New Zero God – Circus of Tortured Melodies
I am very happy to present New Zero God to the North American audience. Let me start by saying that, in 2006, Mike Pougounas, former singer/songwriter of the legendary Greek new wave band The Flowers of …
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PREMIERE: LONDON’S WHERE WE SLEEP LEAD THE WAY ‘INTO THE LIGHT’
It does seem odd that America should fancy such a huge number of UK bands, but then again maybe not if you look back on the history of how this country’s youth initially went nuts …
First album from The Claim in decades a stunner
British indie rock stalwarts The Claim present the band’s first new recordings since 1992, it is The New Industrial Ballads LP and it releases on May 24 via A Turntable Friend Records. The Claim is a diamond …
Y33BA ‘Eternities I’ – a powerful acid pop blast from the future
Yesterday was the release date of the brand new opus by the New York gang Your 33 Black Angels and it is called Eternities I LP. Here we have one of the bravest and extraordinary …
The Jasmine Minks – Born of Scotland, Forged by Creation (Records).
Scotland’s legendary alternative-indie rock outfit The Jasmine Minks released a brand new gorgeous single on March 22 via A Turntable Friend Records. It is presented as a double A-side 7″ single entitled Step by Step b/w …
She Came To Quit – Pills
On March 29, Montreal’s outfit She Came To Quit released their debut Pills LP following last June’s Demo 2018. What’s going on in Canada’s alternative/ independent music scene? How come so many brilliant names from all …
Bromide shimmers college-style on “Magic Coins” single
Hailing from London, UK, the alt-rock outfit Bromide releases their new single Magic Coins which is accompanied by Always Now as its b-side, on April 26, via Scratchy Records. The single will be released digitally and …
Throwing Muses’ Fred Abong Spawns Heady “Pulsing” EP
On March 8, Fred Abong released his brand new Pulsing EP. Best known as former bass player for the influential art-punk band Throwing Muses and Grammy-nominated alt-rock band Belly, and prior to that, active as a drummer and …
Swedish-Australian Tiny Fighter wows on “Tell Me” EP
The Swedish-Australian indie pop outfit Tiny Fighter have announced their new Tell Me EP, to be released via Stockholm-based label Bay Terrace Records on April 26. It includes 3 stunning songs of remarkable indie music …
Timeless and Priceless: Marty Willson-Piper releases Hanging Out in Heaven LP on Blue Vinyl
Saturday, April 13, is the international Record Store Day that attracts in the stores so many people who are looking for interesting releases with many of them returning at home with the smile of success on …
Americana Discovery: Kenny Roby & 6 String Drag – “The Jag Sessions”: Rare & Unreleased 1996-1998
Schoolkids Records has announced the new Kenny Roby & 6 String Drag album The Jag Sessions: Rare & Unreleased 1996-1998, which will be released especially for the Record Store Day (April 13th) and it shall …
PREMIERE: Liverpool’s Ernest Moon releases cocky new Ba-jesus adventure
Today, we proudly present you the brand new and stormy adventures Ba-jesus of Ernest Moon from Liverpool, UK! And if it all looks funny and weird to you only by the title and the first words …
PREMIERE: Dreamgazers Slowness nurtures “Rose” in new video single
This one comes directly from the dreamgaze soul-wrenching scene of San Francisco, and it is a gem! On April 3rd, revery-inspiring slowcore dreampop outfit Slowness, who hail from this northern Californian city, will release their brand …
Bauhaus’ co-founder David J to release Thoughts and Prayers 7” for Record Store Day
This is all good news which involves the famous artist, our guest today who may influence people to raise their voices against the senseless mass school shootings. This is a very hard and a sad …
Muet — Debut (S/T)
Chicago post-noir-punk outfit Muet released its debut self-titled album March 22 via Metropolis Records, and it is an absolute must-listen from a band that sounds less debut and more veteran. Muet (“mute” in French) plays its …
The Veldt gets political
“The only revolution in which the goal is a desegregated lunch counter, a desegregated theater, a desegregated park, and a desegregated public toilet; you can sit down next to white folks on the toilet. That’s …
Carrying Capacity: The Pathetic Wisp of Our Collective Attention Span
Best Albums of 2013. Best Books You Never Read in 2013. Best movies, best video games, best sasquatch erotica. Surely the annual “best” lists that websites, magazines and newspapers publish New Year’s Day intend to …
This Week in Shoegaze
This is the feature in which we attempt to follow the Drone Subterranean Wall of Sound and Whispered Vocals. When last we wrote this segment, we mentioned the rumors of a Slowdive reunion, long whispered …