BASED out of New York City, BURNER HERZOG have recently released their latest long-player, ‘Random Person’ (Take-A-Turn Records) with accompanying video for ‘Metric Halo.’ Formed by multi-instrumentalist Jasper Leach in 2015 as an outlet for some of his more overly ambitious recording projects, and inspired by Arthur Russell, Sun Ra and Paul Simon’s Graceland, the idea…
Read articleMANCHESTER’S AERIAL SALAD offer a glimpse of their forthcoming album ‘R.O.I.’ with the release of today’s new single, ‘Tied To Pieces Of Paper.’ “It’s inspired by something I read where Steve Ignorant from Crass was saying that basically, back in the day, humans had less reliance on money – not needing phones, broadband, and houses…
Read articleFINLAND’S EMMI IIDA has just released her dreamy, 14-track debut album, ‘The Eye,’ via EFG Records. The sonic tale is vibrantly told. Crisp, reverberant, trippy production that defies genres glues the project together, each track’s mood and energy distinct with ample flavour and variety. From the downtempo trippy chillhop of ‘Higher Self’ to the pulsing, sultry spoken word vocals…
Read articleREACHING one hand into the future and pulling the past along with the other, transatlantic post-rockers, THE BOXER REBELLION have just released their four-track ‘Open Arms EP.’ It’s another beautiful haul from their seam of expansive, soul-searching songwriting and with the addition of the emotive title track, the four throw the spotlight on human fragility and…
Read articleMANCHESTER alt-punks THE EMPTY PAGE have just released the video for new single ‘Cock Of The Fifth Year,’ taken from the forthcoming ‘Imploding’ album, due May 10th via Vociferous Records. “’Cock of the fifth year’ is what we called the biggest jock types when I was in high school,” explains frontwoman, Kel Page. “Cocky, brash loud…
Read articleTHE good, the noble, the magnificent. The highs, the lows, a shattering demise felt the world over, a triumphant, phoenix-like rise from the ashes. A beacon of hope for future generations. The history of STAX Records is covered in astonishing detail at The Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 East McLemore Avenue, Memphis. But…
Read articleOUT now from Hamburg-based, British quirky indie pop duo SNUBA, debut single ‘(I’m not a) Cool Girl,’ taken from the ‘Have My Head’ EP – via indie label DHM, distributed by Label Worx. Comprising Scottish singer/songwriter Annie Higham, and English instrumentalist/producer Asa Clough-Howard, SNUBA are musical magpies, taking influences from artists including Baby Queen, the…
Read articleFROM the forthcoming album, ‘Within Cells Interlinked Pt.1’ – released February 23rd – As Particles Collide’s, ‘Talking to the Dead’ is our latest, Video of the Week. LYRICS Feel like getting fucked up, but I already am I’ll just sleep this one off, then I’ll try again You lost her way too young, seems like…
Read articleIT’S been four years since the world heard any music from psych-punk power duo THE LOVELY EGGS – but the wait is finally over with the release of new single, ‘My Mood Wave,’ complete with an uplifting contemporary feel, haunted by a West Coast retro vibe. “’My Mood Wave’ is kind of an internal thought…
Read articleSOUTH London singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer JESSICA WILDE celebrates Valentine’s Day by joining forces with JOSH BARRY and releasing the soulful, ‘Love Like This.’ “When we got in the studio, the song basically wrote itself, we wanted to capture that raw soulful essence in our husky tones, and a nostalgic feeling of those classic…
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