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HEART OF DARKNESS – Cave’s Grief Bared To The Bone On Skeleton Tree

September 16, 2016

New albums by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are always an event but the release of Skeleton Tree comes with more baggage than most. For those…

SAINT OR SINGER? – Fantastic Negrito’s ‘Long Road’ To Redemption

August 30, 2016

From street hustler to pseudo student, illegal nightclub impresario to black roots troubadour – Fantastic Negrito is the ultimate performance artist.

Since leaving home at 12, it could be said that his whole life has been a performance of defiance, reinvention and now perhaps redemption.

SOMETHING IN THE AIR! – The Vapors Announce First Live Headlining Tour For 35 Years

August 20, 2016

A few weeks ago we featured the return of cult indie band Khartomb after 31 years – a rocket from the crypt we thought could never…

LONDON CALLING – Capital 5-Piece Leika Hook Up With Manics’ Producer Ahead Of Second Album Release

August 17, 2016

TIRELESS London post-punkers Leika are hoping to build on their growing live reputation with a new studio album due out in October.

FEAR AND LOATHING – Self-Styled Outlaw Nahko Bear on Trump, Mass Shootings And Gun Control

August 9, 2016

Musician and activist Nahko Bear has accused Donald Trump of playing the politics of fear in his campaign for the US Presidency. Nahko, who…

THE HEART OF THE RE-UNION – The Primitives On Getting Back Together, 1980s Nostalgia And What It’s Like to Have Morrissey Wearing Your T-Shirts

July 31, 2016

Blending ‘sixties bubblegum pop with punk guitars and indie attitude, the Primitives Crash-ed their way into the charts and many a schoolkids’s hearts in the mid-1980s.

FROM STEREOLAB TO HOLOGRAM TEEN – Morgane Lhote On Her New Techno-Kraut Solo Sound

July 21, 2016

She spent six years with fiercely independent trance drone masters Stereolab, having been given just a month to learn the keyboard parts to 30 of their songs.

Now 21 years on Morgane Lhote is a fully-fledged solo artist, recording under the name Hologram Teen and planning the release of her debut album.

HOT FUZZ – Buzz Saw Guitars Meet Hip Hop Rhythms On New Inconsistent Jukebox Release

July 14, 2016

A genre-defying collage of electro beats, distorted guitar, jaw’s harp and seductive almost spoken-word vocals, it’s fair to say Bold Ego Fledgling is not your average single release.

The product of the imagination of Barry Snaith, alias The Inconsistent Jukebox, it features contributions from artists all over the globe.

LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE – A.R. Kane’s Rudy Sends A Message To You

July 11, 2016

Dreampop pioneers A.R. Kane are back with a vengeance with a string of UK and European gigs under their belt and the tantalising prospect…

TOGETHER APART – Maverick Producer Dean Garcia On His New Transatlantic Collaboration With Preston Maddox of The Bloody Knives

June 29, 2016

Dean Garcia tells Matt Catchpole about the making of What We Want, working with his daughter and the tantalising prospect of reuniting with Curve’s Toni Halliday.

SURF'S UP - Kristin Hersh's 50FOOTWAVE Make A Splash With Bath White

SURF’S UP – 50FOOTWAVE Make A Splash With New Bath White EP

June 28, 2016

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.

Indie band Khartomb return with their first new music in more than 30 years

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT – ’80s Indie band Khartomb Resurface After More Than 30 Years Away

June 19, 2016

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, having just reemerged with their first new release since – wait for it – 1983.

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