We spoke with Babe’s frontman Angus Dowling about the band’s new record, their penchant for the 60s, being new parents, and their surprise collaboration with Jaden Smith.
Author: Tom Mangham
LIVE: Ty Segall & Freedom Band – Levitation Sessions
A career-spanning and succinct set saw Segall melt faces with a meticulous ruckus that begs to be seen in the flesh.
In Review: Babe Rainbow – Changing Colours
Changing Colours doesn’t see the Byron Bay band go completely chameleonic, but ensures enough sonic change from past releases to indicate they’re still riding the waves of psychedelic exploration.
LIVE: Fuzz – Levitation Sessions
Reminiscent of early Sabbath, Fuzz played like they’d never taken a break from their face-melting exploits during their recent livestream set from LA’s Zebulon.
In Review: The Horrors – Lout
Although it borders on Marilyn Manson-esque metal at times, Lout re-injects the ‘horror’ back into The Horrors and is a fine return to form for a band who were possibly fading into their own nostalgia.
5 new Leeds-based garage rock/punk bands you need to know
DIY punk rock music has always been a part of Leeds’ DNA, and here are a handful of bands (that were) tearing up local venues like Mabgate Bleach and Wharf Chambers.
In Review: The Psychotic Monks – Private Meaning First
The French noise specialists’ sophomore LP on FatCat Records is a gripping, paranoid post-punk odyssey, it’s overwhelming gloom a prescient tone for what has been a horrible year.
LIVE: The Orielles @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds
Socially distanced, strangely civilised, but reminiscent of Anglo-French indie pioneers Stereolab in their spacey energy, The Orielles brought a scorching chemistry to Leeds’ Belgrave Music Hall across two individual shows.
In Review: Osees – Protean Threat
John Dwyer’s latest album sees a welcome return to the rapid, breakneck garage rock we’ve grown accustomed to over the past two decades, and shows no signs of letting up just yet.