Charlie Gardner
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“We could have been a really good stadium band. It would have not been any good for the personalities in the band – it would have driven us all absolutely insane I would have thought. Any level of success would have made us worse people in my opinion. We could have been really good at it though. It didn’t happen and that’s that – it is what it is. It’s not a good or bad thing, just a thing. I would have liked to have made that second record though. There’s nothing wrong with being unknown, with being anonymous, it’s what almost everyone is – but try telling that to an arrogant idiot in his early twenties. . .”
Michael J Hall, Nebraska
Articles by Charlie Gardner
Belgian dark pop duo KØCAZE releases their haunting and evocative new EP D’Or et de Sang via Dune Altar. Across six intricately layered tracks, the band dives into themes of grief, transformation, and ancestral memory, weaving neoclassical instrumentation, electronic textures, and brooding dark pop sensibilities into a deeply affecting body of work.
Swiss punk noisers, Torpedo, have released a gut-wrenching third album: What the Fucked Do We All Do Now? | – Lights, projecting us beyond the show, into the rawness of real life, that of you and me in our kitchens, weeping over a human world that has become unbearable for all the Living. . .
Minnesota based sludge/noise/post-metal act Serac has released new music video ‘Hanging Garden’ from their debut album Baring Teeth in a Famine
Atmosphere and layering are the cornerstone of Pennsylvania’s post-rock maximalists The Depth Beneath Us. Particularly on their forthcoming sophomore album Descent, the quintet finds captivating new ways to build symphonic guitar layers, vaguely reminiscent of how U2’s Joshua Tree created wide open, soaring sonic spaces
From the windswept landscapes of Iceland to the echoes of distant shores, Mario Infantes Ávalos embarks on a musical voyage with Bitácora – a sonic journal that transcends borders, languages, and traditions
With cat-paw softness, she conquers the world, not by storm, but with whispers… A review in haikus. . .
The distorted, anxious and surrealist visual style of the album’s cover art (painted by artist Madalena Pinta) speaks perfectly to the album’s direct, albeit melted, psychedelic electronic post-metal. Riff after riff comes and goes, never wearing out its welcome.
On the eve of an extensive UK tour to celebrate their new record, we though it it the perfect time to find out a little more about what makes the Champs chime. So we asked Danny George Wilson to tell us about four albums that have been hugely influential on the creation of You Are Not A Stranger Here. And in a delicious twist, all of the albums Danny chose are visible in the band’s latest video…
Versus Machine is an innovative and genre-blending rock band whose members bring together years of experience from diverse musical backgrounds. The band’s core is made up of singer/guitarist Stephen Tilley, bassist Michael James Stipe, and drummer Brian Doherty, with the group’s formation rooted in both past musical connections and newfound collaborations.
With Voyager to Voyager, Dead Meadow once again affirms their place in the pantheon of modern psych rock by pushing their sound to new heights, all the while honouring the deep creative bond they have shared through nearly three decades of melting minds worldwide. . .
The distorted, anxious and surrealist visual style of the album’s cover art (painted by artist Madalena Pinta) speaks perfectly to the album’s direct, albeit melted, psychedelic electronic post-metal. Riff after riff comes and goes, never wearing out its welcome.
Emmaleen Tangleweed’s music is more accurately described as a channelling than a song. Summoning stories of lost souls too tortured to let go, she cries and yearns as they no longer can, and yet, a silver thread of faith binds them.
Olivares has always lived between worlds – immersed in the chaos of noise rock, while quietly drawn to the subtle complexities of electronic sound. After years of creating experimental rock, it was the deep, hypnotic rhythms of artists like Pole, Nicolas Jaar, Nils Frahm, Caribou and Floating Points that sparked a shift in his creative direction.
Like the lovechild of a David Lynch fever dream and a warehouse dancefloor at 3 am – The Shops are a perfect cure for anyone drawn to the mysterious corners of music.
Versus Machine is an innovative and genre-blending rock band whose members bring together years of experience from diverse musical backgrounds. The band’s core is made up of singer/guitarist Stephen Tilley, bassist Michael James Stipe, and drummer Brian Doherty, with the group’s formation rooted in both past musical connections and newfound collaborations.
NEON KITTENS, formed in 2022, draw their name from a misheard Ultravox lyric and are influenced by No Wave, PiL, On-U Sound, and ZE Records
The sound of Los Angeles shoegaze band OSNOVA could still be likened to walking alone on a dark night –it strides with confidence, masking an unstable and anxious edge –the sound of forward movement that is all at once evocative, determined and enveloping
Deep Fade are Amanda Votta, Neddal Ayad, and Grey Malkin. Their second album, Further, delves into themes of disintegration, loss, and distance, expanding on their debut Line Of Flight with a new sonic structure.
Photo: Giovanna Ferin Brighton-based singer-songwriter Juanita Stein has just released her fourth solo album The Weightless Hour via Agricultural Audio. Always in demand, the Howling Bells’ front-woman has just finished a UK tour supporting Evan D …
Massive Attack meets panic attack with a flavour of a Purple-pink Floyd. The Murrays mint another beauty…
Portland Oregon-based heavy post-progressive band Light Creates Shadow release new single, ‘Beauty For Ashes’, their first new music since the release of the 2022 full length, Ghosts Pass Through, Running From The Body.
