Teeming with melodic epiphanies and layered sounds, Squid’s second album O Monolith is a musical evocation of environment, domesticity and self-made folklore. Like its predecessor, 2021’s critically acclaimed, UK number 4 album Bright Green Field, it is dense and tricksy – but also more warm and characterful, with a meandering, questioning nature. This is unmistakably… Read more »
Malcolm Middleton is back, again, with his seven-hundredth studio album BANANAS, this time on the much beloved TRIASSIC TUSK RECORDS. The guitarist and songwriter is best known for his work with Aidan Moffat in Scottish rock legends ARAB STRAP, as well as for his string of DPR$$N-CORE smash hit singles “Fuck It, I Love You”,… Read more »
One of the bands defining the sound of 2010s post-punk, Portland’s Soft Kill began as standard-bearers before taking their music to anthemic heights. Grounded by the cavernous vocals and cathartic lyrics of Tobias Sinclair, over the years the band moved from the raw intimacy of 2011’s An Open Door, which updated the sounds of post-punk… Read more »
Tropical Fuck Storm is Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin of The Drones joining forces with Lauren Hammel and Erica Dunn to make some extraordinarily abrasive yet undeniably catchy candy-coated psychedelic Aussie sludge punk on their debut album A Laughing Death In Meatspace. In an age of underlying dread, too few albums have really nailed that queasy feeling… Read more »
It’s an old saying, ‘time flows away like the water in a river.’ A comparison that has more to it than you might think at first glance.Whether it’s a raging torrent or a bubbling backyard brook, both water and time can hide, obscure, and keep us from seeing some of the priceless treasures that lie… Read more »
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Well versed in poetry and performance, Allysha Joy’s potent lyricism, unique musicianship & killer vocals have garnered legions of attentive fans the world over. She’s an integral member of the Melbourne soul jazz scene, known as part of the acclaimed 30/70 Collective & for her own equally revered solo work. Allysha returns in 2024 with… Read more »
Signed to FatCat Records (C Duncan, TRAAMS, Sigur Rós) and now based in London and Brighton, Breathe Panel released their debut album in July 2018. The band have drawn upon musical influences including Chris Cohen, Real Estate and Deerhunter. Having already shared stages with the likes of Methyl Ethel, Quilt, Pip Blom, Holy Wave and… Read more »
With nods to Beach House, Pavement, King Gizzard and The Beatles, HYUKOH’s incredible live show has positioned them as the South Korean band to watch. Featured by Vice/Noisey and Matt Wilkinson on Beats 1, and on the front cover of DAZED, the band are selling out shows in the USA and Europe already, including a… Read more »