30 April 2018

Let's crack straight on

Ye Nuns - Shut Up
I've been aware of these for some time, an all-female tribute to The Monks - the GIs based in Germany who made garage rock back in the early 60s. I don't normally go for tribute acts, but these are exceptional.

Bizarre - Barcode Warrior
Estonian shoegaze, a long-awaited third album made up of tracks recorded in 1997 and '98. Necro is out on June 4.

Kagoule - Bad Saliva
New one from the forthcoming LP Strange Entertainment, their first release for new label Alcopop!

Plaza - In The Know
From Hartlepool, these.

Modern Day Dukes - Tourist
The latest single from the Sheffield/Leeds noisemakers.

The Plainviews - Bladerunner
Featuring two of Idles and one of The St Pierre Snake Invasion, this is terrific. The EP A Million Different Ways Of Saying Nothing was recorded a couple of years ago, but in true DIY fashion, life got in the way and only now have they found time for a release. Worth the wait.

Don Gonzo - Worship The Breeze
Don Gonzo - Quit Ya Job (recorded live at The Parish)
A couple of tracks from our friends Don Gonzo. The former is the new single and they're playing Northern Quarter soon. Check your local listings.

Doe Pickle - Company Man
Also from Huddersfield and also friends of the show, this is off last year's Butty Time EP.

Crooked Teeth - Mountain Song
New single from the electro-poppers from Glasgow but now based in that London.

Ay Wing - Strange
More of that sort of thing by Berlin-based Swede Ay Wing off her forthcoming Ice Cream Dream EP,

Ennor - Wave After Wave
Cornwall folk-rock now.

Those Unfortunates - Hornsey Automatic FC
Following the Two Songs About Buses EP comes Two Songs About Football.

In Her Eye - Closer To Me
From Milan, this is off the album Change out on June 1.

Cup - Magic Planet
Cup is New Yorker Tym Wojcik and this is off the new album Jitter Visions.

I Can, I Can't - Gravity
And finally, a duo from Worcester with a track from the EP Let Me Die which came out 10 days ago.

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Week off next week - bank holiday. See you in a fortnight.

26 March 2018

Good evening. Some proper good stuff tonight.

Nosebleed - Scratching Circles
Noisy herberts from Leeds with a track from the new LP Scratching Circles On The Dancefloor, out April 6.

Christian Fitness - Kill The Bored
New one from Andy Falkous's side-project. New album imminent.

Straight Arrows - Out And Down
From Sydney, this came out early in February on a double-A single with Franchisee on the flip.

Mr Shiraz - Step Up
Noisy herberts from Huddersfield with a track off last year's EP Mountains Of Kong.

Teen Creeps - Sidenote
Noisy Ghent herberts with a track from the new album Birthmarks.

Actors - L'Appel Du Vide
'The call of the void' to you. These herberts are from Vancouver and this is the lead track off the album It Will Come To You which is out now.

Air Formation - A.M.
Shoegazey krautrock from Bristol off the EP Near Miss which came out at the start of March.

Ski Saigon - Moon Enemy
Part of a compilation put together by their label, Bowl Cut records, marking their first anniversary. Dead Trim came out in February.

Mansion Of Snakes - Mating Season
A new one via Come Play With Me, the Leeds label doing so much good work in the area. MoS are from Leeds. Avant-jazz they call it. There aren't many labels would put something like this out. More power to them for it.

Philippe Petit & Friends - Black Dog
I don't really know what I think about this, but it is certainly different. Frenchman Petit seems to be based in Japan nowadays and this is off the second LP in this guise, On Top, which is out in May.

Cup - Cosmic Brain
And on the same Aagoo label as Petit comes this from New York City artist Tim Wojcik, aka CUP.  Taken from the the album Jittervisions.

Brijs - Jasmine
A cover of a Jai Paul demo by London artist Brijs.

Spray - Anthologised By Cherry Red
Due out in May, this is the new single from Ricardo Autobahn and Jenny McLaren of The Cuban Boys. Very clever and knowing.

Laurence Made Me Cry - The Sickness
Jo Whitby is LMMC and this track, out last Friday, is a musical expression of her recent strugles with mental health. It's also bloody gorgeous.

Cobby & Litten - Live Above Lightening
The Hull super-producer and poet from the same city combine once more on the new album £ Shop Communism. No previews. Just pay your 99p.

Night Giants - Here For Me
And finally, northern club smashers with a new cut.

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Having the bank holiday off next week, so back in a fortnight.

14 November 2017

You know how I often say 'this thing isn't just thrown together'? Well it was a busy weekend, so....

The Circus Villains - Tell Me
Don't know much about these. They're from Darlo though and this is good.

Drahla - Form Of Luxury
A new one from the Leeds outfit off the new EP Third Article.

Nachthexen - Disco Creep
They've been touring with Sleaford Mods, which has certainly got them noticed. This is the title track to the new EP and yeah. Don't be a disco creep.

Elstow - For So Long
This is beautiful. They're from Sydney.

Bridport Dagger - Harry Dean Stanton
And so is this. Bloody stunning, in fact,

Beliefs - All Things Considered
To Toronto now. This is off Habitat.

Royal Podencos - Break Us Down
And now Santander. We get around. Good old garage rock off the album Broken Bones.

Cup - Apparition
Based in Queens now, this is off the new one Hiccup.

Bee Bee Sea - DI Why Why Why
I get the impression these like a bit of word play. From Castel Goffredo in Italy, near Brescia, Sonic Boomerang is the new one.

Boy Azooga - Face Behind Her Cigarette
Exciting new signing to Heavenly from Cardiff.

Ought - These 3 Things
Always good to get new stuff from the Montreal outfit, which is always welcome. Room Inside the World is the new one.

Hookworms - Negative Space
After MJ's studios were flooded out and painstakingly rebuilt, Hookworms has been on a sort of hiatus. But the third album, Microshift, is due early next year and here's a teaser. Sounds good.

Eli Hermit - Flint & Steel
A really interesting piece from Scottish spoken word artist on the EP/mini album Natural Progression.

James Holden and The Animal Spirits - Each Moment Like The First
And a track from the new LP The Animal Spirits which is pretty fine.

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Back and hopefully more organised next week.