(((O))) Year: 2024

Echoes of the Past: White Willow – Ex Tenebris

Going through the second album is like looking through an old scrapbook, reflecting the wonderful memories you had.

A Sudden Burst of Colour – Galvanize

I cannot speak highly enough of this album. It is definitely up there as one of the best instrumental rock albums that I’ve heard in ages. Truly first class.

Joe Clayton from Pijn, Curse These Metal Hands, No Studio and Floodlit Recordings (+ Exclusive Live Video Premiere)

Gary Davidson caught up with Joe Clayton to hear all about Pijn, No Studio and Floodlit Recordings and the triumphant Curse These Metal Hands 2023 Arctangent set.

Black Bouquet – Pray to the Knife

Something that could have been overcomplicated and overbearing turns out to be quite an enjoyable art rock experience after all.

A Burial At Sea – Close To Home

Close To Home is bursting with vibrant energy and was clearly created with passion and heart.

Zombi

David Bowes spoke to Zombi’s Steve Moore and Anthony E Paterra about their genre-spanning new record ‘Direct Inject’.

Dead Bandit – Memory Thirteen

While many might proclaim that post-rock has reached its limits, Dead Bandit and their latest album prove that it just might still have some musical fuel there.

Under the Influence – TUTUPATU

We celebrate TUTUPATU’s debut release IV as they fittingly share IV records that have been huge influences on their music.

Damo Suzuki 1950-2024

His music has touched so many people. With Damo, it’s more than just his run with CAN, but what he had accomplished by inspiring the next generation to keep his legacy alive with the Network.

The Telescopes – Growing Eyes Becoming String

The record’s prevailing mood is of being blanketed and half awake.

Robert Calvert: Through His Work VI. Theatre.

The subject matter of Robert Calvert’s plays and intended plays evidence his political and social concerns that often found their way into Hawkwind songs. Concerns and awareness about corporate and government corruption, self perception and presentation, the deleterious effects of capitalist consumerism, technology and ethics often underpinned Robert’s writing and intended writing.

Tutupatu – IV

Bold and inventive, or messy and incoherent? All of the above.

Rick Habeeb from Grey Skies Fallen

Gavin Brown caught up with Grey Skies Fallen founding guitarist/vocalist Rick Habeeb to hear all about their new album ‘Molded By Broken Hands’ as well as delving deep into the history of the band and more.

CAN – Live in Paris 1973

An off-the-wall chaotic sound with a large, massive full-scale assault.

Kendo Nagasaki • The Courtesy Group • Moths Of The Moon – Hare and Hounds, Birmingham

Three bands, five quid. Splendid idea really.

Sea Dramas – Escape Scenes

It turns out that ‘Escape Scenes’ is one of those melody-driven albums that simply stick to your ears.

Under the Influence with Georgie Bogle from Next To Nada

Noisy four piece Next To Nada who have been cutting their teeth on the London circuit for the past year. Today they release ‘Whine, Lips’ taken of their upcoming EP release. Lyricist Georgie Bogle talks to us about 3 of the band’s biggest influences.

True Green – My Lost Decade

Adding the fact that this is True Green’s debut album the results are even more impressive than the sum of its (nine) parts.

Hidden Mothers and Copse

Gary Davidson caught up with Hidden Mothers and Copse to chat through the formative years, Arctangent, their next releases, playing Scotland and Edward Gibbs!

PAKT – No Steps Left to Trace

Very much a band of brothers creating some of the most intense, weird, and balls to the wall releases MoonJune has given its listeners in 2024.

Stuck In The Sound – 16 Dreams A Minute

With all the variation in sound, there is a definite sense of consistency in the sound here as the listener is all the time aware it is one and the same artist/band that knows exactly what is supposed to go on here.

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