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.

10 October 2017

This week, we have our first ever session recorded for us by local band Don Gonzo.

Duds - Auf Der Einbahnstrasse
Mancunian experimentalists with a krautrock lilt, off the EP Unfit For Work.

Pale Honey - Get These Things Out Of My Head
Gothenburg duo with a track from the new album Devotion which is out on Friday.

Holiday Ghosts - Quiet Carriage
A track from their self-titled debut which came out late September.

HFC Session
Don Gonzo - Why Not Float?
The first of two session tracks recorded for us by Don Gonzo. This is as yet unreleased and done exclusively for us. It's a weird one when a couple of friends are in a band and they turn out to be really rather excellent. Go check em out. They play live in the Huddersfield area a fair bit.

Weaves - #53
The album Wide Open came out last Friday.

See Through Dresses - Lucy's Arm
The Nebraskans have a curiously-titled album out - Horse Of The Other World - which is always one way of grabbing our attention.

Pet Crow - What To Say
Speaking of odd album titles, here we've another track from A Simple Guide To Small And Medium Pond Life which came out a while back.

Mush - Luxury Animals
New one from the Leeds quartet released on the ever-reliable Art Is Hard label.

Nelson Can - Stonewall Frank
Another one from the Danish trio from their EP EP3. God, I love these so much.

HFC Session
Don Gonzo - All In Your Head
Our second track from our session guests. Thanks so much to the lads for doing this for us.

Luxury Death - Diluted
New single from the Manchester duo which is released as part of a 52-page art zine called Digital Ceremony.

Pariis Opera House - I Wish
A new single from the London self-styled electro space-funk mavericks.

The Bomber Jackets - Death Of A Bargain Hunter
Londoners with a track from the LP Kudos To The Bomber Jackets.

Jon Kennedy - Bats In The Belfry
Stockport lad, but now apparently based in Prague, here's a track from the EP Ha! which came out a couple of weeks back.

Coca Leaf - New Soft Dawn
These are a New York-based collective comprising members of all sorts of other bands. The LP Deep Marble Sunrise came out in the summer.

Andrew Weatherall - Spreads A Haze (And A Glory)
And we'll end with another track from the LP Qualia from the electronica veteran.

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We'll do this next week then. And if you're interested in recording us a session, get in touch. dobsonjp at gmail dot com or on the Twitter.