Collaborative Music Blogging Project
Synth-driven trio Nation of Language yesterday unveiled a new video, for ‘This Fractured Mind’, from upcoming album A Way Forward, due on November 5th, and announced an upcoming EU and UK tour in early 2022. Speaking of the track, vocalist and songwriter Ian Devaney (the trio is completed by keyboardist Aidan Noell and bassist Michael…
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LA-based Kills Birds, who apparently number Kim Gordon and Dave Grohl among their fans, have signed to Royal Mountain Records, and today announce their debut album, Married, recorded in one day at Grohl’s Studio 606. The album teases with single “Rabbit” – check out the video below.
Brooklyn’s GUSTAF announce their debut album, Audio Drag for Ego Slobs, out on October 1st on Royal Mountain Records.In support of this, they’ll be touring the UK with Ireland’s Pillow Queens this autumn (immediately following their US tour in support of the similarly upper case IDLES), taking in the following dates 11/2 – Birmingham, UK…
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Oakland’s Boy Scouts, singer-songwriter Taylor Vick, announce their forthcoming album Wayfinder on ANTI- Records, teased today with a stunning nautical video for the track That’s Life Honey. Of the song, Taylor says “This song is about trying to make light of a shitty situation… Having a circumstance that sucks, like wanting to go to therapy but…
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Bowery Electric – ‘ Freedom Fighter’ (2000) Bowery Electric ‘s 2000 album, Lushlife, is reissued by Beggar’s Arkive this Friday, on 180g vinyl (order here), mastered by John Davis at Metropolis. The album, the band’s third and final release, expanded on a previously quite minimalist sound, adding strings, giving more prominence to Martha Schwendener’s lyrics,…
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Jane Weaver wraps up her solo tour ‘Loops in the Secret Society’ this week, presenting unique audio-visual reworkings of tracks from albums The Silver Globe and Modern Kosmology. The tour takes in 6th Nov: Hackney Arts Centre, London, UK 7th Nov: Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK 8th Nov: Komedia, Brighton, UK 9th Nov: Arts Theatre, Nottingham,…
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If, like me, you failed to get it together to get tickets to IDLES’last tour, you’ll be relieved you don’t have to wait too long for the next chance – tickets are on sale at 9am this Friday (November 9th) for their 2019 world tour. The facts are these: 21 Jan 2019 / NZ /…
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The fourth edition of Doc’ n Roll Film Festival, the UK’s Music Documentary Festival will take place in London from 2nd-19th November. The programme kicks off with A Winding Road: A Ramble with Richard Thompson at Picturehouse Central, featuring a Q&A with Thompson and director Edmond Deraedt. The rest of the line up includes the London Premiere…
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From the album Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia, out September 22nd on My Own Pleasure. The album is a arranged for analogue synths and a brass band, and tells the story of an elderly electronic musician and her desire to travel from her home in Barnsley to see Cassiopeia for herself. Live shows for Mary…
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah support their first album in four years with a UK and Ireland tour next month, kicking off on board Thekla in Bristol. The dates are: 13th Sep – Bristol – Thekla 14th Sep – Manchester – Gorilla 15th Sep – Dublin – Whelans (SOLD OUT) 16th Sep – Glasgow –…
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