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Wirral’s Oxygen Thieves launch debut EP, watch the video for ‘To Boast’
The Wirrral’s Oxygen Thieves release their debut EP ‘We Found the Thieves‘ via Secret House on May 5. Citing Television and Pixies among their influences, the EP weaves a certain nipping groove...
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Therapy?’s ‘Troublegum’ turns 20: We look at some of the band’s best work...
Therapy’s ‘Troublegum’ album has recently been celebrating its 20th anniversary (though how a record can celebrate we don’t know). Fan of the record John Dobson recently returned to the album, but not...
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Listen to new Swans track Oxygen, lifted off new album ‘To Be Kind’
The new Swans album ‘To Be Kind’ hits the shops My 13, but before then another track off it. ‘Oxygen’ follows ‘A Little God In My Hands’. It’s another storm-rock bruiser. The artwork for ‘To Be Kind’...
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“I’m really enjoying the different elements involved in this project –...
We caught up with new Suffolk singer-songwriter Daisy Victoria, and she then caught up with us. This catching-up with revealed at least two things: 1– she’s very pleasant, and 2– she prefers to type...
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LIVE REVIEW: The Sisters of Mercy, Belfast’s Mandela Hall, July 2014: Andrew...
By Ciarán Cunningham As far as anybody I spoke to could remember this was the first time the Sisters of Mercy had played in Belfast; surprising given the reams of bands (Alternative/Indie or whatever...
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Thurston Moore reveals ‘The Best Day’ album tracklist, shares title track
Thurston Moore’s new solo album has been handed the positive title of ‘The Best Day’, and is available on October 21 via Matador. Listen to the okayish but title-track below, before– like us– coming to...
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Listen to the opening track off new We Were Promsied Jetpacks album...
Fatcat signings We Were Promised Jetpacks have their new album ‘Unravelling’ out this coming Monday. While you hang around waiting you can listen to the morning dew shimmering wonder of opening track...
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Shellac —‘Dude Incredible’
Post-hardcore grunge-punks Shellac– Steve Albini, Bob Weston, and Todd Trainer– release new album ‘Dude Incredible’ some seven years after previous lp ‘Excellent Italian Greyhound’. This is only their...
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Ride are back: we pick their five best tunes
Ride this week have decided to hook-up again and play some dates in 2015. Not that exciting, really, but they did put out some decent tunes back in the day. Okay, it’s hard to get beyond what sounds...
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Cavan alt.rock two-piece Juggling Wolves share new single ‘Mercury’
Recorded at Cheese Leg studios, Cavan ‘Mercury’ is the new single from earnest alt-rock two-piece Juggling Wolves. The debut and self-titled LP from where this track comes is due December 14. ‘Mercury’...
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New Liars album penciled in for March 2014
Liars’ last album (listen to Octagon below)- the dark, innovative, and fully rewarding electronic dominated Wixiw– was our sixth most favorite LP of 2012. The next one– which going by the trailer...
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Punk-pop band Dot Dash deliver three free downloads for Christmas
Washington DC’s always consistent pop-punk ensemble– and downright decent blokes– Dot Dash, have offered up a free download track off of each of their three albums to date. We’ll let the band talk you...
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LIVE REVIEW: Kurt Vile, Manchester Academy 2 / 15 December 2013
I have to admit straight from the off, Kurt Vile is my kind of guy. Call him a slacker, stoner, hippy whatever you like, but a lot of his brilliance is entwined with his understated demeanour. He comes...
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Listen to new Silver Arm track ‘Gunboat’
Time for another one of our near exclusives (“another one??”– says you), this time its Big Tea Records’ signing Silver Arm, with their nippingly tense goth-rock cut Gunboat. The track can be found on...
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