The Residents – “Intruders” Reviewed
It’s impossible to start to discuss anything relating to The Residents without doffing a giant eyeball to Hardy Fox, whose passing at the end of […]
Alternative
Australian Alt-Electro Phenomenon Slumberjack Announce New Single
DJ duo Slumberjack have emerged as one of the to-watch acts coming out of Australia in recent years, taking their skills from traditional club settings […]
SAZ Kick Genres into Touch With New EP, “Dread Full”
SAZ is Zane Morris and Kelvin Bueno, two Londoners who have taken their musical influences, stripped them of their unhelpful genre tags and repackaged them […]
William Shatner Sleighs!
William Shatner has announced his very first holiday album: ‘Shatner Claus – The Christmas Album’ (October 26/Cleopatra Records). Shatner has assembled a truly eclectic roster […]
Sub Pop Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Having survived financial turmoil as the wave of grunge adulation was first swallowed up then rejected by the mainstream, Sub Pop quite rightly has confirmed […]
Jon Spencer – Do the Trash Can
If, like us, you’ve been missing The Cramps something rotten, cheers loudly for the return of Jon Spencer, who’s looking at an Autumn release for […]
Euphoric Melancholia – Steele Releases Long-Awaited Album, Paroxysms
Beginning an obsession with music from the age of five when she started playing piano, it seemed inevitable that Steele would make it in the […]
Under the Covers with Satellite Ravens
After a short holiday, the award-winning (we assume) Under the Covers returns! Deep joy! Satellite Ravens’ Carson Rohde does the honours. You’re on your fourth […]
Scandicana Gurus, Slim Loris, Interviewed
Very quietly (or at least at a modest volume) practitioners of a very Swedish version of Americana, Slim Loris, have been making a nme for […]
Luke Haines – I Sometimes Dream of Glue
Luke returns to the concept album – and a concept it is. Here’s the background blurb: Just off the Westway, in the motorway sidings, you […]