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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
On the eve of a perfromance at the Roadburn Festival, Rachel Davies from Esben and the Witch chooses three records that have greatly influenced the band’s new album, Hold Sacred.
More underground than the Newcastle Metro, Toon’s Cruel Nature Records is now a ten-year-old. Kindness personified, their founder, Steve Strode, tells us about his passion for sonic diversity and Spectrum, his 23-track curation celebration to raise money for charity, which we premiere exclusively.
In the season of birth and rebirth, Stuttgart ambient/electronic artist Perrache (Joachim Henn) gives life to a unique project with ‘Song with C in D’, a composition inspired by the heartbeat of his (at the time) unborn daughter. The extraordinary vide …
Acclaimed Los Angeles-based Battle Tapes craft electronic rock that blends 80’s electronica and darkwave with the poppiest and most accessible of what Depeche Mode and Nine Inch Nails have to offer. Formed in 2010, the band cite Depeche Mode, Massive A …
Australia-based solo project Tir (Oytun Bektaş) is set to release his fifth full-length album this coming April. Following on from 2021’s Persepolis and set for release under the dual banners of Brilliant Emperor Records (LP) and Orko Productions (CD/t …
Photo: Justin Cowley Boston, Massachusetts-based trio, LESOTHO presents their debut album, Through the Dying Light. Formed in the quarantine days of 2020, LESOTHO released their Summer Wars debut EP in 2021 which quickly cemented their place as an up-a …
The post-rock dreamgaze duo’s Marc Byrd choses the three records that have proved the greatest influence on their new album, Lost in the Void.
The rising London post-rockers pick four albums that have proved more than an influence on their new album, Less.
Human Worth are proud to present the killer new album from The Eurosuite, available to pre-order from 3 February with a portion of proceeds donated to charity. The Eurosuite consist of four lovely people who make disquieting no wave songs that will equ …
Experimental folk singer-songwriter Jayne Dent (Me Lost Me) tells us about three records that have greatly influenced her music and her new album, RPG.
Human Worth are proud to present the stunning new album from Irish foursome Hands Up Who Wants to Die, featuring members of Shifting, No Spill Blood and Wild Rocket, with a portion of proceeds donated to charity. And now, ‘Ludger Sylbaris’, the wild-ey …
Photo: Isabella Grossling Making waves and grabbing the attention of Rolling Stone, Sound of Boston, and more, indie-rock outfit Mom Rock announce ‘Bullseye’ and an accompanying Valentines-esque video as a follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2022 E …
Agitated Records is excited to announce the release of Laurel Canyon’s debut self-titled album. Formed in 2019 when Nicholas Gillespie met Serg Cereja via a mutual friend, the duo connected through a shared interest in both Arthur Rimbaud and The Stoog …
Blood Moon Wedding, the musical marriage of Oakland singer Mia Dean and English punk rocker Steve Lake of Zounds, will release their duet offering, Blood Moon Wedding: An American Nightmare, on 7 April 2023 via Mobilization Recordin …
Jasper den Hartigh chooses the records that have been the greatest influence on his new solo project, Holy Water.
Heavy music is experiencing a renaissance of innovation and creativity, while most of contemporary music genres have stagnated in recent years. Case in point: Holy Water, a powerful new step merging heavy doom guitars, stoic experimen …
R E MO T E VI E W I NG has been grinding out discordant and experimental sludge rock since its inception in the winter of 2016. Featuring members of Palehorse, Million Dead, Sly & The Family Drone, Nitkowski and Wound (to name but a few) the band a …
“Across the mangroves, we will invoke hope.” The two paragraphs that accompany this instrumental symphony of doom conjure up a group of young, dispossessed individuals trudging through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Against all odds, they venture into a …
West Midlands five-piece MACHIAVELLIAN ART follow up their self-released and self-titled cassette-only album with their first release proper, Indoctrination Sounds released February 24 via Riot Season Records. A maximalist blowout of sax-honking Noise …
This is a ‘performance’ video. But a dream-reflection of what a performance feels like to me; conjuring multiple inner versions of myself to bring to life and sustain this music that was built in layers and over time.
