FORMED in a Berlin basement in January 2020, garage-rock champions LOBSTERBOMB are one of the leading lights of the German indie scene attracting a rapidly increasing legion of devotees with their energetic, raw and yet, danceable tunes. The trio – Nico Rosch (vocals/guitar), Vik Chi (drums) and Crayon Jones (guitar) – met via the Instagram…
Read articleIRELAND’S rising rap star Kestine has just released his first music video of 2021, ‘U.N.I.T.Y.’ a hard-hitting track touching upon the BLM movement and the hypocrisy of those who claim to stand behind the banner of justice and equality. “Seeing black Irish people establishing themselves and setting a precedence of excellence is astonishing,” he said….
Read articleGENETIC EFFECTS specialises in dispatching an unworldly mix of ambient, triphop, chill and experimental tunes, clearly conceived in another galaxy and launched back to us mere mortals for our enjoyment. Using drum machines, synths, sequencers, and samplers to create his sound, ‘Dan’ began making music in earnest during his college years and has since been…
Read articleHAVING filled the dancefloors of New York’s world-famous ‘House of Yes’ club, Irish electronic duo PrYmary Colours have just released ‘The Movement,’ a soulful, upbeat track evoking memories of warm Ibiza nights and an infectious driving rhythm reminiscent of the heydays of the ‘90s. PrYmary Colours consists of Cayisha on vocals & Daz on production…
Read articleLOS ANGELES-BASED Harrison Scarecrow’s third single, ‘Last Days of California’ is out now via Integrity Records. The song was inspired by the late-night conversations of drifters and alley dwellers who met behind a liquor store, overheard by the band’s vocalist Ryan as he lay sleepless in his apartment during a steamy LA summer. “I lived…
Read articleJJ LOVEGROVE’S ‘Only THE daRk knows’ EP gets its eagerly awaited release today, a work of such imperious beauty you’ll be listening to it on repeat for days. This is an extraordinary release, no bad thing that at times it’s challenging to define. Perhaps it’s the music The Cocteau Twins mistakenly believed they were creating….
Read articleEVOKING vibrant neon-lit, kaleidoscopic, images of Japan, ‘The Godzilla Attacks Tokyo Kamikaze Blues Band’ in reality hail from Pennsylvania – but this mistaken belief simply adds to the mystique surrounding guitarist and songwriter Mike Smull’s project. “The Godzilla Attacks Tokyo Kamikaze Blues Band started off with me just releasing blues and rock tunes during the…
Read articleFORMER ‘The Flaws’ frontman Paul Finn has recently released his third single, ‘Contact’ an alternative art-rock collaboration celebrating human connection with award-winning dancer Arlene Caffrey taking centre stage in the accompanying music video. Now heading up his new group, ‘SOMEFINN,’ along with David Marron (Sanzkrit, Derek Ryan), Paul Markey (Sanzkrit), Paul Carolan (Finnian) and Darren…
Read articleLABELLING himself a ‘Musical Scientific Musician Scientist’ (surely a world’s first) he’s known to his legions of supporters quite simply as OrangeG Based out of Pittsburgh, PA, his day job is in the sciences and much of his music influenced by his experiences in that hypercompetitive arena, but rather like some latter-day Marvel Superhero, at…
Read articleAHEAD of Thursday’s Bandcamp release of ‘Fool Me Twice,’ Daniel Tidwell explains the story behind the intimate, heartfelt, rock and roll ballbreaker. “I’m not as naive as the narrator I created for the song, but once I was, and in my past I made some pretty bad relationship decisions,” he said. “A consistent theme existed…
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