OUT of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and via Robot Distro, BLACK NOTE GRAFFITI have just released their latest long player, ‘Resist The Divide.’ The hard rocking record dives deep into the raw emotions and struggles of the human experience, heavy vocals, driving guitars, and pounding drums deliver powerful messages of personal transformation, addiction, and inner conflict,…
Read articleCOMBINING shades Phil Spector-esque ballads, high-energy glam punk, and Latin swagger, GYPSY PISTOLEROS tease the release of next year’s ‘Welcome To The Church Of The Pistoleros’ album, with new single and video, ‘Church Of The Pistoleros.’ No strangers to the rock scene, Gypsy Pistoleros have shared stages with The Ramones, Motörhead, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, and…
Read articleOUT now from SEETHING AKIRA, new album ‘Cancel Estate,’ along with accompanying video for latest single, ‘Times Change.’ Formed in 2017, Seething Akira mix the gloriously crushing parts of metalcore, joyful elements of EDM, and lashings of grit, determination, and cheek. SEETING AKIRA live:Nov 01: Rabidfest, The Night Before, Jericho Tavern, OxfordNov 03: Guildhall, PortsmouthNov…
Read articleINFUSED with the spirits of her Creole ancestors, MARCELLA SIMIEN’s debut solo album, ‘To Bend To The Will Of A Dream That’s Being Fulfilled,’ is an exemplary study in the art of storytelling, a wondrous collection of campfire tales, reminiscences of loves lost, soulmates found, and pieces of our hearts long departed, yet who somehow…
Read articleOCCUPYING a precarious line betwixt the Mumford’s and prime stadium rock Doves, indie-folk five-piece BOTTLEMOTH have just released their limited-edition vinyl debut album, ‘Even Us Ghosts.’ Formed at the beginning of 2024, Bottlemoth have already performed alongside The Dangerous Summer, Cold Years, and Adult Leisure, and as debut albums go, ‘Even Us Ghosts’ is one…
Read articleAHEAD of December’s debut album ‘Head Cheese,’ (Property Of The Lost), UK proto-punk garage eccentrics THEE HEADSHRINKERS have revealed their first single, ‘Sunday Driver.’ A heady, modern mix of The Stooges and The Fall, the two minute, riotous ‘Sunday Driver’ is typical ‘Shrinker – driven by the bass line, no middle eight, turning repetition into…
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Read articleBELGIUM newcomers BLUAI have announced debut album ‘Save It For Later’ will get its UK release on November 8, and to celebrate, present the delicate, indie-folk song, ‘Better, I Swear.’ “I started writing the lyrics during a time we all felt like a let down to the people closest to us,” said songwriter vocalist and…
Read articleMUSICLOVEMUSIC favourites SKY DIVING PENGUINS will proudly represent Georgia during December’s ‘24:1900’ virtual music festival. “We believe ‘24:1900’ is the world’s first twenty-four-hour virtual music festival featuring independent acts,” said Mark Gee from festival founders and organisers, 122 Music Management.“ And if you’re new to SDP, they forge a sound that takes in the likes of…
Read articleOUT of Lagos, Nigeria, emerging artist Ilo Mary Oluwatoni – ‘DIVARELLA’ – has just self-released latest single, ‘Miracle.’ Born and raised in Nigeria’s west, Oluwatoni grew up in a household where music was mainly recreational, yet still managed to make her first song aged five. Experiencing her country’s harsh economic conditions along with societal and…
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