With gorgeous visuals accompanying the band’s aloof performance, this felt like a step above the typical livestream set as the Oxford psych-pop group fully lean into the peculiar tendencies they’re known for.
In Review: Julia Jacklin – ‘to Perth, before the border closes’ / ‘CRY’
Jacklin’s duo of singles for Sub Pop’s Singles Club serve as self-reflective, appreciative reminders to people that there’s nothing wrong with a release of emotion.
LIVE: deathcrash @ St.Pancras Old Church, London
On a damp night at the edge of lockdown, St. Pancras Old Church was a fitting venue for deathcrash’s hypnogogic wall of drone.
In Review: Andy Bell – The View from Halfway Down
Bell’s first bonafide solo album has a much-needed technicolour bounce to it that’s hard to ignore, offering signposts to all of his previous musical lives.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard reveal DIY music video project for new single ‘Automation’
The psych-rock sextet offer another ingenious music-community engaging scheme to make your own music video.
Save Our Venues Spotlight: The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
En route from Brighton’s central train station to the beach, you’ll no doubt come across a former cinema readograph that states ‘This Must Be The Place’. In terms of nurturing new bands and scenes in the city, that’s exactly what The Hope and Ruin is. We spoke to Creative Director and Booker Sally Oakenfold about the venue’s value to the local music community, it’s memorable past, and hopeful future.
Breaking Through | 5 Questions with Leah Senior
Drifting somewhere between the bucolic retro-isms of 60s Laurel Canyon-styled psych-folk, and sun-drenched soft rock ever-present in the 70s, Leah Senior harks back to a different era. One that certainly feels more comforting than the times we find ourselves in currently.
Viagra Boys ‘Ain’t Nice’ on first taste of new LP Welfare Jazz
The irreverent Swedish share lead single from the much-anticipated follow up to 2018 debut Street Worms.
LIVE: Between the Lines X Erased Tapes
Anne Müller, Hatis Noit and Daniel Thorpe came together for a special performance as part of the eclectic billing of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
LIVE: Dummy Live by On Air presents Octavian
Bopping about on a bare, Robot Wars-resembling set, the still atmosphere throughout emphasised the need for Octavian’s melodic bars and often instrumental-focused tunes to be bounced off of a baying crowd with a huge sound system.