Throwing Muses offshoot 50FOOTWAVE are back with their first release in four years and it’s a real humdinger. Louder, faster and heavier than you might expect, the Bath White EP packs more of a punch into its six-tracks than most artists manage on a double album.
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There are plenty of artists who’ve had long gaps between releases – Kate Bush, David Bowie and ABC to name but a few. But indie groovers Khartomb are in a class of their own, after reemerging with their first new release since – wait for it – 1983.
Nick Cave and The Band Seeds are to release their first material since the tragic death of Nick’s 15-year-old son Arthur last July. The new album, entitled Skeleton Tree, will be released on 9 September, preceded by an accompanying film One More Time With Feeling directed by Andrew Dominik.
The minute I put on this EP I was transported back to the halcyon days of the mid-Eighties when digital watches were cool, mobile phones were the size of breeze blocks and jangly indie pop dominated John Peel’s Festive 50. Salient Braves‘ shambling sound is shot through with nostalgia, reviving the spirit of the ’80s for the […]
I’ve always felt that there were two Richard Ashcrofts – the cocksure ‘Mad Richard’ you often see in his interviews – and the sensitive soul who gave us The Drugs Don’t Don’t Work, Lucky Man and A Song For the Lovers. Both Richards are in evidence on These People, Ashcroft’s first album in six years, but the combination is not entirely successful. […]
I always felt there was something a bit emperor’s new clothes about Antony and the Johnsons. There was obvious merit in the music, but I could never quite understand why the likes of Lou Reed were so enamoured. Then came 4 Degrees and even this old philistine had to sit up and take notice.
Bordeaux beatmakers Smokey Joe & The Kid are back with a new single Please Come Home ahead of a new album and tour, which will see them play Glastonbury in the summer. A furious mash-up of hip hop, jazz and electro swing, the single highlights the Gallic duo’s talent for blending a smorgasbord of sounds into a stomping floor […]
Neatly timed to coincide with their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bang Zoom Crazy…. Hello? is the Illinois veterans’ 17th album. Described by songwriter Rick Nielsen as an attempt to get back to their roots, it bears all the hallmarks of a classic Cheap Trick recording.
I got a sneak preview of the new @Iggypop album 'Post PopDepression' with Josh Homme - here's my review