Category: Music News
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Not being as connected to the scene as in the past, it took me a month of listening to gothic folk indie act Murder By Death’s latest album, Egg & Dart, to realize it doubled as their swan song. I actually stumbled across its impending release on Amazon, made a vinyl pre-order and then used…
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Avem are a quartet of bird nerds who hail from the Idyllic countryside of Canada, the band have now released their self titled sophomore full length via streaming platforms and as a name your price download via Bandcamp. The album follows on from their 2022 debut, Three Birds Stoned, and includes the singles Heart Upside Down, Rinse…
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Montreal quintet Mort d’Homme have released their debut EP, La Chute, that is available via streaming platforms and as a name your price download via Bandcamp. The EP sees the band deliver a frontal and urgent sound that sits at the crossroads of garage rock and deconstructed art-punk. Fronted by Alexandra, who delivers a visceral,…
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Long before streaming playlists and algorithm-driven recommendations, punk scenes were discovering new bands through compilations. They weren’t just collections of songs. They were snapshots of a community, maps connecting labels, countries, friendships and scenes that otherwise would never have crossed paths. For almost ten years, Punk Rock Raduno has continued one of punk’s finest traditions,…
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Proto-punk icons Slaughter & The Dogs are set to embark on a new chapter of their long and influential career with a brand-new album, White Heat, which is set to be released September 4th via Cadiz Music. Originally formed in 1975 in Wythenshawe, a notoriously rough council estate in Manchester, Slaughter and the Dogs name was…
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Seattle has always been a historic breeding ground for sonic rebellion, a place where raw, unfiltered frustration organically
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Manchester, UK’s The 99 Degree have today launched their brand new single, Speedboat Hero, that is now available via streaming platforms and Bandcamp, the track follows up their recent single, Dolls, on that signalled the band’s return from the wilderness. The band have declared that Speedboat Hero is probably the best song about not owning a speedboat released by…
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Cornish four-piece The Heavenly Bodes have today released their debut album, Green Hills, via Fuzz Club Records. The album was recorded on reel-to-reel in a friend’s living room between trips to the beach, it features a collection of lo-fi numbers that vary in feel, sometimes twisting and erratic, sometimes sedated and meandering, but all drenched…
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The Polish heavy underground has consistently been one of the most fertile, unforgiving, and fascinating landscapes in European
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There is a distinct sterility that has slowly crept into a massive portion of modern alternative music. Too