Nirvana fans, it's time to rejoice: their much loved live album Live and Loud is set to be released on vinyl and digitally for the first time since its recording way back in 1993. Live and Loud was recorded on December 13th of that year at Seattle's Pier 48. This is relevant as it was deemed as a followup to MTV's fantastic and legendary live recording, Nirvana: Unplugged In … [Read more...] about Nirvana to release ‘Live and Loud’ on vinyl for the first time
Kaiser Chiefs: Duck – Review
Kaiser Chiefs return with their refreshing new album Duck, managing to bring out the best of their classic sound amongst Northern Soul melodies and grooves. Kaiser Chiefs are at that stage in their career where choices for a new record can be as clear cut as trying something completely new or resting on your laurels and sticking to what you know best. They’ve been in the … [Read more...] about Kaiser Chiefs: Duck – Review
Kit Sebastian: Mantra Moderne – Review
The fertile, cross-pollinating imagination of Kit Sebastian permeates a heady, joyous and oddball debut album that conjures summery sonic flotsam by drawing upon three languages and an array of outre styles. We’re living in unnerving times dominated by base demagoguery and voices of exclusion, intolerance and insularity, which is why Kit Sebastian’s perfectly formed debut … [Read more...] about Kit Sebastian: Mantra Moderne – Review
Review: Daughter of Swords – Dawnbreaker
Alexandra Sauser-Monnig’s sparse collection of softly spoken folk confessionals inhabits the drowsy terrain of late summer nights out on the front porch or around a campfire. Daughter of Swords’ Dawnbreaker is a dusty, bare-bones evocation of the texture of languid, long summer nights, a soundtrack for tranquil moments of solitude and contemplation. At its best, when summoning … [Read more...] about Review: Daughter of Swords – Dawnbreaker
Review: The Flaming Lips – King’s Mouth
In which Oklahoma’s frazzled psychedelic explorers raid and hone the more cohesive, melodic and accessible strand of their oeuvre for an album that wields genuine emotional clout. The Flaming Lips’ fifteenth studio album, King’s Mouth, marks two decades since the Oklahoma stoner trio’s leap into the big time with their ecstatically received The Soft Bulletin opus, a record … [Read more...] about Review: The Flaming Lips – King’s Mouth
New Music Fridays – July 19th 2019
Welcome, friends to our weekly taste of new music from upcoming, unsigned or new bands that have caught our attention! I don’t know why, but our choices this week all seem to feature a really nice and sunny disposition. Perhaps its because it’s that time of the year when people start to go on holiday, or perhaps it’s because the sun’s been out a little more than usual. … [Read more...] about New Music Fridays – July 19th 2019