The dark tense atmospherics created by Liverpool’s new kids on the block RongoRongo is perhaps the perfect soundtrack to Halloween. It’s tense, sexy and just a little bit twisted. In fact ‘Slice Of Heart’ is
Well, in just a few weeks the world of music blogs will be full of lists, best album, and best gig… ones to watch in 2015. You’ll also be pleased to know that along with
Who are Lusts ? Well in terms of the vocals there’s a hint of the young Ian McCullochs in the delivery, whilst comparisons to a rawer version of early Raveonettes or the reverb/ feedback loving
Apt title with Halloween just around the corner you might think, but SPC ECO return with a tune that is rather more hauntingly beautiful than ghastly or horrific. In fact, word is SPC ECO (Dean
And so……. after a few months of smoke and mirrors Black Honey finally step out of the shadows and into the ‘moonlight’ to reveal themselves. Previously we’ve only had sight of some rather splendidly oblique
Esben & The Witch win the award for our longest ever track of the day as ‘Press Heavenward’ checks in at a mighty 10 minutes and 16 seconds. It’s the opening track from their third
NYC noise trio GHXST return with their trademark mix of power and beauty conjuring up an atmosphere of seductive doomed decadent allure. Singer Shelly X’s languid vocals curl around an agitated apocalyptic guitar drone and an
Lola Colt return with a new tune that demonstrates their trademark mix of striking psychedelia and dusty spaghetti western stylings as if re-imagined by David Lynch. ‘Driving Mr Johnny’ is another enticing track from their
Like Lorde, NYC singer Ashley Frangipane AKA Halsey is proving that it is entirely possibly to produce pop music with commercial appeal without being sucked into a vacuum of inanity. Because in all honesty despite
September may be over but Dublin’s September Girls have an exciting few months lined up. They’ve revealed details of the first new material since their fabulous and potential debut album of the year ‘Cursing The
This week we’ve already mentioned the use of the musical comparison, and it being attacked as ‘lazy’ (see here) Personally we find the well judged comparison can be a handy tool to give a rough
So apparently, it’s lazy journalism to compare bands to bands they may take an influence from or whom they sound a little like. It shows a poverty of imagination? You reckon? Really? We thought lazy
