Month: August 2019

Synth Punk Trio MEXICAN RADIO Booms And Bangs On ‘NIGHT OF THE NIHILIST’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

24 August 2019


(photo: Petra Valdimarsdóttir)

Band: MEXICAN RADIO

Who: “A synth punk three-piece with high-energy songs inspired by bands like Cabaret Voltaire, DAF and Stereo Total. They wear brightly-colored uniforms at all times, and their live shows come across like psychotic radio broadcasts from another planet – a relentless onslaught of sinister yet danceable grooves.”

Pick: NIGHT OF THE NIHILIST
The lead single from their new upcoming album ‘Destruction/Reconstruction‘ – the track
is “inspired by the Russian nihilist movement from the 1860s and making reference to their assassination of Tsar Alexander II”

Score: If you’re wondering what track would be the most fitting one to play on Doomsday well don’t look any further. ‘Night Of The Nihilist‘ is the perfect knockout to fill the dance floor in Hell in a blink of an eye. Its booming synth/drum beat kicks and hits non-stop and will mess up your blood pressure, your sense of reality and your anxious mind. C’mon atheists of the world, unite and celebrate the current chaotic and destructive times we
live in. It’s Armageddon time! It’s party time! Tune in and turn up the heat right here…

MEXICAN RADIO: Facebook

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Dream Pop Trio SUMMER FLAKE Shares Atmospheric Beauty From New LP – Here’s ‘MIND READER’…

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Daily fuel to load your sonic batteries…

23 August 2019

SUMMER FLAKE is an Australian dream pop trio, led by Melbourne-via-Adelaide multi-instrumentalist and indie savant Stephanie Crase, that formed back in 2012. Next week, 30th August they will launch their third longplayer, titled SEASONS CHANGE. To get you in the right mood here’s the newest single off the record. MIND READER is a highly charming and starry-eyed power ballad with a beatific chorus that will take your thoughts to la-la land. An overall beauty. Atmospheric, cinematic and romantic with moving vocals and glimmering guitars. Capture the lyric vibe here…

SUMMER FLAKE: Facebook – Instagram


Album SEASONS CHANGE out 30th August – more info here

JEFF BUCKLEY Released His Heavyhearted Debut Album ‘GRACE’ 25 Years Ago…

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23 August 2019

The late great JEFF BUCKLEY released GRACE his debut album, actually his only proper studio LP, 25 years ago today, on 23 Augustus 1994. A heavily emotional album with Buckley’s characteristic touching vox as one of the main instruments for his introspective and intimate inner journeys. Compelling, captivating and passionate from start to finish. Initially, the LP was largely ignored and peaked at number #149 in the U.S. but slowly but surely critical acclaim build up. Eventually Grace had sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

ALL MUSIC wrote: “Jeff Buckley was many things, but humble wasn’t one of them. Grace is an audacious debut album, filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, searching lyrics, and above all, the richly textured voice of Buckley himself, which resembled a cross between Robert Plant, Van Morrison, and his father Tim. Grace sounds like a Led Zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz.” Score: 5/5

Key tracks…

– HALLELUJAH –

– LAST GOODBYE –

– LOVER, YOU SHOULD’VE COME OVER –

Album in full…


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JEFF BUCKLEY: Facebook

Psychedelic Shoegaze Duo BLACK DOLDRUMS Share Clip For Single ‘SHE DIVINE’ From Upcoming EP…

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Clips that will have an impact on your eyes and your ears…

23 August 2019

London’s psychedelic shoegaze duo BLACK DOLDRUMS release their new EP ‘SHE DIVINE’ on 6th September. Ahead of it the acclaimed pair released its title track as a single. The evocative song refers to Aldous Huxley’s 1954 masterpiece The Doors Of Perception and the tragic story of Betty May Golding, a 1920’s singer, dancer and model who was a member of the London Bohemian set.

‘She’s Divine’ is a high-powered and dynamic sockdolager. Its lively beat, zestful drive and reverberant vocals result in a haunting sonority that will affect your aural reception. And the accompanying video clip will impact your visual perception. Listen/watch here…

BLACK DOLDRUMS: Facebook

ELBOW Shares New Gloomy Ballad From Upcoming LP – Here’s ‘EMPIRES’…

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Brand new sonic impulses…

22 August 2019

British daydreamers ELBOW will launch their new, eight, studio album GIANTS OF ALL SIZES in October. After sharing emotive lead single Dexter & Sinister a few weeks ago
the band just unleashed another track. EMPIRES is an entrancing ballad with a gloomy feel. Keyboard player Craig Potter revealed how the song came together: “We sat around and played together in a way we haven’t for a long time and experimented and improvised with the music which led to the looser feel you’ll hear.”

Listen here…

ELBOW: Facebook


Artwork new album ‘GIANTS OF ALL SIZES’ – out 11 October

PORTISHEAD Released Innovative Debut Album ‘DUMMY’ 25 Years Ago…

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22 August 2019

Bristol’s PORTISHEAD, one of the pioneers of trip-hop, released their innovative debut album DUMMY on 22 Augustus 1994, 25 years ago. An experimental piece of work where blues, soul and jazz were drenched into a sort of ambient sci-fi soundscapes transferring you to an otherworldly sonic universe.

NME Magazine wrote at the time “This is, without question, a sublime debut album. But
so very, very sad. From one angle, its languid slowbeat blues clearly occupy similar terrain to soulmates ‘Massive Attack’ and all of Bristol hip-hop’s extended family. But from another these are avant-garde ambient moonscapes of a ferociously experimental nature.”

Here are the three singles…

– NUMB –

– SOUR TIMES –

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– GLORY BOX –

Album in full…

PORTISHEAD: Facebook – All Albums