87 and The Toys release their indie-infused new EP ‘Japanesy If You Pleasey’
87 and The Toys are one of those outfits that come along and steal your heart instantly. Best described as creating music that’s bathed with memorable lo-fi melodies, garage rock elements and retro-indie, ‘Japanesy If You Pleasey‘ is their latest adventure. Filled with seven tracks that demonstrate the band’s desirable talent, 87 and The Toys …
Four Crooks instil anthem after anthem in latest EP ‘Black Magic’
One good thing out of lockdown is that musicians all across the globe have turned their creative juices into something positive. Four Crooks did exactly that too. Gathering their thoughts and talents together in a remote farmhouse to write and produce their new EP ‘Black Magic‘, the 3 track EP is a refreshing release that …
Michael Jones’ latest release ‘The Crossroads’ crosses new territory for the songwriter
Award-winning poet and singer-songwriter Michael Jones released his new single ‘The Crossroads‘ on Friday the 13th of November. One of the only positive things that came out of Friday the 13th, ‘The Crossroads’ is an anthem all about change at a time where the world is hurting. Taken off his forthcoming EP ‘American Poet Part …
The Jesus and Aeroplane! Seattle’s Drone Rock Masters, The Black Planes, Release Stunning Debut
Pining back to an age of a golden generation of what festivals were ‘meant to be about’, the heart of musical experience will forever remain in what can be achieved through performing live. With careful regard to not cast aside the casual listener, Seattle’s take on hypnotic psychedelia The Black Planes have crafted a new angle …
Don’t Ban This Filth! Screamin’ Whisper Channel 70s Goodness
Are people in bands getting younger or is it just us? OK, it’s just us, but the youthful visages of Screamin’ Whisper really did have us reaching for the phone to dial the national truanting hotline. Formed around Gaelic-speaking identical twin brothers Brian and Martin Hughes (and gooseberry Zak on drums), you’ll be relieved/disappointed to …
Spirits in the Sky with Satellite Ravens
Space rock then. There can’t be many bands that have, on the surface, defined a time, a place and a level of inebriation than Hawkwind, yet it is largely their influence which has led to the emergence of Satellite Ravens. The tie-dyed heartbeat which thrums through their music is all oil on lightbulbs and whooshing …
Slim Loris and the Country Rock Sound of Sweden!
The Alt-Country boom in the mid-90’s was quite a thing – country as a genre had long been derided as rhinestones and fake smiles, but even before the commercial rebirth of Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, bands had openly embraced the genre and added their own sympathetically subtle embellishments. Acts such as Giant …
After Hours Post-Rock with Broken Islands
Broken Islands may be the most heart-breaking listening experience of your year – or maybe the most uplifting, such is the strange brew of raucous guitars and honeyed vocals. Post-rock may have had a somewhat tumultuous hay day, evolving from sheets of amplified power chords to orchestral, if rather directionless, suites of floppy-haired yawning. It …
Heavyball – The Perils of Midweek Drinking
Midweek drinking is a terrific thing, until you bring work into the equation. No matter how good an idea it feels to keep putting off the ‘one last drink’, there is something about a midweek hangover which is a crime against humanity. Numbness and pain somehow managing to co-exist for a day which lasts far …
Three Cheers for Cholesterol Jones!
As we tremble in the corner of the pub, waiting for the inevitable nuclear apocalypse, it’s comforting to know that some brave souls are picking up their guitars and setting them to stun. Splitting his time between the US and London, Cholesterol Jones is both an animator and a musician, using these skills to set …