album set to redefine their place as one of the UK’s most significant and dependable bands. As the seemingly unstoppable third wave of ska punk came crashing down on the world…
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