Like a good horror movie director, Low Sea know the real scares are the ones you can only imagine.” – Pitchfork ”Strident, snare-rapping drum machine beats get matched to gliding synth strings, all of which gets distilled down into a three-minute pop gem.” – The Quietus The sound of Spacemen 3 and Mazzy Star being…
EP Release and tour: High Noon by The Lost Souls Club Release date: 25 February 2013 “Romeo has a great opening riff and vocal line. The lyrical themes are suitably noir…so they sit alongside bands like The White Stripes and The Black Keys….and look like a junior Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds” – Simon…
Fresh from their victory as winners of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Album, 11-piece folk supergroup Bellowhead reveal their new video for their already incredibly successful single, Roll The Woodpile Down. It’s no secret that Bellowhead are one of the best live bands around (as their 5 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards…
‘Story flourishes when Bronson uses softer rhythms and allows the writing to take centre stage.’ 7/10 Drowned in Sound ‘There are dreamlike qualities to several songs and, even without the aid of hallucinogenic substances, you can join David in a world of poetry, imagery and unrequited love on several occasions.’ – No Depression ‘If you…
ANNOUNCING “RINGO AT THE RYMAN,” DVD OF RINGO AND HIS ALL STARR’S PERFORMANCE AT NASHVILLE’S HISTORIC RYMAN, FILMED JULY 7, 2012 DVD TO BE RELEASED MARCH 18th 2013 Ringo Starr is a living legend whose contribution to the roots of rock and roll is immeasurable, not only as a Beatle, but also through his prolific…
STRFKR – New LP ’Miracle Mile’ UK Release: April 1st (Polyvinyl) It’s hard to say exactly when it happened. It could’ve been during one of the 100+ shows STRFKR played over the past two years — ecstatic sold-out dance parties that started in tiny, sweaty rooms before word of mouth spread and forced a move…
The electronic legends are back 15 years after their last visit. The German legends and genre shapers return to Roskilde Festival. Their last concert in 1998 is still semi-mythical amongst fans of all kinds of electronic pop. KRAFTWERK (DE) return to Roskilde Festival with their special 3D show, which has carried away London’s Tate Modern…
Stor Rock n´ Roll fest på The Tivoli! Rock n´ Roll kungarna Quireboys med den dansglade Spike i spetsen intog Helsingborgs hamn denna kyliga lördagkväll. Men innan Quireboys (även kallade London Quireboys) sjösatte The Tivoi så fick Bai Bang och Conny Bloom tina upp publiken. Det var ett tag sedan undertecknad besökte Tivoli så till…
In May 2010 the world of Hard Rock / Heavy Metal lost one of its most talented stars, with the passing of Ronnie James Dio. During his career he sang for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, as well as his own eponymous band (Dio). With his incredible vocal range he sang some of the real classic…
London band Turbogeist are releasing a 5 track EP in March, and will be following it later in the year with their debut album. Musically this EP is quite tricky to pin down. There’s a good helping of rock, a strong punk influence, some metal – a really good mix in other words. The EP…
Mayhem öppnade med ”Deathcrush”. Sammanhanget är torftigt, jag fryser och har skitont överallt för det finns ingen mat eller värme och jag har stått på ett jävla kallt betonggolv i timmar. Jag hatar detta. Men när Mayhem öppnar med ”Deathcrush”. Då blir den här människan mjuk i sinnet och snäll. Atilla verkar lite arg och…
Torsdag 24 januari. Att anordna en tredagars festival i slutet på januari i Stavanger i Norge är ett ganska ovanligt initiativ. Att göra det för första gången och boka band som Mayhem, Arcturus, Gehenna, Negura Bunget och Dimension F3H är ytterligare en bedrift. Mannen som står bakom detta heter Marius Steffenssen och har en rolig…