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Tag: grunge

Quarry Transports Listeners Through Grungy-Hypnotic Vibe With New EP, ‘Renaissance’

February 6, 2024

With his four song EP, ‘Renaissance’, Quarry brings us mid 2000s sensibilities with a more contemporary twist. Pounding straight out of the gate, the EP is the follow-up for his critically acclaimed album, ‘Positioning The Sun’.

SPOOLS OUT – Blank Tape Tax Revive The Spirit Of Hardcore On ‘Plastic Vapid Sexual Cool’

June 19, 2022

Yost vents his nihilism in a dizzying head rush of cod-offensive bile

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Kadeema Pay Homage To Elton John In Their Interpretation Of His Classic Hit ‘I’m Still Standing’

August 12, 2020

Kadeema take the Elton John classic, ‘I’m Still Standing’, and turn it completely upside down and inside out – and you know what? It rocks!

Utility Are Like A ‘Bull In The Shop’ With Grungy New Single

November 29, 2019

Utiliy comprise Adam Draper on drums, and Ryan Heise on bass and vocals. Their latest single, ‘Bull In The Shop’ is short and sweet, but it takes no prisoners with its catchy riffs.

Choose Your Own Adventure: Jedward’s ‘Voice Of A Rebel’ Has Been Worth Waiting For

June 29, 2019

Jedward’s new album, ‘Voice Of A Rebel’, is about love, desire, and a maturity which may surprise casual listeners. In short, it’s fucking sexy.

The Elephant Room Have ‘Bad News (For Good People)’ With 60s Tinged New Single

March 19, 2019

Not sure if you’ve noticed it, but lately a lot of the music coming out of Ireland *doesn’t* sound like it’s from Ireland. At all.

Para Lia – ‘The Man Who Went Away’

March 13, 2019

  Para Lia comprises German multi-instrumentalist, René Methner and his wife Cindy, who provides backing vocals. The pair come from Cottbus, in North-East Germany,…

London Based Five Piece BABYTEETH Release New Single And Video ‘Cocoon’

December 21, 2018

‘Cocoon’ is the third single from London based 5 piece, BABYTEETH, who with every release gets stronger and bolder.

HEADLINE STRESS DISORDER – Mudhoney Satirise Social Media And The 24-Hour News Cycle On Caustic 10th Album ‘Digital Garbage’

December 3, 2018

Fuelled by scathing fury and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of scuzzy riffs, Digital Garbage sees Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm set his sights on post-truth…

MONSTER MASH – Jon Spencer and The Melvins Haunt The Camden KOKO Over Halloween

November 11, 2018

The suitably vampiric surroundings of Camden’s KOKO provides the perfect ambience for a diabolical double header, with Jon Spencer and The Melvins ghosting in for Halloween. Up…

The Soft Underground – ‘Ghosts’

July 16, 2018

‘Ghosts’, from the album ‘Morning World’, is the follow-up to ‘Rachel’, from New York City based The Soft Underground.

Mary Bue – ‘The Shit I Left In Duluth’

July 15, 2018

Mary Bue was originally from Princeton Minnesota, and is now based in Minneapolis. She’s been in the music business for nearly twenty years and finds creativity in the dark aspects of life, through which she’s able to come up with a melancholy vibe, while at the same time not becoming too cynical. Mary’s latest track, ‘The Shit I Left In Duluth’, is her latest release.

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